Alpha Alternatives - Front & Middle Office - Senior Consultant

About Lionpoint & Alpha Group

Lionpoint Group is a leading global consulting firm delivering operations transformation and technology enablement solutions to the alternative investments market. Our consultants have domain expertise across private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and private debt. Our core services include strategic advisory, operating model optimization, technology roadmap and solution selection, and systems integration to solve the complex operational and technology challenges across the front, middle, and back office. Founded in 2014 in New York, Lionpoint was acquired by Alpha FMC in 2021 becoming part of Alpha Group.

Alpha Group has a unique offering to the asset & wealth management industry. Their ability to cover all aspects of a project from strategy and advisory to implementation and delivery across all asset types and systems is unrivalled, giving clients surety on outcomes with practical, actionable advice backed up with the ability to implement.

 

Senior Consultant – Job Description

You’ll work in teams of typically 3 – 5 people to identify, and oftentimes implement, potential solutions for a specific client problem or challenge. Together, you will help clients make lasting improvements to their performance and realize their most important goals.

Over the course of each project, you will gather and analyse information, formulate, and test hypotheses, and develop and communicate recommendations. You'll also present results to client management and implement recommendations in collaboration with client team members.

We view the business analyst position as the start of a rewarding, challenging, and highly flexible career with Lionpoint. During your first few years with the firm, you will serve as a business analyst on multiple client engagements and work with several colleagues and clients in a range of functional areas. 

Responsibilities

• Participate in client workshops and interviews.
• Support our project team in notes taking, analyzing, and documenting business processes, pain points, requirements and more.
• Actively contribute to client delivery elements (i.e., current state and future state reports, recommendations, and roadmaps)
• Prepare project status reports.

Required Skills and Experience

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to talk and present to a range of audiences, sometimes acting as a translator between parties.
• The ability to work collaboratively in a team, motivate others, and lead change.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Capability to drive an independent workstream in the context of a broader team project
• Ability to break down and solve problems through quantitative thinking and analysis.
• A passion for creating solutions with a positive attitude to change.
• A strong interest in the financial services industry.
• Excellent English and German skills in both writing and speaking.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Economics or Engineering

What we can offer you – an inspiring work environment

• Flat hierarchies, short decision-making processes and an international and dynamic working environment
• Motivating atmosphere and a professional & collegial team
• Flexible and mobile working, use of state-of-the-art technology and a well-developed IT infrastructure
• Development of a career network
• First-class career opportunities through individual support, strong global Alpha Group network and demanding project work