Senior Consultant – Capital Markets Specialist

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Senior Consultant driving strategy and implementation projects for financial service providers in banking and insurance. Collaborating with teams to deliver high-quality consulting services.

Posted 7/25/2026full-timeKöln • 🇩🇪 GermanySeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong expertise in capital markets, including financial instruments and regulatory compliance, while effectively managing projects and optimizing processes in the financial services sector. Exhibits a commitment to quality and client objectives, supported by solid analytical and teamwork skills.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Capital Markets ExpertiseProject ManagementFinancial Instruments KnowledgeRegulatory Compliance (MiFID II, MiFIR)Process Analysis and Optimization

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Hard Skills

Financial InstrumentsOperations ActivitiesProcess AnalysisRequirements ManagementTest DesignProject ControlData ArchitecturesRisk ManagementCollateral ManagementRegulatory Reporting

Soft Skills

Analytical ThinkingTeamworkCommitment to QualityMotivationClient Orientation

Tools & Technologies

MS Office

Industry Keywords

Financial ServicesEquitiesBondsDerivativesFX / Money MarketsSecurities LendingETFsMiFID IIMiFIRInternal Reporting

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Depending on your seniority, you will support or take responsibility for strategy and implementation projects on-site with the client
You support the project manager in project management
Your responsibilities also include research on market- and project-relevant topics
Together with the team, you prepare and refine project and sales materials
As a Senior Consultant you demonstrate uncompromising commitment to the client’s objectives, combined with a strong solution- and execution-orientation
Independent working, paired with high motivation and a strong commitment to quality, is a matter of course for you

Requirements

What you’ll need

University degree, ideally in economics/business administration, business informatics, mathematics or engineering, or an equivalent qualification
Several of the following capital markets-related skills: financial instruments (equities, bonds, swaps and derivatives, FX / money markets, repos / securities lending, certificates, warrants, funds and ETFs)
Operations activities (reconciliation, clearing & settlement, collateral management, risk management, regulatory reporting and internal reporting)
Regulations and supervisory law (e.g., MiFID II, MiFIR)
Process analysis and optimization
Functional and test design as well as requirements management
Systems and data architectures at banks, in particular trading, middle- or back-office systems
Project management and project control
Willingness to continuously take on new challenges in a consulting environment
Ability to think in a structured and analytical way
Solid, relevant professional experience in strategic, operational, IT and process-related matters in the financial services sector, as well as excellent industry knowledge
Enjoyment of teamwork and working with people
A certain willingness to travel and flexibility are a matter of course for you
Proficient MS Office skills and very good written and spoken English complete your profile

Benefits

Comp & perks

Personal development (internal/external)
Coaching / mentoring program
Attractive compensation package
Company pension scheme
Company and sports events
Social engagement
Mobile working
Home office equipment
Modern office in Cologne’s Rheinauhafen
iPhone and MacBook
BahnCard 50 or Deutschlandticket
Voucher card
Beverages and snacks available free of charge