(Senior) Consultant

Consulting x Financial Services – Your Chance to Shape the Future

Are you an experienced consultant (m/f/d) ready to take the next step in your career? Are you looking for a dynamic environment in a fast-growing company? Then you’ve come to the right place

We provide the platform for you to help shape the financial world of tomorrow with forward-looking strategic transformation, smart strategies, and an international team. Here, you can apply your expertise and take it to the next level.

Sounds like you? Let’s talk

Your responsibilities

• Advise banks, asset managers, and exchanges on strategic matters to help them streamline their operations and enhance settlement efficiency.
• Design and implement innovative strategies for seamless trade processing, clearing, and settlement to optimize overall processes.
• Optimize post-trade workflows, for example in areas such as collateral management, custody, and reconciliation, to maximize efficiency.
• Navigate complex regulatory frameworks (such as T+1 Settlement, MiFID II, and CSDR) to ensure compliance and drive operational excellence.
• Leverage automation, AI, and emerging technologies to revolutionize settlement processes and drive digital transformation.
• Create and implement Target Operating Models (TOM) in close collaboration with clients to address risks, improve efficiency, and strengthen financial market infrastructures.
• Contribute to workshops, training sessions, and presentations to share knowledge and empower professionals with cutting-edge expertise in settlement and operations.

Your ticket

• Your educational foundation is a degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master’s degree, MBA, or PhD is a strong plus.
• You bring 2-4 years of experience and a deep understanding of market mechanisms, focusing strongly on financial operations, settlement, collateral management, custody, or post-trade services.
• Regulatory frameworks like T+1 Settlement, MiFID II, CSDR, or Basel III are familiar to you, and you understand their practical implications on daily operations.
• Confidently and precisely, you communicate in both German and English to make complex technical and regulatory topics easily understandable for diverse stakeholders.
• You tackle complex challenges with a forward-thinking and solution-oriented approach, easily connecting the dots to develop smart strategies.
• As a true team player, you stand out with intercultural competence, a great sense of humor, an entrepreneurial mindset, and a hands-on approach – including readiness for on-site client work.

What we offer

• Performance-based salary: We offer you an attractive salary that recognizes your dedication and clearly values your success.
• Flat hierarchies and dynamic environment: We are a fast-growing company with flat hierarchies all the way up to the C-level.
• True team spirit: With us, you are not just a colleague – you’re part of a real team. Collaborative projects, regular events, and a strong sense of camaraderie are part of our daily work culture.
• Modern mobile office policy: We offer a mix of freedom and teamwork, with flexible working hours, EU-remote working, and sabbaticals, enabling you to balance your professional and personal life.
• Extensive training opportunities: Whether you want to develop new skills or take deep dives into specialized topics, our programs will support your career growth.
• Partnerships with leading tech companies: Work with IBM, NVIDIA, and KAIZEN, and benefit from access to cutting-edge technology, industry expertise, and exciting collaboration opportunities.
• Attractive employee benefits: Company smartphone for private use, pension plans, and tax advantages.

Ready to shape the future of finance with us? Apply now

About us

Magpie Projects - collect . connect . create

Emerging from LPA Consulting, we bring over two decades of capital markets expertise but now sharpen our focus on forward-looking strategic transformation.

We act on early insights to help clients stay ahead, transforming intelligence into actionable strategies and guiding clients from traditional capi