Reconciliations Strategy Lead

We are currently mobilising a large-scale, multi-year transformation programme to rebuild the front-to-back reconciliations function for a leading global Tier-1 investment bank. We are establishing a foundational leadership team responsible for building and scaling this modern function from the ground up, including setting the overall programme strategy, defining the target architecture, and establishing a future-proof Target Operating Model (TOM).

We are seeking a highly competent and drive-focused Manager to lead core delivery streams within this flagship programme. In this role, you will sit at the crucial intersection of technology, business architecture, and post-trade operations, driving strategic alignment across front-office trading platforms, middle-office operations, back-office sub-ledgers, and general ledger ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Strategy & Delivery Leadership: Lead key workstreams in mobilising and executing the front-to-back reconciliations rebuild, delivering structured strategic plans, project timelines, and executive deliverables.

Target Operating Model (TOM) Design: Help define and implement a global operational framework, establishing standardized exception management workflows, global governance structures, SLAs, and operational KPI dashboards.

Business & Target Architecture: Map complex trade, cash, position, and ledger data flows across global banking systems. Design modern architectural patterns that streamline matching, reduce false-positive breaks, and eliminate manual interventions.

Technology Strategy & Modernisation: Collaborate with enterprise architecture and vendor platforms (e.g., SmartStream TLM, Duco, AutoRek, Gresham) alongside cloud-native streaming and API architectures to modernise legacy reconciliation engines.

Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership: Act as a trusted advisor to senior executive stakeholders across Risk, Operations, Finance, and IT divisions, translating complex technical architectures into actionable operational roadmaps.

Team Capability Building: Mentor and direct junior consultants, business analysts, and functional architects to scale project delivery capability.

Required Capabilities & Qualifications

Core Qualifications:

Consulting / Delivery Track Record: Proven experience as a Manager or Senior Consultant within top-tier management consultancies, technology services firms, or lead delivery roles within Tier-1 Global Investment/Wholesale Banking institutions.

Domain Expertise: Deep domain knowledge of capital markets trade lifecycle, front-to-back post-trade operations, trade matching, position recs, cash/nostro recs, inventory, and general ledger reconciliation.

Business Architecture & Data Flows: Hands-on experience mapping end-to-end data flows, data lineage, and integration patterns across front-office (e.g., Murex, Calypso), middle-office, and sub-ledger systems.

Technology Architecture Strategy: Practical knowledge of enterprise reconciliation matching engines, modern data architecture patterns (APIs, real-time streaming/Kafka, data mesh), and exception management automation.

Stakeholder Management: Outstanding communication, facilitation, and executive presence with a demonstrated ability to drive consensus across matrixed global teams.

Preferred / Desirable Skills:

Familiarity with regulatory frameworks impacting financial reconciliations (e.g., BCBS 239, EMIR, MiFIR, CSDR).

Hands-on familiarity with reconciliation tools such as SmartStream TLM, Duco, Gresham Clareti, or AutoRek.

Experience with AI/ML-driven automated exception management or smart workflow orchestration engines.

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed