Junior Consultant - Financial Services

  • Full-time

Company Description

Sia Partners is a leading global strategic and operational management consultancy and a pioneer of Consulting 4.0 with over 1,600 + consultants spread out across 25 offices globally.  Sia Partners operates within twelve industry sectors, including: Financial Services, Insurance, Energy, Healthcare, Government, Manufacturing and Telecommunications & Media, among others.  Our innovative approach has led us to welcome disruption through AI and invest deeper into our Data Science field and automation capabilities.  Sia Partners US is the coordinating entity for the Americas engaged primarily by major Financial Services, Technology and Energy clients operating in New York, Charlotte, Houston, Seattle, Denver, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Baltimore and Toronto and Montreal, Canada. 

Sia Partners champions high-quality customized client service through its experienced consultants and subject matter experts playing hands-on roles. Our range of services in North America includes project management and business analysis specializing in long-term Strategic and short-term Tactical Advisory Services, Automation through RPA & AI, Regulatory & Compliance, Energy, Finance, Accounting, Operational & Market Risk Management and Governance & Control Environments.

Job Description

Sia Partners financial services team, is seeking talented and enthusiastic Junior Consultants to join the New York City office.

Junior Consultants should be comfortable playing a major role in the delivery of work products including day-to-day interaction with the client and leading client meetings. Responsibilities will include managing the execution of individual project work streams, conducting research, and developing deliverables and providing insights. This position enables and fosters the application of problem-solving and critical thinking skills to a variety of challenges that our client’s face. The role provides opportunities for exposure to senior client leadership at investment banks, retail banks, insurance companies, fund administrators, hedge funds and other financial services institutions.

At Sia Partners, we expect our Junior Consultants to make an immediate impact, and we support your career growth through on-the-job training, mentoring, and our internal working groups. New hires have the opportunity to quickly develop into leaders in our entrepreneurial environment through working on challenging engagements, internal initiatives and working groups as well as business development efforts.

Qualifications

Required

  • Must have a Bachelor’s Degree or higher level of education with an emphasis on strategic and critical thinking
  • 0 – 1 years of consulting, financial services, or other relevant work experience
  • Working knowledge of the financial services industry. Previous financial services internship experience preferred
  • Ability to multi-task competing priorities while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Demonstrated leadership experience
  • Proven experience working in a team environment
  • Strong Microsoft Office Suite expertise (Word, Excel, PowerPoint required; Project, Visio and Access preferred)
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills

Preferred

  • Coding and/or technical experience with various coding languages (SQL, Python, R, HTML, Java Script etc.) and software/tools (Data Visualization – Power BI / Tableau/R-Shiny; Robotic Process Automation “RPA” – Pega/Automation Anywhere; etc.)
  • Data analytics experience

Responsibilities

  • Structure and conduct preliminary analysis and research
  • Summarize and present findings to project managers and clients
  • Collaborate with engagement team to deliver high-quality work products
  •  Apply strategic and critical thinking to develop recommendations that address client challenges
  • Support business development and proposal efforts

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.


Sia Partners is an equal opportunity employer. At Sia Partners, we are committed to treating all Applicants and Associates fairly based on their abilities, achievements, and experience without regard to race, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by law. 

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