Consultant Senior Consultant Forward-Deployed Business Analyst (Financial Services)

We are seeking highly motivated professionals at the Consultant and Senior Consultant levels to join our Financial Services Consulting practice as a Forward Deployed Business Analyst (FDBA). Whether your expertise lies in wealth and asset management capital markets corporate banking risk and compliance or other areas in financial services we want to hear from you. 

This is not a traditional Business Analyst role. As a FDBA you will be embedded with client teams to own business outcomes not just document requirements. You will leverage data analytics and AI as a core part of your workflow to move faster think deeper and deliver smarter solutions and meaningful transformation across financial services organizations. 

You will act as a strategic advisor AI operator and execution partner using AI to eliminate administrative work and focus your time on enhanced decision making problem-solving stakeholder alignment operational efficiency and solution design. 

Responsibilities:

• AI-Enabled Consulting Delivery: Apply traditional consulting tools and emerging AI-enabled no-code low-code automation and analytics platforms to accelerate research analysis documentation prototyping process mapping stakeholder alignment and delivery execution while including defining agent responsibilities decision boundaries escalation paths and human-in-the-loop controls to ensure safe reliable and compliant operation within financial services environments. 

• Client Engagement & Delivery: Work directly with client business operations product data and technology teams to understand strategic objectives operational challenges technical constraints stakeholder priorities and desired business outcomes. 

• Strategic Problem Solving: Assess current-state processes systems data flows risks dependencies and pain points to identify root causes evaluate business impacts and help define the design and implementation of strategic initiatives that incorporate both traditional and AI-enabled strategic solutions (e.g. operating model transformation system implementations process optimization) 

• Technical Business Analysis: Translate business needs into clear functional requirements user stories process flows data requirements business rules acceptance criteria and solution documentation that bridge business stakeholders and technical delivery teams with the support of internal and client-approved AI solutions. 

• Solution Design & Implementation Support: Partner with product owners engineers architects data teams and client stakeholders to support solution design system implementation workflow optimization integration planning UAT validation and implementation readiness across front middle and back-office platforms including .targeted use cases of AI- or agent-enabled solutions. 

• Workstream Ownership & Execution: Own assigned tasks and deliverables by managing timelines tracking risks issues decisions and dependencies proactively communicating progress and helping drive initiatives from analysis through execution. 

• Client-Ready Communication & Deliverables: Prepare structured accurate and polished materials including presentations executive summaries business cases impact assessments process documentation status reports meeting outputs and stakeholder communications for internal teams client stakeholders and senior leaders. 

• Internal Firm Support: Support proposals and business development initiatives including client presentations and thought leadership contributing perspectives on digital data and AI trends within financial services. 

Qualifications :

These qualifications are intended to reflect what may help someone succeed as a Consultant at Sia. We recognize that candidates may not meet every qualification listed and we encourage you to apply if you are excited about the role eager to learn and believe you can contribute to our teams and clients. 

• Education: Bachelors degree or Masters degree in Engineering AI Engineering & Computing Computer Science Data Science Financial Engineering or a related field; other non-technical degrees will also be considered for candidates with prior consulting experience. 

• Relevant Experience: 1 years of relevant professional experience for Consultant candidates or 3 years for Senior Consultant candidates within financial services that demonstrates proven business problem-solving analytical thinking professional communication and the ability to leverage AI tools to support research analysis documentation or deliverable development; experience management consulting is preferred.

• AI-Enabled Technical Proficiency: Foundational ability to leverage AI/GenAI tools prompt engineering and modern productivity platforms to accelerate business analysis requirements gathering process documentation research testing support and stakeholder-ready deliverables while applying sound judgment to validate and improve AI-generated outputs through responsible AI governance concepts. 

• Traditional Technical Proficiency: Ability to use Microsoft Excel Microsoft PowerPoint Microsoft Visio JIRA / Confluence Microsoft PowerBI / Tableau SQL and other related tools to support advanced data analysis develop insights and analytics and create clear effective presentations and communications.

• Consulting Skillset: Strong communication skills analytical thinking attention to detail ownership teamwork and intellectual curiosity with the ability to work closely with business and technology stakeholders synthesize ambiguity ask thoughtful questions identify gaps and help drive work forward in a fast-paced client-facing environment. 

• Financial Services Interest and Knowledge: Foundational understanding of or demonstrated interest in the financial services industry including areas such as products operations regulatory requirements technology and business processes.

Additional Information :

Compensation & Benefits 

Sia invests in total rewards that support how our people work live and grow. 

Compensation 

• Base Salary: $80000$116000. Actual compensation within this range will be determined based on experience qualifications geographic location and other job-related factors permitted by applicable law. 

• Annual Performance Bonus

Benefits 

• Medical dental and vision; company-paid life and AD&D; voluntary supplemental insurance and EAP 

• 401(k) with company match and immediate vesting; HSA and FSA options 

• College savings and student loan repayment programs 

• Paid parental leave; generous PTO nine company holidays and one floating holiday 

• Cell phone stipend; well-being and professional development programs 

Benefits are subject to applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements. 

Workplace 
Sia values in-person collaboration. When serving clients consultants may be required to work onsite at a client location based on engagement needs. Between client engagements consultants are expected to work from a Sia office or approved coworking location at least three days per week. Candidates should reside within a reasonable commuting distance of a Sia office or approved coworking location. Sia maintains offices and coworking arrangements across multiple U.S. markets including New York City Charlotte Greater Seattle San Francisco Greater Bay Area Los Angeles Houston Atlanta Baltimore Chicago Washington D.C. 

Work Authorization 

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout their employment. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship now or in the future. 

At Sia we believe in fostering a diverse equitable and inclusive culture where our employees and partners are valued and thrive in a sense of belonging.

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including hiring promotion remuneration or discipline are based solely on performance competence conduct or business needs. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time