Client Value Partner (cvp) - Financial Services Industry

Celonis Celonis · Data AI · New York, NY · Value Engineering

Celonis is seeking a Client Value Partner (CVP) for the Financial Services Industry to act as a strategic architect and program director for large transformation programs at a global banking account. This role requires deep Capital Markets expertise, strategic consulting skills, and the ability to translate C-level vision into P&L impact by leveraging Celonis' Process Intelligence platform and AI capabilities.

What you'd actually do

  1. Translate Institutional Strategy to Operations: Analyze the bank’s strategic goals (e.g., Operational Resilience, T+1 Settlement Readiness, Capital Efficiency, Regulatory Compliance) and map them to a long-term vision utilizing the Celonis platform.
  2. Architect the "Office of the CFO/COO" Agenda: Design the roadmap for optimizing end-end value chains, specifically targeting Trade Lifecycle (Front-to-Back), Institutional Client Onboarding (KYC/AML), and Inter-company Reconciliations.
  3. Build the Board-Level Business Case: Construct robust business cases that articulate the financial impact of Process Intelligence on specific banking metrics (e.g., Cost-to-Income Ratios, Intraday Liquidity Management, RWA optimization, and Fails Management).
  4. Lead Value Assessments: Leverage industry benchmarks to quantify the value opportunity and present a multi-year strategic roadmap to C-Level executives (CIO, COO, CFO).
  5. Orchestrate Multi-Stream Execution: Act as the de facto Program Lead for large-scale transformations. You will manage multiple execution streams simultaneously, ensuring alignment between siloed divisions (e.g., aligning Equities Ops with Reference Data and Compliance).

Skills

Required

  • 15+ years of relevant experience, ideally combining tenure at a top-tier Investment Bank, Asset Manager, or Custodian with Strategy Consulting.
  • Deep understanding of the pressure of the trading floor and the complexity of the back office.
  • Granular knowledge of the Capital Markets value chain.
  • Fluency in Global Markets Operations, Controllership, Treasury Services, and Risk & Compliance (e.g., MiFID, Dodd-Frank, CSDR).
  • Understanding of the modern banking technology stack (Legacy Mainframe vs. Cloud modernization, Swift, FIX protocol).
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-stream programs.
  • Track record of driving large-scale transformation programs that impacted the P&L through operational efficiency or risk mitigation.
  • Extensive experience presenting to and influencing C-Level executives (CIO, COO, CFO, CRO).
  • Ability to navigate complex, matrixed organizations and use data to persuade senior stakeholders.
  • Comfort working with ambiguity and an entrepreneurial leadership style.

Nice to have

  • Process Intelligence platform expertise
  • AI capabilities understanding

What the JD emphasized

  • Program Director mindset
  • complex technical execution
  • massive transformation program
  • multiple parallel streams
  • complex, multi-stream programs
  • multiple projects run in parallel under one strategic umbrella
  • strict dependency management and cross-functional alignment