Mgmt Consulting - Financial Services Senior Manager - Insurance

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Accenture's Consulting workforce is involved in business consulting, process design work and the application of technologies to business. A career in Consulting is varied and stimulating because each project presents a new challenge and will give you exposure to new clients, business issues, technologies and people. We need people who are able to challenge conventional thought, offer unique perspectives and conceive more innovative solutions for our clients.



Working as a consultant with Accenture, you will build core business, technology and industry expertise helping to deliver world-class business and technology solutions that enable clients to become high performance businesses. Consultants must be professionals who have an interest in how business processes work and interact. In addition, consultants need to apply their skills in project and program management while exhibiting leadership in process re-engineering and implementation of process, technology, and organizational change. Finally, consultants also need to have a working knowledge of the industry and/or the functional areas they serve.



The Consulting workforce is made up of three groups: Management Consulting, Systems Integration Consulting and Technology Consulting. This consulting group structure provides outstanding opportunities to develop highly specialized skills that will help you advance your career.

Job Description
Accenture's Consulting workforce is devoted to solving our client's management problems. We are hired because we have the personnel and perspective that our clients believe are better positioned to solve their complex management decisions, and we have the other service lines in Accenture to implement our solutions. Thus, our people are our greatest asset.

In the Financial Services Capability Group, we continuously explore new sources of shareholder value for our clients. You may be asked to investigate new markets or examine opportunities to grow in existing markets. Or you may look for ways of delivering products and services more effectively and efficiently. Regardless, your work will have a strategic impact to our clients' bottom line.

Key responsibilities may include:
• Shaping and leading programs that translate results from business diagnosis and planning into transformation programs/projects
• Identifying and prioritizing account level value creation opportunities based on assessment activities and an understanding of client high level visions, performance gaps, and needs
• Translating and conveying client business needs into tangible business solution architecture
• Shaping and leading business architecture transformational programs
• Monitoring and managing target value and performance goals (e.g., strategic, financial and operations), ensuring planned business outcomes are achieved and adjusting program if necessary
• Assessing and managing risk throughout all aspects of the business solution implementation
• Leveraging the full range of appropriate client and Accenture resources in designing the change plan
• Guiding team through development and execution of stakeholder communications strategy
• Managing major proposal and business development efforts, coordinating across service lines, as appropriate
• Determining project resource mix and overall expenditure plan
• Interpreting changes in the business environment and potential program impact; actively working with client leadership to reprioritize activities/alter plan
• Working with clients to validate approaches, ensuring appropriate focus, and testing insights
• Assessing accuracy and completeness of valuation and value analyses
• Identifying an industry's key cost and value drivers and explaining their priority/influence on business performance

Requirements:
· 8+ years post-MBA experience in the Insurance Industry with significant experience in strategic/market/competitive analysis, assessing complex business issues, and evaluating financial performance
· 3-5 years of strategic development experience with evidence of significant client impact (e.g. strong relationships, influence over direction) and value creation
· Relationship building experience - ideally involved in building relationships and selling across functional areas or business units as well the identifying, selling and structuring large deals
· Recent experience with a top-tier consulting organization
· Experience leading multiple teams and working in a global, organization
· MBA Degree from Tier One Business Program an asset
· 100% travel required

All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career. For more information on our Management Consulting operations, please visit www.microsite.accenture.com/management_consulting_careers/Pages/Home.aspx.

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 204,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$21.6 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2010. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

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