Each year, Business Talent Group releases the High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy top independent talent to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps. Here are the key financial services trends for 2023.
Fueled by uncertainty and rapidly changing market conditions, financial services firms are focused on transforming all aspects of the business—whether they're navigating a complex regulatory environment, providing more personalized service offerings, or boosting organizational effectiveness. With the help of highly skilled on-demand talent, companies are investing in sophisticated product strategies, risk management, process optimization, and IT and tech transformation to stay competitive.
PROJECT CATEGORIES: Financial Services
26% Strategy |
15% Operations |
21% Transformation |
19% Organization |
19% Interim Leadership |
IN-DEMAND PROJECTS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES
Interim Leadership
Business Processes
Human Capital
IT and Tech Transformation
Organizational Effectiveness
Planning
Product Strategy and Launch
HR and Culture Transformation
Growth Strategy
IN-DEMAND SKILLS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES
Compensation Strategy
Technology and Systems Implementation
Organizational Design and Workforce Planning
Process Optimization and Transformation
Corporate and Business Unit Strategy
Operational Excellence
Financial Planning, Analysis, and Modeling
Product Development
Financial Controls, Accounting, and Audit
SAMPLE FINANCIAL SERVICES PROJECTS
- Serve as an interim CTO to lead the development of a high-frequency trading platform
- Build scalable human resources practices and human capital strategies from the ground up
- Develop and manage change management processes and comms for a newly established Global Business Services (GBS) group
- Drive pre-launch customer analyses and marketing activities for a new product