Associate Manager – Wealth & Asset Management Practice (US & Canada)
About the role
Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were born digital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by data science, enhanced by creativity and driven by responsibility. We’re optimists for change and we help clients initiate, navigate and benefit from transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximize opportunity. With expertise across a broad range of sectors and services, our 3,000 consultants serve clients worldwide from 48 locations in 19 countries. Our expertise delivers results. Our optimism transforms outcomes.
Strategy & Management Consulting
Sia’s Strategy & Management Consulting global footprint and expertise in more than 40 sectors and services allow us to enhance our clients' businesses worldwide. We guide their projects and initiatives in strategy, business transformation, IT & digital strategy.
Financial Institutions have drastically changed over the last decade, driven by increased regulatory constraints, diverse competition inside and beyond traditional banking organizations, and emerging technologies reshaping long-standing ecosystems. Sia’s Financial Services Business Unit provides a comprehensive suite of core capabilities designed to address the diverse and evolving needs of our clients, enabling them to navigate complex challenges, seize new opportunities, and achieve their strategic objectives in an increasingly competitive and dynamic business environment.
Job Description
Consulting Skills
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Client delivery as part of an on-site or remote project team
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Demonstrate the capacity to plan assigned work and identify priorities/interesting parties of the project/assignment, conducts regular points of progress
-
Present complex ideas, critical points and decisions required to team members and client contacts, including middle and top management
-
Manage, organize and prioritize work activities & assignments to achieve deadlines while communicating effectively with clients, internal stakeholders and leadership
-
Perform simple and complex research and business analysis to solve for customer business challenges/issues to present unique, tailored solutions utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data
-
Utilize higher-level methodological concepts to prepare client deliverables utilizing tools like PowerPoint, Excel, Access, MS Project and Visio, designing key deliverables for projects and supporting other consultants in the production of their deliverables
-
Collaborate with internal and client project team members, and contribute to internal communications and readiness activity within the program team and with client groups
-
Provide status reporting of progress, dependencies, issues, risks and overall program health
-
Responsible for the work streams of a complex project and takes the lead on simple projects
-
Maintain program sites as a repository for all project information
Business Expertise Skills
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Support practice, thought leadership, and people development activities firmwide
-
Cultivate knowledge related to a specific business challenge, issue, or deepen understanding within a sector and function domain
-
Share experiences related to business issues and demonstrate a capacity for knowledge transfer amongst peers and junior staff
-
Help contribute and support Sia’s growing U.S. Wealth & Asset Management practice
-
Be a great teammate
Business Development Skills
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Write business proposals and presentations autonomously
-
Detect, trace, and qualify business opportunities
-
Relay information relevant to new business activities and prospects to manager, team, and business unit/line leaders
People Management Skills
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Supervise a project team internally and on client assignment
-
Embody the firm’s values of excellence, entrepreneurship, innovation, teamwork, care and support, and employee wellbeing into their management style
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree required preferably in a Business or related field
-
6+ years of recent client-facing management consulting experience (FS background preferred)
-
Leadership and mentorship experience
-
Moderate knowledge and skill in consumer banking and payments
-
Trained to moderate knowledge and skill in project management
-
Experience supporting client interview sessions - taking accurate notes, providing meeting minutes, scheduling client meetings, etc.
-
Experience supporting the construction of executive presentations
-
Proven communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
-
Act as a supportive team player who actively develops relationships and is eager to share knowledge with colleagues and our clients
-
Flexibility in approach and a willingness to adapt quickly and take initiative when working in unstructured environments with limited supervision
-
An ability to transform your domain knowledge and project experiences into published content for Sia Partners Insights
Additional Information
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.
Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.
About Sia
With the advent of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLMs) have become a hotbed of innovation in the AI domain. These advanced deep learning models have the ability to generate human-like text, making them highly effective for a variety of tasks, such as powering conversational AI, providing writing assistance, and aiding in programming tasks.
However, the operationalization of LLM-driven applications in a production environment brings with it a unique set of challenges. These hurdles have given rise to the concept of "LLMOps", a term coined to describe the suite of tools and best practices employed to manage the lifecycle of LLM-based applications, spanning from development and deployment to ongoing maintenance.
While LLMOps is a subset of MLOps, it involves a distinct set of steps in the creation of an LLM-powered application, differing significantly from the processes used in building applications based on traditional machine learning models.
Contrary to training an LLM from ground zero, the emphasis is placed on adapting pre-trained LLMs for specific downstream tasks. This process entails selecting an appropriate foundational model, employing LLMs for task-specific applications, evaluating their performance, and eventually deploying and monitoring the models in real-world scenarios.
Though LLMOps is a relatively new sector within the AI industry, it is poised for significant growth and evolution as the use of LLMs becomes more widespread. In summary, the emergence and growth of LLMs and LLMOps signify a major shift in the development and management of AI-driven products.
Sia is a low-code platform to build production-ready enterprise apps powered by Large Language Models (LLMs).
