Financial Services Business Consultant

Financial Services Business Consultant

- Strong experience in Capital Markets, including Trade Lifecycle, Settlement, Reconciliation, Custody, and Securities Processing. - Hands-on exposure to Digital Assets, Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, Crypto Custody, Wallets, and Trading Platforms. - Understanding of Blockchain technologies, Digital Asset Tokenization, and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT). - Knowledge of AML, KYC, Transaction Monitoring, and Regulatory Compliance frameworks. - Expertise in Business Analysis methodologies within Agile/Scrum environments. - Experience in translating business requirements into functional and technical solutions. - Strong understanding of API integrations, data flows, and platform interoperability. - Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across business and technology teams. Preferred Skills: - Experience with institutional digital asset custody platforms such as Fireblocks, BitGo, or Anchorage. - Exposure to Tokenized Assets, Real World Assets (RWA), and Digital Securities. - Understanding of exchange, broker-dealer, and custodian ecosystems. - Experience in data analysis, reporting, and operational processes within trading or custody environments. Desired Profile - 12–15 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Functional Consultant, or Business Consultant within Financial Services. - Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Product-oriented mindset with a high degree of ownership. - Ability to work effectively within global, cross-functional teams. - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. - Lead requirement gathering, analysis, and impact assessment across Capital Markets and Digital Asset platforms. - Partner with business stakeholders to define and execute transformation initiatives aligned with business objectives. - Assess current-state and target-state operating models and identify process improvement and automation opportunities. - Define and document business requirements, functional specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria. - Design end-to-end workflows covering onboarding, trading, settlement, custody, and asset servicing processes. - Collaborate with front office, trading, custody operations, compliance, and technology teams to deliver business solutions. - Participate in Agile ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, prioritization, and product demonstrations. - Act as a Proxy Product Owner by supporting backlog management and delivery prioritization. - Define integration requirements, APIs, data flows, and system interoperability needs. - Support UAT, release management, production validation, and post-implementation activities.