Principal Business Consultant

About Temenos
Temenos powers a world of banking that creates opportunities for billions of people and businesses everywhere. We have been doing this for over 30 years through the pioneering spirit of our Temenosians who are passionate about making banking better, together.

We serve over 3000 clients from the largest to challengers and community banks in 150+ countries. We collaborate with clients to build new banking services and state-of-the-art customer experiences on our open banking platform, helping them operate more sustainably.

At Temenos, we have an open-minded and inclusive culture, where everyone has the power to create their own destiny and make a positive contribution to the world of banking and society.

THE ROLE
The Principal Business Consultant is responsible for coordinating and ensuring successful implementation of their functional area of expertise. The Principal Business Consultant plays the role of interface between the project team and the client and ensures that all actions are taken to fully satisfy the client's functional needs in their business/functional domain. The Principal Business Consultant is also responsible for providing guidance and coaching to less experienced consultants.

OPPORTUNITIES

• You will be recognized internally as a specialist on complex functional and business matters Works independently and in collaborative nature.
• You will completely master business skills required to accomplish the job.
• You will provide guidance, coaching and advice to less experienced consultants.
• You will be an individual with a customer focus who has developed the acumen to cultivate and build lasting customer relations.
• You will analyze and validate all client business requirements and relate them to TEMENOS products capability.
• You will have an in-depth Knowledge on the Islamic Products.
• You will review client organization, processes and workflows and propose of a 'post-picture' to maximize the benefit from TEMENOS products.
• You will validate all functional decisions for the projects to ensure optimum utilization of TEMENOS products.
• You will make recommendations on best banking practices to the Project Manager and alert him on practices that might damage the Clients business or contradict legal requirements, before recognition as a problem by the Client.
• You will provide consultancy and advice to clients and TEMENOS consultants on matters related to the implementation of TEMENOS products.
• You will define and validate customization needs for TEMENOS products as per agreed business definitions.
• You will coordinate with the TEMENOS maintenance groups to ensure that the product problems identified are understood and resolved.
• You will run workshops and benchmarks to meet specific project needs.
• You will provide assistance to the Project Manager, for the planning and conduct all aspects of the implementation of TEMENOS products.
• You will supervise, if and when needed, over specific functional parts of the implementation plan.
• You will perform such other duties, functions and services, consistent with status or vocational ability, as may from time to time be required.

Skills

• You should have a minimum of seven years of experience in Finance or in banking software consultancy.
• You should have extensive Banking Products implementation experience.
• You should have an in depth understanding of financial and banking processes e.g. Deposits, Loans, Collateral, Asset Management, Credits, Accounting,Treasury. Must have strong experience in payments.
• You should be IT oriented: knowledge of a banking software application; excellent knowledge in PowerPoint, Excel as well as other MS Office environment applications.
• This job involves complex activities demanding considerable coordination to effectively achieve the jobs end results. Awareness of other jobs in the project team is necessary as the job activities either influence or are influenced by these.
• You should fully understand and be able to deploy the TEMENOS Implementation Methodology.

VALUES

• Care about being a specialist in your field.
• Commit to coaching and mentoring others.
• Collaborate with the project team and client.
• Challenge yourself to constantly improve your Temenos product knowledge.

SOME OF OUR BENEFITS include:

• Maternity leave: Transition back with 3 days per week in the first month and 4 days per week in the second month
• Civil Partnership: 1 week of paid leave if you're getting married. This covers marriages and civil partnerships, including same sex/civil partnership
• Family care: 4 weeks of paid family care leave
• Recharge days: 4 days per year to use when you need to physically or mentally needed to recharge
• Study leave: 2 weeks of paid leave each year for study or personal development

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