Alpha FMC · North America
Senior Manager
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 toget...
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 the Role
At Alpha, you will be pivotal in leading engagements to identify and implement solutions for a range of issues facing asset and
wealth managers. Over the course of each project, you will collect and analyze data, prepare and test hypotheses, and present
recommendations to the client to solve their unique business & technology challenges.
As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for:
- Managing project execution and a team of consultants ensuring the successful delivery of client engagements, including planning
the day-to-day work of the team, facilitating client interviews and workshops, structuring client deliverables and ensuring
Alpha’s standards for quality are met
- Creating a culture of continuous learning for the team and clients, and actively mentoring team members to develop their
skillset as they progress in their careers
- Supporting Alpha FMC’s business development by driving the creation of client proposals, authoring thought leadership, and
maintaining strong relationships with past and prospective clients
- Contributing to the wider Alpha community by making innovative and proactive contributions to one or more of Alpha’s business
management or practice areas
- Maintaining a broad understanding of the challenges facing the Asset & Wealth Management Industry and acting as an expert in a
least one area in demand by clients
Experience & Skills
We want to hear from people with:
- At least 7 years of proven Asset and/or Wealth Management consulting experience, either from a recognized consulting firm or
through an in-house strategy, transformation, or program management role within an Asset or Wealth Management organization.
- Deep understanding of the Asset and/or Wealth Management value chain, spanning multiple client segments, investment products,
and operating models.
- Demonstrated success leading complex programs across the full lifecycle from operating model design, business case development,
and vendor evaluation/selection through to implementation and transformation delivery. Experience in specialized domains such
as Trading, Risk, Research, Investment Operations, or Performance/Attribution is highly valued.
- Outstanding presentation, facilitation, and storytelling skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and drive consensus
among diverse stakeholders from senior executives and investment leaders to operations and technology teams. Must be
comfortable leading executive-level workshops, steering committees, and program forums.
- Proven track record in client relationship development and business growth, including leading or supporting business
development efforts, contributing to proposals and thought leadership, and helping to expand the firm’s Investment Practice
footprint across both existing and new clients.
- Excellent consulting and analytical problem-solving skills, including familiarity with structured consulting frameworks,
quantitative modeling, and hypothesis-driven methodologies. Ability to synthesize complex issues into clear, compelling
narratives supported by high-quality deliverables.
- Strong understanding of investment products and asset classes, including Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, and Alternatives,
with the ability to translate investment and business needs into operating and technology design requirements.
- Knowledge of leading industry platforms and data ecosystems, such as BlackRock Aladdin, SimCorp Dimension, Charles River/State
Street Alpha Data Platform, Bloomberg AIM, FactSet, MSCI, and other specialized tools supporting the investment lifecycle.
- Understanding of enterprise platform workflows and integration points across order management, risk, performance, reference
data, client reporting, and data governance domains.
- Proven delivery experience, ideally having served as a Program or Workstream Lead on complex, multi-phase change initiatives.
Ability to operate fluidly between business and technology, distilling requirements and bridging communication across both
sides.
- Advanced proficiency in critical consulting tools, including Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and other analytical and
visualization tools used for business case modeling, data analysis, and executive-level reporting.
- Intellectual curiosity and creativity, with the ability to think strategically about emerging trends, digital innovation, and
evolving front-to-back operating models.
- Proven ability to mentor, coach, and develop team members, fostering collaboration and collective success.
- Flexibility to travel, depending on client and engagement needs.
Compensation and Perks:
- Competitive salary with annual profit-sharing opportunity
- 401k/RRSP matching
- 25 days of annual paid time off
- Supplemented medical, dental and vision coverage
- Reimbursement for commuting, mobile phone, and home internet expenses
- North America team-wide training and retreats
- Sponsorship towards professional certifications / training supported with 5 days of paid training time.
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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