Principal - Financial Services Technology Practice

• Primary responsibility includes client relationship, delivery leadership, business development and team management. Role requires building relationships with clients, opportunity identification & sales conversion, and providing delivery leadership.
  


• The engagements are primarily in the banking & financial services industry and would involve active engagement with CXO/Senior level client personnel, and would involve strong skills of issue identification, solution development and leadership presentations. Cedar’s FS practice is rich in programs across Strategy formulation and execution, Business, Process and Organization transformation, and Technology transformation including selection and program management of leading technology solutions.
  


• Role requires a good understanding of financial and banking technology domain both at a conceptual and at an operational level. Relevant experience in Retail, Corporate and Digital banking would be key.. International experience would be a plus.
  


• Understanding of emerging trends in Fintech, Payments and AI would be critical and a strong appetite for learning would be key. Leading and managing the team would be part of the role. Job includes significant opportunities for active contribution of articles, thought leadership papers and industry engagement. Penchant for speaking and writing would be key.
  


• We have offices in global cities, and a large number of projects presently executed in the Asia/Middle East region.
  

• Highly proficient in the MS Office suite
  


• Project Management qualification is a plus.
  

 
Soft skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  


• Strong global orientation with an excitement to interact. 
  


• Execution-focused
  


• Highly organized and detail-oriented. 
  


• Good problem-solving skills.
  


• Ability to multi-task across activities along with different teams
  

• MBA or a master’s degree from top-tier business school. 
  


• 10+ years of relevant experience
  


• Proven track record of delivery leadership and engagement lead roles