McLagan, a division of AonHewitt, is the leading provider of analytical performance reports, rewards studies and
consulting to the world’s top financial services firms. Focusing exclusively on the financial services industry for
over forty years, McLagan serves clients in the asset management, investment banking, corporate banking, private
equity and private client businesses. McLagan’s highly skilled consultants deliver fact-based guidance to financial
services firms helping them enhance productivity and profitability by optimizing revenue and cost drivers. More
information about our firm is available at www.mclagan.com.
Financial Services Infrastructure Consulting Group
Our Financial Services Infrastructure Consulting Group currently provides Benchmarking and Strategy Consulting
leveraging primary Big Data pools including Compensation, General Ledger Costs, Client Service, and Capital to
assist back office functions in solving a broad range of client problems through generating innovative data analytic
solutions. Our clients include C-level executives in areas including Compensation/HR, Technology, Operations,
Risk, Legal, Compliance, Procurement, and Finance. Our client base includes just about every financial services
institution on the planet and our team is spread between New York/Stamford, London, and Hong Kong in order to
serve them effectively.
Clients come to us with questions on how to run their business effectively. We provide a combination of data and
advisory as fixed price solutions in order to help them answer these questions.
Our consultants typically are not stationed at client sites and are measured based upon results and value to the
business and the team, not upon personal utilization.
Director, Technology and Financial Technology Practice
To help reach our goals, McLagan currently has an opening for a Director who wants to work with like-minded
individuals in our Stamford/New York offices.
The Director will lead the global Technology and Financial Technology practice and interact with C-level
information technology executives at Financial Services firms and executives at Financial Technology firms
globally in order to advise and assist them in running their technology functions.
Typical projects include:
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Determining cost of technology resources deployed for a bank in high and low cost locations and
recommendations for optimization for a Universal Bank.
Assisting a Financial Technology client in determining revenue per account correlated to product sales per
account to understand effectiveness of technology sales personnel
Recommending optimization of SDLC technology resources across outsourced/BPO models and captive
resources
Benchmarking the compensation expense for a broad set of elements in a Financial Technology organization
and recommending spend changes, based upon market dynamics
The Director has three main areas of responsibility:
1. Managing and executing delivery of consulting projects aimed at improving the efficiency of our clients’
businesses
2. Single point of contact for client needs around Technology/Financial Technology and partnerships/alliances
on this front and sales of T/FT services
3. Managing the practice as a business including revenues, consultant management, and marketing
Required Experience
 10-15 years of experience in strategy or management consulting to Financial Markets firms, preferably
within a ‘Big 4’consulting organization, or within the project area of a Bank
 Significant experience as a consultant to the financial services industry, an understanding of what happens
after a trade is made, and how technology supports these goals.
 Solid understanding of US and non-US markets, utilities, service providers and other types of organizations
 Solid understanding of the global and regional market practices, major market utilities and service
providers and regulatory frameworks
 Bachelors Degree, MBA preferred
Key Abilities
 Collaborative and extroverted personality
 Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong focus on product development
 Strong project management acumen
 Creative and proactive problem-solving, creating tactical and long term strategic solutions
 Strong curiosity in developing innovative ideas and client value propositions
 Desire to ‘roll up your sleeves’
 Presence and stature to be able to communicate with C-level executives at client firms
 Experience in initiating and closing client project work
Must have the following skills:
 Ability to grow a consulting business
 Team management and leadership skills
 Quantitative analysis
 Creative and proactive problem-solving
 Excellent oral and written communications
McLagan offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package that includes Health Care (Medical, Vision and
Dental), Health Savings Accounts; FLEXComp Spending Accounts; Transportation Spending Accounts; Disability Benefits
(Short-term and Long-term); Group Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D); Savings Plan — 401(k);
Employee Stock Purchase Plan; Deferred Compensation Plan; Paid Time Off; Critical Illness Insurance; Long-term Care
Insurance Program; Legal Services Plan; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to group discounts for Auto, Homeowner’s and
Pet Insurance.
McLagan is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce. M/F/V/D