
Solutions Analyst
About Alpha Group
Alpha Group is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry. Founded in 2003, Alpha has spent over 20 years bringing together specialist, sector-focused strategy, management consulting, and technology expertise to support the entire client transformation lifecycle. Having partnered with more than 1,200 clients worldwide across the asset and wealth management, alternatives, and insurance industries, Alpha is a trusted advisor for complex change programs. We now have over 1,180 consultants working with clients across North America, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC. 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. Many of our team have built long and fulfilling careers with us, often staying for over a decade. 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.
Why join Alpha?
- Established yet entrepreneurial – with over 20 years of success and a proven record on the London Stock Exchange, Alpha offers the stability of an established consultancy with the energy of a fast-growth business.
- Backed by Bridgepoint – as part of one of the world’s leading growth investors, Alpha benefits from strategic investment that fuels innovation, expansion and new offerings – creating even more opportunity for our people.
- Exposure to senior leadership – whether you are in an internal or a client-facing role, you will have the opportunity to work with and learn from the best of the best – high performers at the top of their game.
- Learning and growth opportunities – we run tailored training to help you be successful, provide you excellent mentorship, and offer up to 5 days paid training time per year. Perhaps the best training though is the experience on the job – as everyone at Alpha has high responsibility and autonomy, you can develop your skillsets quickly.
- Performance-driven culture with real impact – advancement at Alpha is based on impact and capability, not tenure or quotas. You’ll have autonomy and see the tangible difference your ideas and decisions make.
About Alpha Tech Services
Alpha Tech Services is part of the Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha FMC) group, 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 caliber 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 21 of the top 25 largest global asset management firms, and work with over 130 clients across the globe. We have our headquarters located the United Kingdom, as well as offices in major global financial centers across the United States, Canada, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Denmark, and Asia. Alpha Tech Services represents the technology implementation/business integration arm of the Alpha group, with deep expertise in delivering change and transformation programs centered around Asset & Wealth technology solutions. To clients, we are a trusted partner for creating programs, however, we are so much more to our employees. At Alpha, we pride ourselves in being a meritocratic environment perfect for building a career and meeting great people, as well as a rewarding place to work.
Our Corporate Strategy
Alpha is increasingly establishing ourselves as the leading consultancy to the global asset and wealth management industry. To date, we have grown and been successful by deploying the highest caliber of consulting expertise to our clients. Unlike our competitors, we are:
- Sector focused: because we have always focused exclusively on Asset and Wealth Management, we provide deep and focused knowledge that our competitors cannot match
- Global: we operate seamlessly across geographies, allowing us to service the largest global clients with the highest caliber of consultant
As technology specialists, we:
- Provide knowledgeable resources who can implement, configure and support the major platforms used by our clients
- Form a range of partnerships with key vendors to position itself as a preferred implementation partner for major business applications
- Assist clients with their journey to the next generation of cloud-based architectures
- Help clients to define and implement their future state data architectures
- Help clients with bespoke development that complements their core application architecture
- Provide knowledgeable and client-focused support for client’s major applications, including upgrades, migrations and business-as-usual issue management
- Implement, configure and support key business applications
- Build out and implement data management strategies across client organizations
- Undertake bespoke development, including of key data interfaces
Role Responsibilities:
In your role as a Solutions Analyst, you will:
- Develop, implement, configure and support key business applications.
- Work with modern data technology stack including leading integration tools (Fivetran, Workato, Talend etc.), cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Synapse etc.) and reporting and analytics tools (PowerBI, Tableau)
- Have opportunities to learn a range of disciplines, including data engineering, data modelling, full-stack development
- Define and implement data management tools and technologies across client organization
- Support in the extension and development of Alpha’s IP, contributing to industry leading outcomes for our clients
- Undertake report development activities including BI & Analytics
- Support with client and project management, documenting design build
- Follow and support with Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) best practices
Role Requirements (Skills, Experience and Qualifications)
We are looking for candidates who:
- Have completed / are completing an undergraduate degree that has a focus on software engineering and / or information technology, or have experience developing software or data solutions
- Have a genuine interest in asset and wealth management
- Are curious, ambitious, creative, and entrepreneurial with a ‘can do’ attitude
- Have strong problem-solving skills with an analytical mindset
- Awareness and familiarity with cloud data platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP etc.
- Experience with object-oriented programming (OOP) languages like Python, Ruby, Java, or similar language preferred.
- Experience with data modelling and handling in SQL
- Can effectively communicate in English (both written and spoken)
- Are comfortable with the office / travel expectations in the Job Description
- Have the legal right to work in the US or Canada
Compensation and Perks:
- A competitive salary with discretionary bonus scheme based on company and personal performance
- 25 days of annual paid time off
- 401k / RRSP matching
- Sponsorship towards professional certifications / training supported with 5 days of paid training time
- Choice of laptop
- Supplemented medical, dental and vision coverage
- North America team-wide training and employee appreciation retreats
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At Alpha, diversity, equity and inclusion are critical to our success. Our priorities show a focus on fostering an inclusive, equitable workplace where individuals are treated fairly regardless of gender or background. We welcome applications from disabled people and are committed to making our recruitment process and workplace accessible and inclusive for everyone.
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