Partner (Wealth)

Sionic is currently seeking a Partner to join its team on a permanent basis within our Wealth practice in Switzerland

**The opportunity**:
This is an opportunity to build the Sionic presence in Switzerland by leveraging the existing book of business as well as the firm's overall offering. PE/RE fund admin expertise that has been built up via the Jersey office over the past c.15 years. We have established clients and assignments underway in Lux but are yet to set up an office and build a team. By supplementing the existing experience and knowledge of the Sionic team you will provide actionable advisory consulting services across operational model, system selection and operational efficiency for existing clients with the additional opportunity for you to provide delivery consulting services to implement the results of the advice

**You will**:

- Deepen Sionic's understanding of the Swiss market
- Engage as a senior Advisory Consultant with major clients in Switzerland and related jurisdictions
- Grow out the function through hiring
- Lead multiple assignments that deliver outstanding client work
- Provision of advisory services relating to systems, process' and operating model design
- Development and maintenance of close, collaborative sponsor and client relationships, introducing opportunities where Sionic can provide value and services to clients.
- Building close, collaborative, relationships with Sionic colleagues and involving them in shaping and delivering differentiated solutions
- Provide insights into the market for Sionic services
- Support marketing and pre-sales activities through contributing to IP and propositions in response to potential client and/or sector challenges and issues and producing authoritative white papers
- Identify and cultivate new strategic relationships.
- Lead pitch meetings and pre-sales meetings
- Guide account planning for existing relationships
- Managing and developing junior colleagues to produce a strong cohesive team of consultants and create followership

**Your experience**:
**Essential**:

- Degree level qualifications or equivalent plus further academic success.
- Deep understanding of Swiss financial institutions
- Consulting and line management experience in a financial services organisation
- Considerable familiarisation with functionality of PE/RE systems (especially the market-dominating eFront, Investran systems)
- Strong background in consulting and advisory projects
- Appreciation of the associated infrastructure/surround technologies (pricing/forex sources, banking, consolidation solutions, reconciliation solutions, reporting solutions, portals, et al)

**Life at Sionic**

We are expert-led specialists across banking, asset and investment management, financial markets infrastructure, wealth management, insurance and reinsurance.

**What's important to you is what matters to us**

Our people are at the heart of our business and that's why we're the Consultancy of choice for our clients. We recognise that the traditional 'workplace environment' has evolved and we want to nurture the benefits of this cultural shift for our employees whilst continuing to deliver expertise and an unrivalled service to our customers in our core, specialist areas.

Our core values which underpin our day to day working practices are **Expertise, Leadership** and **Teamwork**.

**We live these values by **
- Caring for the health and well-being of our colleagues
- Increasing diversity and inclusion within our workforce
- Encouraging and accommodating flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Creating a culture centred on interesting, complex, and challenging work and celebrating success
- Enjoying a fun, friendly, supportive, and sociable team-based environment
- Supporting performance driven career progression and providing access to professional skills enhancement via internal learning programs
- Recognising and celebrating the individual contributions of our colleagues
- Championing autonomy and empowerment of all our colleagues

**And if that wasn't enough**
- Rewarding success and hard work

We offer a **competitive basic salary** and annual bonus based on performance.

**Benefits package includes**:

- Private healthcare via Bupa
- Health cash back plan via BHSF
- Generous annual leave plan
- Company contribution to pension
- Life assurance
- Season ticket loan
- Competitive Employee Referral Program

**Inclusion and Diversity**

At Sionic, we are dedicated to building a culture of diverse perspectives and talent to support individual growth and superior business results. We strive to cultivate a dynamic, diverse, and inclusive workplace where all employees feel engaged, valued and that they belong. Our global Charter summarises commitment to diversity and inclusion.