Consultant - Capital Markets Post-Trade Operations

About the role

Sia's Capital Markets practice (Corporate and Investment Banking) is seeking a Consultant in Toronto with deep, hands-on knowledge of capital markets post-trade operations. The role supports broker-dealer clients facing complex operational, regulatory and technology transformation challenges, and is a consulting practitioner position focused on how institutional trades move from execution to settlement.

Key responsibilities

• Evaluate front-to-back trade flows to find opportunities to improve STP rates through automation
• Design current and future-state process flows and target operating models across front, middle and back office
• Work with technology teams to develop automated solutions, using Sia's AI and data science teams
• Interview stakeholders across front office, operations, technology and compliance, then present evidence-based recommendations
• Lead assessment workstreams, coach junior team members and contribute to proposals and client presentations

Required profile

• 2-4 years of relevant experience in management consulting, corporate and investment banking, or financial services (investment banking, sales and trading, fixed income, equities or operations)
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution
• Prior experience with regulatory, risk, strategy, technology or operational change initiatives in CIB or capital markets
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams under tight deadlines and communicate complex topics clearly to senior audiences

Required skills

• Working knowledge of the institutional trade lifecycle, broker-dealer operations, and post-trade infrastructure such as DTCC, SWIFT and custodian settlement
• Analytical skills with trade data, exception reports and statistics
• Project management and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence
• Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio)