Principal Consultant

Department: Delivery Operations

Location: Multiple Office Locations/Hybrid

Description

Our vision at AutoRek is to set the new standard in financial data automation. Our platform simplifies highly complex data, automates critical business processes, and manages regulatory change. With flexibility, security, and scalability at our core, we enable our customers to make real-time decisions that drive better business outcomes.

As a Principal Consultant, you will be responsible for identifying both client requirements and the design of the solution for those requirements. After designing the solution, you will oversee and support the build of this solution. Ensuring quality delivery, you will work on multiple projects across various teams within a matrix environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for our implementations.
• Estimate tasks during the discovery phase and support the bid approval process.
• Work with clients to understand current processes, requirements, and design solutions.
• Collaborate with development, testing, and project teams to agree on solutions and timelines.
• Monitor development progress and address deviations from the plan.
• Assist with acceptance testing, defect triage, and scope changes.
• Lead meetings, document key discussions, and manage customer queries and escalations.
• Guide and motivate the team, support senior consultants, and oversee team improvements.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Required:

• Proven experience leading customer workshops to gather requirements in financial services projects.
• Experience overseeing defect triage, contributing to test plans, and aligning them with solution design.
• Skilled in creating documentation for business and technical.
• Strong understanding of change control and managing scope changes.
• Good knowledge of software development and implementation phases.
• Expertise in process redesign for efficient outcomes.
• Ability to produce clear, detailed solution requirements.
• Able to lead large workshops both in-person and remotely.

AutoRek Benefits

• Annual leave package - 26 days, plus public holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday (even if it falls on a weekend)
• The option to buy extra annual leave days
• Flexible working arrangements to suit your lifestyle
• Annual Company & Personal Performance Bonus Awards
• Employee Nominated On-The Spot Bonus Program
• Employee-Referral Scheme
• Private healthcare & hospital cash plan that covers our employees' partners and dependents
• Group Life Insurance
• Income Protection
• Length of service awards
• Regular team-building events and monthly all-staff updates from our CEO
• Opportunities for professional development and growth
• Free financial advisory services
• Byond cashback card – Cashback on purchases from your local high street retailers
• Salary sacrifice cycle scheme – Our cycle to work benefit-pay nothing upfront and save on the cost of a brand-new bike and accessories. All while saving the planet by reducing your carbon footprint.