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 2021.
Financial services executives—tasked with a mandate to become agile and resilient—are embracing new fast and flexible talent models. They are seeking expertise in M&A, market analysis and product strategy, digitization, and operations from the independent market to power transformations and organizational clarity.
PROJECT CATEGORIES: Financial Services
| 57% Strategy |
| 19% Operations |
| 10% Interim Executive |
| 8% Transformation |
| 6% Organization |
MOST IN-DEMAND PROJECTS
M&A
Interim Leadership
Product Strategy and Launch
Business Processes
Opportunity Assessment
Digital Strategy
Growth Strategy
Business Intelligence and Analytics
IT and Tech Transformation
Marketing and Sales
MOST IN-DEMAND SKILLS
Market Landscape and Research
Organizational Design and Workforce Planning
Due Diligence
Process Optimization and Transformation
Advanced Analytics
Product Launch
Program Management Office (PMO)
Digital Marketing
Acquisitions
SAMPLE FINANCIAL SERVICES PROJECTS
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Integrate transition service agreements as a project manager supporting the M&A team
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Serve as an interim CFO with asset management expertise
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Lead opportunity assessment, positioning, proof of concept, and client interviews for an investment product launch
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Build reporting and analytics capabilities to track key KPIs
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Drive customer acquisition experimentation and innovation
