Managing Director, Solutions

Job Description:

We are working with a well-established and multi-award-winning financial services provider who are seeking a Managing Director of Solutions to join their senior leadership team in London.

This is a newly created, senior leadership opportunity for someone with a strong track record in bringing together multiple business units into one cohesive, high-performing division. The successful candidate will lead the consolidation and transformation of business units into a single, unified function, working closely with the Executive Committee to shape strategy, drive commercial performance, and support the organisation's continued growth, including through acquisition.

Deep pensions knowledge is not essential for this role, it is essential that you have worked in a regulated financial services environment. What matters most is demonstrable experience leading business integration, strong stakeholder management skills at senior/C-suite level, sound commercial acumen, and comfort engaging with data-led and technology-driven propositions.

Essential Skills/Experience:

Significant senior leadership experience gained in pensions, investment management, investment solutions, professional services, or data-led consultancy environments.

Demonstrated experience leading change, integrating business lines, or transforming operating models.

Strong commercial acumen with a track record of owning budgets, driving revenue growth, and supporting sales and client delivery.

Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and business unit heads.

Comfort engaging with data and technology-driven products and platforms.

Strong people leadership with a track record of building engaged, high-performing teams.

Degree in Finance, Economics, Investments, Business, or a related discipline; professional investment qualifications (e.g. CFA) desirable but not required.

Core Responsibilities:

Lead the end-to-end consolidation of business units into one cohesive function, defining a compelling strategic vision and operating model.

Take full commercial accountability across the division, including revenue growth, profitability, cost efficiency, and product performance; own forecasting, budgeting, and financial reporting to the Board.

Oversee the enhancement and optimisation of the group's data and reporting platform, ensuring its outputs drive better client and internal decision-making.

Champion the development of integrated propositions that combine consultancy insight, professional services delivery, and data-led capabilities.

Build, lead, and motivate high-performing teams, conducting regular performance, development, and succession reviews across the newly consolidated division.

Lead change management efforts during integration and growth, ensuring clarity of purpose, employee engagement, and stakeholder buy-in.

Support M&A activity by providing insight on investment, platform, and product implications, and contribute to integration planning and execution.

Benefits:

A highly competitive salary, with bonus potential and Equity potential

A wider benefits package including private medical insurance, group life assurance, pension contribution, and hybrid working

Job reference: 16544

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Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

At Core-Asset, we're committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. Our privacy statement explains when and why we collect personal information about people who engage with our services, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure. We may change this policy from time to time, so please check this policy occasionally to ensure that you're happy with any changes.

By engaging with us (either by applying for a job we're advertising, registering through our website, or getting in touch with our business) you're agreeing to be bound by this policy.

Core-Asset Consulting is committed to protecting the privacy of our candidates, clients and website users. For further information, please refer to our full Privacy Statement available on our website http://www.core-asset.co.uk/about-core-asset/privacy-statement

Core-Asset Consulting offers specialist recruitment services to asset management, accounting & finance, asset servicing, legal and the wider financial services sector in Scotland.