Senior Director – Strategy & Transformation, Financial Markets Infrastructure (Finance)

Description

Alvarez & Marsal's Financial Services Industry group partners with financial services firms and private investors to drive results, create value and unlock business opportunities at every stage of their growth strategies. Through deals, disruption, and distress solutions, we join forces with clients to catalyze growth and profitability, navigate the complex industry challenges, and harness rapid technological changes that drive market advantage.

We provide end-to-end portfolio and M&A services; deliver innovation, revenue growth and efficiency through business transformation; and execute rapid solutions to turn around businesses. Clients can expect bottom line results through action-oriented leadership and success-aligned fee arrangements, delivered by our global team of turnaround experts, industry operators, digital leaders, and regulatory specialists. Visit us here to find out more about A&M's Financial Services Industry group.

You are:

A strategic thinker and senior advisor with deep experience in Financial Markets Infrastructure (FMI), including Exchanges, Clearing Houses, Depositories, Market Data, and Service Providers. You bring a consulting toolkit sharpened at a top-tier firm (MBB or Big 4 Strategy) and have worked closely with C-suites to solve high-stakes challenges across trading, operations, technology, and risk.

You are energized by the opportunity to shape the future of capital markets - helping organizations adapt to disruption, rethink their business models, and accelerate transformation. You're ready to build - lasting client relationships, impactful teams, and differentiated go-to-market propositions - all within an agile, entrepreneurial platform.

The work:

• Lead and win new business, partnering with Managing Directors and firm leadership to develop go-to-market strategies, shape proposals, and cultivate senior client relationships.
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex client engagements - from defining strategic direction to executing transformation - ensuring delivery excellence across teams.
• Shape content and structure thinking, directly or through guiding consulting teams, bringing frameworks, analytical depth, and market insights to the table.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to C-level stakeholders, helping clients navigate disruption, modernize operations, deploy new technologies, and drive long-term growth.
• Drive thought leadership and innovation, staying ahead of macro Financial Markets Infrastructure trends (e.g., real-time settlement, digital assets, interoperability, regulatory change, AI) and translating insight into client impact.
• Identify whitespace opportunities to build new offerings and capabilities aligned to market needs and client demand.
• Coach and develop consulting talent, sharing expertise and fostering a high-performing, intellectually rigorous team culture.

Here's what you need:

• Minimum 12+ years of experience in strategy consulting (e.g., McKinsey, BCG, Bain, Strategy&, EY-Parthenon, Monitor Deloitte), or a mix of consulting and industry roles supporting FMI's or Asset/Wealth Management firms.
• Strong background in one or more of the following:
  
  • Business Model and Growth Strategy
  • Cost and Operational Efficiency Programs
  • M&A Strategy, Diligence, and Integration
  • Revenue Optimization and Pricing Strategy
  • Data & Platform Modernization
  • Risk, Controls, and Operating Model Design
  • Innovation, Digital, AI, and Analytics Enablement
• Proven ability to build client relationships and originate and lead transformational work.
• Strong executive presence, confident engaging with senior stakeholders and facilitating strategic conversations.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, with a track record of shaping and delivering solutions to complex challenges.
• Bachelor's Degree required, advanced degrees welcome.

Ideal for strategy consultants who are:

• Seeking a senior seat at the table - with the chance to shape the firm's FMI proposition and scale a business.
• Looking for a platform that values entrepreneurial drive, autonomy, and client impact over hierarchy.
• Energized by macro disruption in global markets and eager to lead clients through change with strategy, technology, and innovation at the core.

Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

The salary range is $175,000 - $275,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance.

Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings' fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined from time to time as well as a 401(k) retirement plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive a discretionary contribution to their 401(k) from Alvarez & Marsal. Click here for more information regarding A&M's benefits programs.

Alvarez & Marsal recruits on an ongoing basis. Candidates are considered as they apply, until the opportunity is filled. Candidates are encouraged to apply expeditiously to any role(s) that they are qualified for and that are of interest to them.

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