Independent talent for banking
Pre-vetted independent specialists in core banking, payments, risk, financial crime, data and change. Each one has delivered inside a bank, ready to deploy on your modernisation, regulatory and transformation programmes in days.
Built by operators. For banks.
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Built for the realities of banking
Banking is modernising on every front at once. Core platforms need replacing while they keep running, payments are moving to real-time rails, and financial crime and capital programmes carry fixed regulatory deadlines. The skills that deliver this work are scarce, expensive to hire permanently, and rarely sitting idle. Outsized connects banks with independent specialists who have built and run these functions themselves. We were founded by people who have sat in your seat, so we know what good looks like, and what does not.
The banking expertise clients ask us for most
Core banking and payments modernisation
Our specialists have replaced ageing core platforms, migrated to cloud-native banking systems and connected to real-time payment rails without breaking daily operations. They have delivered ISO 20022 migrations, instant-payment integrations and account-to-account journeys inside live banks. They keep programmes moving when the risk of disruption is highest.
Regulatory, risk and financial crime programmes
We field specialists who have led financial-crime remediation, sanctions and screening uplift, and Basel and capital-reporting programmes under real supervisory scrutiny. They have built control frameworks and closed regulatory findings that carried hard deadlines. They understand the operational reality of meeting a regulator, not just the theory.
Data, AI and analytics
Our data specialists have built the platforms, models and governance that turn banking data into decisions, across risk, fraud, pricing and customer analytics. They have delivered data migrations, model risk documentation and production machine learning inside regulated banks. They know how to ship value while keeping model governance intact.
Cost and operating model transformation
Our transformation specialists have redesigned operating models, run large change portfolios and taken cost out without stalling delivery. They have stood up PMOs, led target operating model design and managed multi-workstream programmes across retail, commercial and corporate banking. They bring structure without bureaucracy and land change that holds.
How banks use Outsized
Data and analytics specialists for a leading South African retail bank
The Retail Client Experience Delivery division of one of South Africa’s largest retail banks needed to scale its data and analytics team at pace, across several parallel projects with a brief that kept shifting.
Challenge:
The bank needed data analysts, business intelligence analysts, data scientists, delivery leads and data support analysts who could start immediately. The roles were not fully defined, the project landscape kept evolving, and the work could not wait for a traditional hiring cycle.
Solution:
Outsized matched specialists from our platform against a moving brief, assembling an initial shortlist from limited information. As the client’s interviews clarified requirements, we presented a second round of specialists tuned to what the bank had learned.
Impact:
The bank hired independent specialists into every critical role from our shortlists. Its data processing and analysis capabilities improved, decision-making became more data-driven, and the benefit carried through to the bank’s own clients. The engagement strengthened the partnership, and the bank returned to us with further requirements.
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Built by operators, for clients who expect more.
Most talent partners have never worked a day in financial services. Outsized was founded by people who have. With access to 60,000+ independent professionals globally, we deliver depth, coverage and uncompromising quality. We are not a job board. We are not a longlisting service. We are your curated talent partner.
Anurag Bhalla
CEO
With nearly two decades of experience in consulting and FS, expertise in digital transformation and innovation.
Experience from:
Niclas Thelander
Founder & CMO
Career built across European financial services at SEB, KPMG, and Atradius, followed by private equity at LeapFrog Investments and co-founding a European insurance MGA.
Experience from:
Azeem Zainulbhai
EMEA Co-Lead
Investment banking and private equity background at Merrill Lynch and Bank of America, followed by CFO and Chief of Staff roles at fintech and marketplace scale-ups.
Experience from:
Build agile financial services teams powered by top independent talent
In financial services, agility, innovation, and compliance must go hand-in-hand. Outsized enables clients to scale delivery capacity through specialised independent professionals who understand FS environments – from transformation and risk to digital, data, product, and innovation.
Talent-on-Demand
Quickly close capability and capacity gaps for your core functions and project teams. Onboard talent in days, not weeks or months. Access our platform of top independent consultants, skilled contractors, and seasoned experts with deep execution experience.
Outsized Teams
Outsized Teams deliver complete project outcomes through agile, hand-picked teams of proven consultants and experts. Each team is built to your brief and mobilised fast, with lower overheads, transparent pricing, and hands-on management from your Outsized Capability Lead.
Bench by Outsized
Bench gives always-on access to curated and continuously updated and maintained talent pools of top-tier independents across high-priority skill areas. Outsized guarantees quality, depth and availability of talent, so you can immediately deploy skills as and when you need them.
Contract-to-Hire
Speed up and de-risk hiring for both you and the talent. With our Contract-to-Hire model, employers and talent get to know each other during a ‘try before you buy’ period – ensuring a great match for both sides. Escape lengthy, broken recruitment processes and confirm suitability through on-the-job performance.
Meet some of our banking specialists
Daljit Bisht
Executive Advisor & Consultant
Digital banking and transformation specialist with 25+ years spanning greenfield bank builds, digital transformation, and fintech across Asia and the Middle East. Self-employed executive advisor previously led centralised digital transformation across six markets at DBS Bank and built digital banking operations for greenfield bank Zand.
Hester Mostert
Operations & Compliance Specialist
Financial services operations specialist with 10 years across compliance, portfolio management, and client services, delivering regulatory uplift and process improvement for FS firms.
Mfanafuthi Khumalo
Test Analyst
Senior QA Test Analyst with 19 years’ experience in UAT, Salesforce, CRM, and system integration testing across banking, consulting and technology programmes.
Read about our banking work
Risk and compliance experts for a banking project
Accelerating payments product delivery with an acquiring squad
Data and Analytics specialists for South African retail bank
How Outsized helped a large SA bank scale up with the help of skilled independent talent.
Let’s talk about your banking talent needs
Banks are operating in one of the most demanding capability environments anywhere. Regulatory deadlines are fixed. Specialist talent in core, payments, risk and data is structurally scarce. The organisations that keep delivery moving build structured access to senior independent expertise before they need it urgently. Outsized gives banks access to pre-vetted independent talent that deploys fast and brings real delivery experience. Whether you need a single specialist this week, a team built for a complex programme, or an always-on talent bench, we move quickly without compromising on quality. Tell us what you are working on and we will come back to you straight away.