Management Consulting Senior Manager, Wealth Management

Role:
Senior Manager – Wealth Management

Location:

London, UK Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.“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 CEOAs a team:

In the UK, Accenture works with many of the leading firms in the wealth management sectors. Fast- changing regulation, changing direct and institutional investor expectations, and technology innovation are trends that are having a significant impact on the business and operation models of these firms.  Accenture’s unique position, at the intersection of business and technology, means that more and more investment and wealth managers are turning to us for help with their most important business and technology investments.

As a senior manager within Accenture’s Wealth Management practice, there will never be a typical day and that’s why people love it here.

Here are just a few typical responsibilities:

Deliver successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients’ most pressing business challenges, and create lasting value in disciplines such as:

Defining and Implementing C-Suite strategic agendas

Emerging products and services

Organisational redesign and operating model transformation

Artificial intelligence

Core systems transformation

Cost efficiency

Enterprise agility

Driving identifying and supporting business development and sales, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of Accenture to our clients

Solving complex, ambiguous, business change and technology problems, bringing structure and rigorous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little management oversight

Driving a rigorous and structured approach to solving business problems

Building trusted relationships with client and Accenture teams in a dynamic and challenging environment

Supporting the development of Accenture’s Wealth Management practice through people development, mentoring of more junior team members, and recruiting activities

Taking accountability for developing offerings within the UK Wealth Management practice. Playing a key role in driving the growth agenda for clients – identifying emerging trends in customers and the market and driving sales as a result

Leading the creation of well-articulated thought leadership assets that present innovative and action-oriented information, insight, knowledge, guidance, and recommendations on a specific market-relevant strategy topic and driving improved market presence in external forums.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills:

Wealth Management consulting experience at a recognised consulting firm or through an ‘in-house’ consulting/business development role (e.g., group strategy or group corporate development) at a large Wealth Management organisation

Deep subject matter expertise across the Private Wealth spectrum (e.g., Wealth Management, Private Banking, Family Offices, Advisory and Financial Planning) with a strong grasp of client segmentation, regulatory environments, product architecture, and distribution models

Excellent consulting and problem-solving skills. Familiarity with recognised consulting frameworks and techniques; experience of research, quantitative analysis, structured problem solving and executive communication techniques

Knowledge and a personal viewpoint on key trends in Wealth Management, including regulation, investor needs and products and services

Proven track record of building and…