Business Analyst / Project Manager - Capital Markets

Business Analyst / Project Manager - Capital Markets6-month rolling contract (expected to run through this year and very likely beyond) Rate: £480 per dayLocation: Remote working with occasional London travel

The Role

I'm looking for an experienced Business Analyst / Project Manager with strong Capital Markets experience to support a significant international transformation programme within a global consultancy. You'll be joining a long-running Wealth Management programme focused on enabling large-scale international growth. The work centres on evolving an existing platform beyond a USD-only, US-centric operating model to support multi-currency processing and multi-entity, cross-border operations.This is a role for someone who enjoys working through complexity, collaborating closely with front-office, technology, operations, and regulatory stakeholders, and helping shape solutions that balance long-term strategy with near-term delivery.You will need to have worked in

• Investment banking
• Wealth or asset management
• Trading or markets platforms
• Securities processing (FX, equities, bonds)
• Custody, clearing, settlement, or broker-dealer environments
• Front-to-back delivery across market-driven products

What you'll be working onIn this role, you'll be involved in:

• Supporting the expansion of a Wealth Management platform to enable multi-currency processing, including cash, FX, locally denominated securities, and banking products such as securities-based lending
• Helping design and deliver multi-entity operating models, moving away from a single legal-entity setup
• Working on interim and tactical solutions that allow earlier onboarding while a full front-to-back platform build progresses over several years
• Helping define cross-border offerings that are operationally feasible and legally and regulatorily sound
• Contributing to the development of operating models, governance structures, and RACI frameworks
• Coordinating closely with London-based front-office stakeholders and US-based teams

What this role is - and what it isn'tTo help you decide whether this role is right for you, here's some useful context.This role is:

• A genuine Business Analyst / Project Manager role combining strong analysis with delivery coordination
• Focused on Capital Markets and Wealth Management change
• Deeply rooted in Financial Services, with real regulatory, operational, and front-office complexity
• Suited to someone comfortable working through ambiguity and phased delivery
• A role where you'll help join the dots between business, technology, operations, and governance

This role isn't:

• A purely technical delivery or IT-only role
• A junior, entry-level, or learning-on-the-job position
• Suitable if your experience sits entirely outside Financial Services
• A greenfield product build with everything clearly defined upfront
• A role where you can stay at a high level without engaging in detail

The programme does involve interim states and manual processes along the way, so it's important you're comfortable navigating imperfect environments while working toward a longer-term vision.Required experience (please read carefully)

To ensure your application is accurately reviewed, please make sure your CV clearly demonstrates all of the following:

• Experience working as a Business Analyst and/or Project Manager
• Strong Capital Markets knowledge, with the ability to engage credibly with front-office stakeholders, so specifically working in:
• Proven experience delivering change within Financial Services - this is essential
• Exposure to cross-border, multi-entity, or international operating models
• Experience within Wealth Management, Investment Services, Banking, Custody, or Broker-Dealer environments
• Confidence working with UK and US stakeholders across different functions

If your CV does not clearly reference these areas, it may not be flagged as relevant, so please be explicit in how your experience aligns.Why consider this role?

• Long-term programme with strong extension potential
• High-impact work supporting international growth
• Exposure to complex Capital Markets and Wealth Management transformation
• A collaborative environment where thoughtful delivery is valued
• The opportunity to work on a programme that genuinely isn't business-as-usual

If this sounds like a good match for your experience, and you enjoy working on complex Financial Services change within Capital Markets, I'd love to hear from you. Please apply with a CV that clearly demonstrates the required skills and experience, and I'll be in touch to discuss the role further.

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