CRD Implementation Consultant

Senior Consultant, Implementation

About Our Firm:

Granite Solutions Groupe provides financial services decision makers with people and solutions that deliver. Our clients count on us to deliver the right talent at the right time to achieve critical business results. We leverage our industry knowledge and passion for client priorities to deliver human capital solutions.

GSG was founded in 1998 as a consulting firm delivering project management and technology solutions for the financial services industry. GSG now has a global presence, with team members deployed across the U.S. at Fortune 1000 companies and high-performing Fintech firms.

High-caliber consultants are the face of GSG at our client organizations and offices. We value the deep relationships we have with our consultants that enable us to place them in roles where their skills will have an immediate impact. The GSG consulting team is comprised of diverse, experienced, driven, and dynamic contributors who excel at getting things done.

About the Opportunity:

Seeking highly experienced Charles River Development (CRD) Implementation Consultants to support complex client delivery and implementation initiatives across the financial services industry. The ideal candidates will bring deep, practical, hands-on experience with the Charles River Investment Management Solution (CRIMS) and a strong understanding of investment management operations, workflows, and technology. Candidates should be comfortable operating independently with senior client stakeholders, solving complex implementation challenges, and providing practical expertise throughout the full implementation lifecycle.

• Lead and support complex, end-to-end Charles River implementations, upgrades, migrations, and platform transformation initiatives.
• Apply deep practical knowledge of CRD/CRIMS to assess client requirements and design effective, scalable solutions.
• Work directly with financial services clients to understand complex business processes and translate requirements into Charles River solutions.
• Provide hands-on functional expertise across areas such as order management, portfolio management, trading, compliance, investment operations, and IBOR.
• Lead requirements gathering, functional design, configuration, testing, data migration, integration, and implementation activities.
• Serve as a trusted subject matter expert and advisor to client stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Identify implementation risks, resolve complex functional issues, and provide practical recommendations based on prior delivery experience.
• Collaborate with technical teams on integrations, APIs, data flows, interfaces, and broader solution architecture.
• Support client workshops, solution design sessions, UAT, training, go-live, and post-implementation activities.
• Mentor or provide guidance to less experienced consultants and contribute to delivery best practices.

• Bachelor’s degreein a business or technical discipline, such as Finance, Mathematical Finance, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience, with significant experience in investment management, capital markets, financial services technology, or consulting.
• Substantial hands-on experience with Charles River Development (CRD/CRIMS), including direct involvement in complex implementations, upgrades, transformations, or client delivery engagements.
• Demonstrated track record of successfully delivering multiple CRD implementations or major platform initiatives from requirements and solution design through implementation and go-live.
• Deep practical understanding of investment management workflows and operating models, with the ability to translate real-world business processes…