Accelerate your career.

At Monocle, we believe work is more than just a job. It is a chance to make a difference in the world of finance. An opportunity to fulfil your potential. To make friendships with ambitious, positive, like-minded people. To gain invaluable industry experience and learn critical skills that will make you a highly sought-after management consultant.

Monocle is a people-centric, independent consulting firm, specialising in banking and insurance. We understand that our greatest asset is our people and because of this, we do things a bit differently.

Monocle’s Employee Value Proposition 

Monocle embraces an ongoing and active approach to amplifying the talents of our people, empowering them to unlock their full potential and feel fulfilled in their careers. Our vibrant culture thrives through our shared growth mindset, collaboration, support, and social connection, fostering a space where everyone can flourish. We are committed to continuous learning and provide ongoing technical training, industry certification support, and personal development opportunities through mentorship and executive engagement. Ultimately, we strive to create an environment that nurtures ambition, supports well-being, embraces diversity, upholds integrity, and inspires individuals to make a positive and lasting impact on the world around us. 

Monocle offers:

• Unparalleled growth and exposure – Monocle is uniquely positioned in the market to undertake projects across a wide spectrum of critical and exciting areas of the financial services industry. Our Consultants deliver mission critical projects at the most prestigious banks and insurers in Johannesburg, Cape Town, London and Amsterdam.

• Unlimited training and development – Investment in our people’s development is at the heart of Monocle’s company ethos. That is why we prioritise the upskilling of every employee.

• Unique and vibrant company culture – At Monocle, we believe friends work better together than colleagues. We love nothing than partaking in a wide variety of activities through our company sponsored clubs.

• Ultra-competitive compensation – At Monocle, we want the best talent to join our team, so we understand that those individuals need to be recognised and rewarded for their true value.

Monocle is looking for an experienced professional to join our team as a Consultant. As a Consultant at Monocle your main tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Play a leading support role in the delivery of large projects. This may include project management related activities like creating a product roadmap, setting up project governance structures and driving the delivery of multi-disciplinary teams.

• Act as a subject matter expert and trusted consultant to Monocles clients in areas of domain expertise. Expertise in any of the following domains is highly beneficial: Banking Risk, Treasury & Capital Management, Financial Crime, or Credit (Full lifecycle).

• Designing and implementing dashboards and management reports, generally using Power BI.

• Solving complex problems in the banking industry.

• Conducting Business Analysis to elicit user requirements and document these in support of technical development.

• Perform Data Analysis, particularly in support of technical project implementations where the consultant may be required to develop an understanding of complex datasets and perform thorough data reconciliations.

• Identify process inefficiencies and propose and implement improvements to these processes. This may include, but is not limited to, automation through technology.

• Taking responsibility for own delivery and contribution on projects.

• Develop and maintain good professional working relationships with clients at all levels of the organization.

• Engage with senior stakeholders in a mature and respectful manner.

We are looking for individuals with:

• A degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Econometrics, Statistics, or Data Sciences, with strong preference for a post graduate qualification.

• Nice to have designations: FRM, CA(SA), CIMA, CFA.

• A combination of these technical skills will be beneficial - Data Analysis, power BI, SQL, Python, Advanced Excel, AWS Redshift

• 3 years or more relevant experience in:

  • Banking,

  • Asset Management, or

  • Insurance.

Experience Requirements:

Experience in any of the below domains will be highly advantageous.

• Financial Crime (AML or Fraud) or legal compliance in the financial services sector. This would ideally be in either a second-line oversight capacity, or in the development of systems, processes and frameworks for Financial Crime management.

• Treasury, especially funds transfer pricing or asset/liability management. This may include specific design and modelling experience in developing these functions, or practical experience in the day-to-day management of these processes.

• Risk Management in a banking context (Liquidity, Interest Rate Risk, Market Risk, or Operational Risk). Ideally this experience will be in a second-line function and would include the development of risk management processes, or the implementation of risk systems and tools.

• Business Analysis in a Financial Services company. It would be particularly useful if the candidate has experience in defining business requirements in an Agile project management context.

• Experience engaging with senior stakeholders, particularly where the candidate acted as a trusted advisor. This may include previous experience as a management consultant, auditor, or other professional services role.

The ideal Monocle Consultant also:

• Has an enquiring mind and is eager to learn and improve their professional skillset.

• Is able to work in a dynamic environment where one day never looks like another.

• Is enthusiastic in their approach to their work.

• Regards themselves as a high performer.

• Is able to engage with senior stakeholders in a confident yet respectful manner.

• Is an excellent communicator with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

• Works well under pressure to meet client objectives.

• Is sociable and enjoys interacting with others, both at work and at social events.

• Works well independently and in a team.

• Shares Monocles values

Recruitment Process:

During the interview process, you will meet with different Monocle representatives – including both People and Culture representatives and company executives – and demonstrate your cognitive abilities in various assessments. A critical aspect of the interview process will be determining whether Monocle will be a good fit for you and your career aspirations, so please come prepared with any questions you may have.

If you have a passion for finance and problem-solving, a relevant qualification, and think you have what it takes to join a team of your smartest and most driven peers, start your Monocle journey today!

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