Connect to your Industry
Deloitte’s AI & Data Financial Services team is at the forefront of transforming the financial service industry by empowering clients to harness cutting-edge AI solutions and data analysis and management programmes. As part of this team, practitioners are instrumental in design, developing innovative solutions that address real-world challenges and unlock new opportunities for financial services organisations. This involves close collaboration with stakeholders, building robust pipelines, and continuously advancing expertise in AI to drive continuous growth and innovation, from initial strategy to implementations to optimisation.
This work directly supports the diverse needs of the entire financial services industry. The AI & Data team's capabilities are crucial in optimising and transforming core operations across various segments, including banking, insurance, capital markets, and investment and wealth management. By applying deep industry experience and AI expertise, the team helps financial services clients solve complex operational, technical, and regulatory problems. This enables them to re-engineer processes, enhance customer experiences, drive growth, and create lasting value across their entire business, thereby shaping the future of finance through intelligent automation and data-driven insights.
The team's comprehensive approach extends beyond specific sub-sectors, enabling financial services clients to achieve significant advancements in areas such as risk management, fraud detection, customer engagement, and operational efficiency. By integrating advanced AI and machine learning capabilities, Deloitte helps organisations not only navigate the complexities of a rapidly evolving market but also gain a competitive edge. This involves leveraging data to inform strategic decisions, automate intricate processes, and ensure compliance with ever-changing regulatory landscapes, ultimately positioning clients to innovate and thrive in the digital age.
Connect to your career at Deloitte
Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
Connect to your opportunity
We are seeking committed new leaders to join our highly skilled and diverse Data and AI team, with a focus on our clients in the Capital Markets sector. Our goal is to work together with our clients to drive innovation and insight from their data, using cutting edge technology.
As an Associate Director, you will have a broad remit of responsibilities, which may flex depending on the expectation of the specific role you are fulfilling for your client. You’ll lead large and complex multi-capability and often multi-geography teams, to deliver business critical outcomes with and for our clients. You’ll apply your delivery know-how and technical understanding, along with understanding of the Capital Markets industry to support clients with their complex challenges, and will be responsible for the likes of:
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Leading the delivery of complex data transformation, implementation, advisory, and remediation projects, adding value to our clients' end users, by managing multi-skilled teams from within client teams and broader Deloitte.
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Leading and managing cross-functional project teams, overseeing all aspects of project delivery from initiation to deployment and ongoing support.
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Provide clients with deep technical expertise in data and AI technologies, designing innovative solutions that help them meet strategic business objectives.
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Applying an understanding of how changes in the market will impact our clients and the challenges they face and reflecting this in improving our own internal capabilities.
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Collaborating directly with clients to understand their unique needs and develop tailored solutions for their deepest data and AI problems.
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Building and maintaining strong relationships with client stakeholders, effectively communicating project progress, managing expectations, and addressing concerns.
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Provide technical guidance and oversight to the team, ensuring the development of high-quality data and AI solutions that meet client requirements.
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Staying abreast of industry trends and advancements in data and AI, contributing to Deloitte's thought leadership and knowledge sharing initiatives.
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Leading business development work for our key propositions through pre-sales, bid preparations and client presentations. Showcasing our knowledge and experience whilst building relationships with potential clients.
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Participating within Deloitte to assist growth in the Capital Markets team, developing and guiding junior grade colleagues, and supporting the firm’s commitment to creating a more diverse and inclusive culture.
If you're a highly motivated and experienced professional seeking a challenging and rewarding role where you can make a real difference, we encourage you to apply.
Connect to your skills and professional experience
As an Associate Director, you will need to:
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Have extensive experience in business analysis, implementation, delivery, or consulting experience in the Financial Services industry, with a focus on data or AI.
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Lead and develop large teams, supporting in the delivery of large-scale data programmes within the Capital Markets sector, with a record of high performance and success in your role delivering change and transformation for the client.
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Demonstrate experience across the Financial Services industry, with a primary focus on the Capital Markets sector.
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Have exceptional communication, presentation, business writing and professional skills, including the ability to bridge both technical and business stakeholders.
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Have experience in requirements gathering and solution shaping, including ability to translate technical requirements into business outcomes.
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Have experience in leading multiple parallel workstreams/teams in both analysis and technical delivery programmes.
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Excel at building relationships and collaborating with internal and client stakeholders to understand and articulate challenges to in implementing overall vision.
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Show a proven ability to lead all aspects of programme teams, including managing people, risk management, facing off to senior (C-suite) stakeholders, and managing project financials.
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Demonstrate strong and specialised experience and understanding of new AI and data products, processes, and technologies, as well as modern data architecture principles and data management (e.g. data governance, data quality, data strategy).
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Demonstrate strong proficiency in key day to day applications such as Microsoft Office, Jira and Confluence.
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Have experience in delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile/SaFe, etc.) and tooling (Jira, Confluence, Planview etc.).
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Show familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.) and data tools (Databricks, Power BI, Python, Snowflake, Hadoop, SQL, etc.).
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Demonstrate a bias for action, a problem-solving mindset, and an ability to operate independently.
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Have experience in guiding and coaching junior talent through challenging situations and providing honest and constructive development points.
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Have experience leading (consulting) bids, for example in responding to requests for proposals and developing industry relationships.
Connect to your business - Technology and Transformation
Distinctive thinking, deep expertise, innovation and collaborative working. That’s what connects us. That’s what makes us Deloitte. If you want to help solve some of the biggest tech and transformational challenges around, join us. Together, we’ll make an impact that matters.
Engineering, AI and Data
We lead transformation at the heart of our clients; re-engineering the core of our clients’ organisations, helping to unleash growth, and creating better futures for their customers, citizens and employees.
Personal independence
Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further detail as you progress through the recruitment process or you can contact the Independence team upon request.
Connect with your colleagues
“I see my role as helping and preparing the business towards new ways of working and guiding them along the change journey. I am passionate about people and constantly thinking about how I can make change easier for any impacted team.”- Sophia, T&T
“What attracted me to Deloitte were the endless opportunities and the collective experience of other like-minded individuals. Deloitte’s clients include many of the world’s largest organisations; I wanted to be part of a team that made a difference that I could be proud of.” - Dan, T&T
Our hybrid working policy
You’ll be based in London with hybrid working.
At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter for the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
Our commitment to you
Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.
We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.
Connect to your next step
A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.
Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers
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