Advise banks, asset managers, and exchanges on strategic matters to help them streamline their operations and enhance settlement efficiency.
Design and implement innovative strategies for seamless trade processing, clearing, and settlement to optimize overall processes.
Optimize post-trade workflows by improving collateral management, custody, and reconciliation processes to maximize efficiency.
Navigate complex regulatory frameworks (such as T+1 Settlement, MiFID II, and CSDR) to ensure compliance and drive operational excellence.
Leverage automation, AI, and emerging technologies to revolutionize settlement processes and drive digital transformation.
Create and implement Target Operating Models (TOM) in close collaboration with clients to address risks, improve efficiency, and strengthen financial market infrastructures.
Lead engaging workshops, training sessions, and presentations to share knowledge and empower professionals with cutting-edge expertise in settlement and operations.
Your educational foundation is a degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master’s degree, MBA, or PhD is a strong plus.
You bring 3–7 years of experience and a deep understanding of market mechanisms, focusing strongly on financial operations, settlement, collateral management, custody, or post-trade services.
Regulatory frameworks like T+1 Settlement, MiFID II, CSDR, or Basel III are familiar to you, and you understand their practical implications on daily operations.
You have a tech-savvy mindset and are well-versed in automation, AI, and blockchain technologies, fully grasping their transformative impact on settlement processes.
You successfully design and implement functional and technical architectures, as well as operating models for financial operations in practice.
You thrive in leading projects and collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams in dynamic environments.
Confidently and precisely, you communicate in both German and English to make complex technical and regulatory topics easily understandable for diverse stakeholders.
You tackle complex challenges with a forward-thinking and solution-oriented approach, easily connecting the dots to develop smart strategies.
As a true team player, you stand out with intercultural competence, a great sense of humor, an entrepreneurial mindset, and a hands-on approach – including readiness for on-site client work.
Magpie Projects - Leading your transition to integrated Financial Markets.
Emerging from LPA Consulting, we bring over two decades of capital markets expertise but now sharpen our focus on forward-looking strategic transformation.
We act on early insights to help clients stay ahead, transforming intelligence into actionable strategies and guiding clients from traditional capital markets toward the more integrated financial markets, where public and private capital flows intersect.
We stay at the forefront of change, helping clients navigate shifts – whether in policy, technology, or changing structures. We ground ambition in experience, enabling faster decisions and measurable outcomes. As financial markets evolve, so must the tools. We embed AI and use your data to build smarter, scalable systems, always applying technology with purpose.