Job description

Sia's Capital Markets (Corporate and Investment Banking) practice is seeking a Senior Consultant with deep, hands-on knowledge of capital markets post-trade operations to support broker-dealer clients navigating complex operational, regulatory, and technology transformation challenges. This is a consulting practitioner role — we are looking for someone who understands how institutional trades move from execution to settlement, where they break, and what it takes to fix them.

Key Responsibilities:

• Trade Lifecycle transformation: Evaluate front-to-back trade flows to assess data standardization issues, manual touchpoints and settlement fails to find transformation opportunities to improving STP rates with automation

• Operating Model Design: Evaluate existing operating models across front, middle, and back office functions; design current and future-state process flows; and develop Target Operating Models that improve operational efficiency, control, and scalability

• Liaison with Technology & Automation: Work closely with Sia and clients’ technology teams to assist in developing automated solutions with an augmented consulting mindset. Leverage Sia’s AI and Data Science teams to bring solutions to client.

• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication: Conduct structured interviews across front office, operations, technology, and compliance functions; synthesize findings into clear, evidence-based recommendations; and present to client stakeholders with confidence and credibility

• Project Leadership: Manage assessment workstreams including stakeholder planning, interview scheduling, data collection, and deliverable quality — while supporting and coaching junior team members and working with engagement leads

• Business Development: Contribute to proposals, client presentations, and thought leadership content that reflects genuine practitioner expertise in capital markets post-trade operations