Financial Services Consultancy Director

As a financial services consultancy director, you are an expert who helps banks and financial companies get better at what they do. Companies pay you to study their problems, work out what is going wrong, and suggest smart ways to fix it. You lead teams of consultants who do the detailed work, and you present the ideas to senior managers.

Your days are busy and different. You might spend one day looking at a bank's data to spot what is costing them money, the next day meeting with bank bosses to understand what they are worried about, and another day working out a new plan together. You need to be good at maths and spotting patterns in numbers, but you also need to explain complicated ideas simply to people who are not experts. You will mentor younger consultants and help them get better at their jobs. Much of the work involves learning about finance and how banks work, so you need to keep reading and stay curious about how the world of money is changing.