Associate Manager – Wealth & Asset Management Practice (US & Canada)
About the role
Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were born digital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by data science, enhanced by creativity and driven by responsibility. We’re optimists for change and we help clients initiate, navigate and benefit from transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximize opportunity. With expertise across a broad range of sectors and services, our 3,000 consultants serve clients worldwide from 48 locations in 19 countries. Our expertise delivers results. Our optimism transforms outcomes.
Strategy & Management Consulting
Sia’s Strategy & Management Consulting global footprint and expertise in more than 40 sectors and services allow us to enhance our clients' businesses worldwide. We guide their projects and initiatives in strategy, business transformation, IT & digital strategy.
Financial Institutions have drastically changed over the last decade, driven by increased regulatory constraints, diverse competition inside and beyond traditional banking organizations, and emerging technologies reshaping long-standing ecosystems. Sia’s Financial Services Business Unit provides a comprehensive suite of core capabilities designed to address the diverse and evolving needs of our clients, enabling them to navigate complex challenges, seize new opportunities, and achieve their strategic objectives in an increasingly competitive and dynamic business environment.
Job Description
Consulting Skills
-
Client delivery as part of an on-site or remote project team
-
Demonstrate the capacity to plan assigned work and identify priorities/interesting parties of the project/assignment, conducts regular points of progress
-
Present complex ideas, critical points and decisions required to team members and client contacts, including middle and top management
-
Manage, organize and prioritize work activities & assignments to achieve deadlines while communicating effectively with clients, internal stakeholders and leadership
-
Perform simple and complex research and business analysis to solve for customer business challenges/issues to present unique, tailored solutions utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data
-
Utilize higher-level methodological concepts to prepare client deliverables utilizing tools like PowerPoint, Excel, Access, MS Project and Visio, designing key deliverables for projects and supporting other consultants in the production of their deliverables
-
Collaborate with internal and client project team members, and contribute to internal communications and readiness activity within the program team and with client groups
-
Provide status reporting of progress, dependencies, issues, risks and overall program health
-
Responsible for the work streams of a complex project and takes the lead on simple projects
-
Maintain program sites as a repository for all project information
Business Expertise Skills
-
Support practice, thought leadership, and people development activities firmwide
-
Cultivate knowledge related to a specific business challenge, issue, or deepen understanding within a sector and function domain
-
Share experiences related to business issues and demonstrate a capacity for knowledge transfer amongst peers and junior staff
-
Help contribute and support Sia’s growing U.S. Wealth & Asset Management practice
-
Be a great teammate
Business Development Skills
-
Write business proposals and presentations autonomously
-
Detect, trace, and qualify business opportunities
-
Relay information relevant to new business activities and prospects to manager, team, and business unit/line leaders
People Management Skills
-
Supervise a project team internally and on client assignment
-
Embody the firm’s values of excellence, entrepreneurship, innovation, teamwork, care and support, and employee wellbeing into their management style
Qualifications
-
Bachelor’s degree required preferably in a Business or related field
-
6+ years of recent client-facing management consulting experience (FS background preferred)
-
Leadership and mentorship experience
-
Moderate knowledge and skill in consumer banking and payments
-
Trained to moderate knowledge and skill in project management
-
Experience supporting client interview sessions - taking accurate notes, providing meeting minutes, scheduling client meetings, etc.
-
Experience supporting the construction of executive presentations
-
Proven communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
-
Act as a supportive team player who actively develops relationships and is eager to share knowledge with colleagues and our clients
-
Flexibility in approach and a willingness to adapt quickly and take initiative when working in unstructured environments with limited supervision
-
An ability to transform your domain knowledge and project experiences into published content for Sia Partners Insights
Additional Information
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.
Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.
About Sia
With the advent of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Large Language Models (LLMs) have become a hotbed of innovation in the AI domain. These advanced deep learning models have the ability to generate human-like text, making them highly effective for a variety of tasks, such as powering conversational AI, providing writing assistance, and aiding in programming tasks.
However, the operationalization of LLM-driven applications in a production environment brings with it a unique set of challenges. These hurdles have given rise to the concept of "LLMOps", a term coined to describe the suite of tools and best practices employed to manage the lifecycle of LLM-based applications, spanning from development and deployment to ongoing maintenance.
While LLMOps is a subset of MLOps, it involves a distinct set of steps in the creation of an LLM-powered application, differing significantly from the processes used in building applications based on traditional machine learning models.
Contrary to training an LLM from ground zero, the emphasis is placed on adapting pre-trained LLMs for specific downstream tasks. This process entails selecting an appropriate foundational model, employing LLMs for task-specific applications, evaluating their performance, and eventually deploying and monitoring the models in real-world scenarios.
Though LLMOps is a relatively new sector within the AI industry, it is poised for significant growth and evolution as the use of LLMs becomes more widespread. In summary, the emergence and growth of LLMs and LLMOps signify a major shift in the development and management of AI-driven products.
Sia is a low-code platform to build production-ready enterprise apps powered by Large Language Models (LLMs).