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Key responsibilities of the Investment Banking Consulting Senior Manager may include:

• Lead the design, execution, and governance of large-scale, complex transformation programs for global investment banks, spanning business, operational, regulatory, and digital operating model change.
• Provide senior leadership across dynamic consulting engagements with significant client interaction throughout the end-to-end trading lifecycle, including Front, Middle, Back Office, and Technology & Operations.
• Own overall solution design by synthesizing client business and technology needs, evaluating a broad range of architectures, platforms, and delivery approaches to meet specific client requirements.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior and executive sell-side stakeholders, partnering with clients to develop high-performance, future-ready solutions that strengthen competitive positioning and long-term value.
• Understand and anticipate industry trends, client needs, develop relevant solutions and deliver high impact technology initiatives with a focus on long-term client success.
• Lead, mentor, and develop high-performing consulting teams across onshore and offshore delivery models, while fostering a strong culture of inclusion, accountability, and excellence.
• Drive business development activities, including shaping opportunities, leading proposal efforts, and contributing to the growth of Accenture's Investment Banking and Capital Markets practice.

Basis Qualifications:

• Minimum 10+ years of strong leadership skills in Financial Servicesspecializing in Investment Banking, with demonstrated senior leadership and deep expertise across the end-to-end trading lifecycle and products including equities, fixed income, FX, commodities, and derivatives.
• Minimum 7+ years of external consulting/program management experience leading large-scale, complex transformation initiatives at sell-side/buy-side institutionswith a proven track record of successful engagement delivery within the industry.
• Bachelor's Degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience leading major transformation programs at investment banks, including regulatory-driven change, operating model redesign, and technology-enabled transformation.
• Strong leadership and subject-matter expertise in digital assets and emerging financial market infrastructure, such as tokenized assets, crypto markets, digital custody, and distributed ledger technologies.
• Proven experience advising senior executives on operational resilience, including operational risk, business continuity, third-party risk management, and regulatory resilience frameworks.
• Experience building and managing long-term executive relationships across Front Office, Technology, Operations, and Risk.
• Knowledge of the capital markets industry, including a deep understanding of Investment Banking client segments, product taxonomy and trading processes.
• Strong commercial experience, including shaping and leading business development and sales efforts.
• Excellent communication and executive storytelling skills, with the ability to influence at C-suite and board-adjacent levels.
• Experience leading large teams across onshore and offshore delivery models.
• Demonstrated ability to develop future leaders through coaching, mentoring, and sponsorship.
• Proven ability to work independently and as a team leader.
• Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
• Experience with sell-side trading platforms and / or regulations, such as Murex or Calypso.
• Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian.
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian.
• Additional certified qualifications relevant to Investment Bank industry, including CFA.

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We anticipate this job posting will be posted until 08/29/2026.
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