Accenture
Management Consultant - Banking
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Job Role: Banking Management Consultant
Location: Manchester / London
Mobility: Up to 100%
Career Level: Consultant
Accenture is a global professional services company, providing a broad range of market-leading services to our clients.
We are looking for an experienced management consultant with experience gained within either commercial or retail banking. You should have gained exposure to major transformation projects using leading technology.
We have roles in Manchester, London and Leeds.
Inclusion and diversity are woven into the fabric of our business, and our core values of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, Integrity and Respect for the Individual have enabled us to create One Global Network for clients all over the World.
“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO
As a team:
You will be a trusted partner to business leaders, working with a diverse team of experts to deliver successful tech-enabled transformations and new kinds of value for your clients. Join our global network of people using the latest assets, platforms and partnerships to help bring ideas to life.
Strategy & Consulting is one of five services that make up one Accenture – the others are Operations, Technology, Song, and Industry X.
Management Consultants design and implement business changes that drive industry-specific, function and digital operating model transformation, focusing on tasks relating to people and processes. We help banks challenge their conventions; capitalize on the full potential of technology, their people and emerging opportunities; and become better at change.
The candidate will be a Consultant within Accenture’s Banking practice with a focus on Business and Technology Transformation within commercial and corporate banking.
In this role you will support one or several of the following areas:
- Project and programme Management: Experience in creating, implementing and operating within appropriate governance framework, working closely with the Accountable Executives and Programme Managers. Ability in shaping, leading and controlling the delivery of complex, high risk and/or cross functional programmes, with pragmatic application of programme management methodologies, use of a clearly defined delivery roadmap and robust financial and risk management.
- Accountability: Assume accountability for delivery of one or more projects and programs at a client. Mobilise the team, identify appropriate people resources and assign these individuals to projects.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with and lead senior Client stakeholders in both technology and business space and clearly communicate programme performance.
- Industry Knowledge: Develop and apply industry knowledge to be able to make implementation-oriented recommendations.
- Team Leadership: Develop and lead diverse and dispersed teams through effective leadership and coaching.
- Practice Development: Help to develop the Accenture Strategy and Consulting Banking practice and building Accenture’s banking offerings, assets, capabilities, and thought leadership.
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We are looking for experience in the following:
- A good broad understanding of Commercial or Retail Banking – including experience in core banking processes and related technologies, mortgages, payments, cards and related regulatory change.
- Strong client-facing experience with the ability to build and maintain client relationships.
- Experience leading diverse teams in complex strategy and consulting engagements, delivering high-quality output in short timeframes.
- Understanding of emerging technology trends (Big Data, API, AI, Microservices, Blockchain, Cloud etc) and impact on both overall enterprise architecture and operating model.
- Experience in M&A/Integrations.
- Excellent leadership, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
- Strong problem-solving skills with an ability to approach a problem in a structured manner and propose workable solutions.
- Ability to absorb and process information quickly.
- Consulting experience or ability to work in a consulting environment indispensable.
Your base location will be London, although most of our consultants work on lengthy client engagements within the UK and Ireland. Therefore, you must be willing to work away from home Monday to Friday as required.
Set yourself apart:
- A drive for personal development and curiosity to learn new concepts and skills.
- Ability to understand complex issues, quickly absorb information, and work creatively in a problem-solving environment.
- Comfort with the quantitative skills required to develop financial/operational models and supervise data analysis.
- An appreciation of how technology and digital can contribute to solving clients’ complex business problems; comfort operating at the intersection of business and technology.
- Experience working with relevant FinTech providers.
- Natural leadership and the ability to quickly build effective teams, establish trust-based relationships and gain valuable insights through collaboration and communication.
- Experience with staff development and ability to mentor junior to mid-level practitioners.
- Excellent presentation skills, personal impact and charisma to lead meetings, presentations and workshops.
- Confidence to articulate complex problems and solutions in a simple, logical and impactful manner with groups ranging from board rooms to business unit leads, and to constructively challenge team members and leadership to ensure the right client outcomes and value is delivered.
- Some exposure and/or involvement in sales origination, coupled with an ambitious mindset.
- Some involvement with the commercial management of consulting engagements.
- Strong project management skills.
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What’s in it for you
At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!
Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
Visit us at www.accenture.com
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