Solution Consultant (EU)

About the role

#LI- JL1 Role Description The Solution Consultant plays a critical role within our client delivery teams, providing leadership and accountability in the following areas: Providing up to date knowledge, awareness of current trends and future direction of the local asset management industry Presenting & explaining existing FNZ capability Defining and challenging scope of a project Capturing & documenting customer business outcomes to create requirements, solution designs and agreeing of Joint Target Operating Models Define integration requirements and success criteria; delivery design owned by domain teams Business transformation support and consultancy services Regulations and advice on platform compliance Customer training programmes and knowledge transfer Platform configuration and delivering of FNZ's Model Wealth Solution (MWS) process Formal handover of validated requirements, assumptions, and success criteria to domain delivery teams Validation of delivered functionality against agreed business outcomes and success criteria Define business readiness requirements and acceptance criteria; execution owned by operations and domains Business level validation that defects impacting agreed outcomes are resolved This role demands individuals who: Are consistently solution & execution focused Capable of dealing with complex problems & environments Have strong technology, analytical and data interpretation skills; Own customer outcomes through clear intent definition, scope control, and acceptance of delivered outcomes Comfortable with high levels of customer, stakeholder interaction & management Team Responsibilities The Solution Consulting team is responsible for providing a range of high value services to FNZ's existing and potential customers. This includes being responsible for the Platform configuration and running the FNZ Model Wealth Solution configuration process for new platform implementations, plus supporting sales team in winning & sizing new projects. It also involves carrying out a variety of consulting assignments for existing customers and new customers in a variety of contexts, including proposition definition, TOM definition, Business transformation, customer training and knowledge transfer, and the definition of bespoke requirements where required for customer platform solutions. Once business outcomes are understood from FNZ clients, these must be accurately documented and fed them into the delivery process to ensure they are easily understood and precise to deliver the right outcome for our clients. The team also works closely with FNZ's Business Readiness Team, Operations and Production Support teams to ensure that FNZ provides its services compliantly, reliably and to scalable once implemented in production. Specific Role Responsibilities Provide leadership and support for your aligned FNZ client project, building capability and providing support for more junior members of the team. Instil a spirit of continuous improvement in the team. Work with FNZ customers & internal stakeholders to help define proposition and product requirements. Provide Market expertise as required. Be an SME in FNZ Platform functionality and apply this understanding to help customers define propositions that best utilise or enhance FNZ core platform capabilities. Have a full understanding of a Platform Target Operating Model, including the interfaces between platform and customers operations and FNZ Investment operations. Provide advice to customers regarding best practice operating model design. Be an expert in the ATLAS Framework and run the ATLAS Blueprinting for new platform implementations, capturing all customer configuration points. Document any bespoke customer requirements, o wn the definition, justification, and acceptance criteria for approved bespoke requirements Provide review and quality assurance of solution documentation Provide training programmes and knowledge transfer services for FNZ customers. Provide consultancy services, as required, to other FNZ clients and projects. Have a good knowledge of the regulatory environment in which the Solution Consultant operates and provide advice and guidance to customers in respect of delivering a compliant platform. Be an SME in the platform market in which FNZ operate, and provide training and support for other areas of the FNZ business. Experience required: Preferred Industry Knowledge Experience in a consulting, analysis or architecture environment. General investment/wealth/life and/or pensions products and the markets in which FNZ and our customers operate. FNZ Platform expertise, including being an SME in at least 4 functional areas of the platform. For the jurisdiction being hired for, an understanding of the regulatory environment FNZ operates within and a knowledge of the upcoming changes. 3+ years of experience in a delivery/consulting environment in the financial services/wealth market. Required Knowled