Consultant

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC) is the leading global consultancy to the asset and wealth management industry. We are a boutique management consulting firm that offers the world’s top asset and wealth managers a competitive edge through our expertise and industry insight. Our team is of a uniquely high calibre and by focusing on asset and wealth management alone we build deep knowledge and experience within our industry. We work with a blue-chip client base, including 95% of the top 20 global asset management firms, and work with over 660 clients across the globe. We have our headquarters located in the United Kingdom and operate out of 18 offices in the major financial centres to support our clients across the globe.

Our APAC team (Singapore, Malaysia, Sydney, Melbourne) is made up of consultants with deep expertise across the AWM industry. Our clients include Asset Owners, Managers and Servicers, Wealth Managers and Insurers. We provide our clients with a range of services covering Target Operating Models, Data Governance and Strategy, Implementations, Migrations, Benchmarking and Provider Selections. To clients, we are a trusted partner for creating programmes, however, we are so much more to our employees. At Alpha, we pride ourselves in being meritocratic environment perfect for building a career, meeting great people, as well as a rewarding place to work.

In 2024, in recognition of our successful track record and strong growth prospects, Alpha was acquired by Bridgepoint, one of the world's leading quoted private asset growth investors. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are delighted that many of our team have built long and fulfilling careers with us, many staying over a decade. We believe this is because Alpha offers a genuinely rewarding place to work: a meritocratic environment where your career can flourish, and a welcoming culture where you can be yourself, connect with others and thrive. As we look to the future, we’re excited to be looking for new Alpha colleagues - individuals who are collaborative, innovative and ambitious. We hope you will join us and help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

 

Role Responsibilities:

• Work, often with alongside a team, on client projects
• Actively participate in project and client meetings
• Produce materials for business engagement meetings (e.g. PowerPoint decks)
• Support with creation of high-quality work products within expected timeframes
• Own key items for project delivery – including possible ownership of deliverables or work streams within a project
• Track and monitor key project issues, risks, actions, and dependencies
• Understand Alpha FMC and its services and actively assess ways to serve clients
• Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business
• Remain current on new developments in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge
• Support with the development of one or two internal business management areas

 

Role Requirements (Skills, Experience and Qualifications):

• At least 2-3 years of proven experience in the delivery of consulting or change projects gained within a leading financial institution or consulting firm
• An understanding of market trends, drivers and outlook of the Asset and Wealth Management market
• First-class communication, presentation and problem-solving skills
• Stakeholder management and influencing skills – with both clients and colleagues
• Demonstrable proficiency in relationship development. This should include examples of client account support/management and preferably supporting business development
• Ability to mentor and coach junior team members
• Focus on team achievement, not just individual goals
• Superb interpersonal skills, with ability to influence and lead
• Strong academic background including a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from a leading institution
• Business language fluency in English
• Willingness to travel

 

Sharing in our Success:

Allowing our people to share in our growth journey is a highly valued component of the business and here are a few ways that we do this: 

• Competitive base salary
• Profit share (% of base salary) which is linked to company performance
• Private medical health insurance subsidy
• Health and wellbeing allowance
• Mobile phone and internet allowance
• Home office setup allowance
• Learning and development allowance
• 25 days annual leave
• 5 days paid study leave
• Paid parental leave (18 weeks) and secondary carer leave (2 weeks)

 

Your Wellbeing:

Ensuring that we prioritise the wellbeing and pastoral care of everyone is paramount. To support this, we have an established mentoring and employee oversight framework across all global locations and levels. At the same time, we continue to invest in our comprehensive training and development programme that builds confidence, consulting skills and industry content.  

 

Our commitment to diversity & inclusion:

At Alpha we are committed to employing individuals from all backgrounds, that reflects the multi-cultural society we live in. We pride ourselves on operating an inclusive working environment and providing the best people to meet our client’s expectations of service.

We are a disability-inclusive employer and want to ensure that you have a barrier-free recruitment experience. If you require assistance or adjustments during your recruitment process, please let us know in advance and we will do our best to accommodate your request.