Accenture UK & Ireland
Management Consulting Manager – Banking
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Job Description
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 of 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.
As a team:
Accenture Strategy and Consulting shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models.
Our teams:
- Drive end-to-end transformation - Combine analytics-based insights with expertise and experience to connect the end-to-end capabilities needed to drive change.
- Lead epic disruption - Co-create and iterate with colleagues and clients in our Innovation Centres, Labs and Design Studios to reimagine and reshape industries and markets.
- Partner with the biggest clients - Gain unrivalled exposure working with more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500 across 40+ industries in 120+ countries.
Accenture Strategy and Consulting UK Banking business shapes the future for banks in highly challenging times, with Covid-19 disruption, regulatory scrutiny, margin pressure and the burden of legacy operating models and technology. At the same time, stakeholders of all types expect new value to be delivered. A ‘decade of action’ lies ahead with the leaders accelerating towards a model which is purpose-driven, operationally innovative and value-generating.
That’s where Accenture Banking comes in. Whether we're helping modernize core banking operations, turn a mobile banking experience into a social one, or reinvent payment and credit models, our banking consulting services empower clients with data-driven insights and the right tools to adopt a mindset fit for today's—and tomorrow’s—digital landscape.
If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.
In this role you will support one or several of the following areas:
Core Banking Transformation: Support our clients delivery of core banking transformation programms, including at least one of the following components:
- Development and management of a multi year roadmap / plan.
- Development and management of the end-to-end solution / design.
- End-to-end delivery e.g. with integration testing or data migration.
- Core Banking Modernization: Replacing our Banking clients legacy core banking platforms with next generation solutions.
Solution Design and Planning:
- Ability to work in a client-facing role that translates client requirements and business objectives into engineering solutions that shape large scale programmes to deliver the technology strategy for an organisation.
- Project and Programme Management: Experience in creating, implementing and operating within appropriate governance framework, leading multi-disciplinary teams to implement cutting edge technology at an enterprise level.
- Develop business cases to identify, measure and realise enterprise value with an emphasis on modern software engineering.
- Contribute to business development activities including opportunity identification/qualification, proposal development/presentation, and commercial contract negotiation.
- Contribute to developing the Accenture Strategy and Consulting Banking practice and building Accenture’s banking offerings, assets, capabilities, and thought leadership.
We are looking for experience in the following:
- University Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
- Shaping or delivery of Core Banking Transformation programs.
- Core Banking Modernization, with experience moving Banking clients from their legacy platforms to next generation cores (using products such as Thought MachineTM, Mambu and Pismo).
- Understanding of ecosystem components required to support next generation cores.
- Strong client-facing experience with the ability to build and maintain client relationships.
- 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 practitioners.
- Presentation skills 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.
- Exposure and/or involvement in sales origination, coupled with an entrepreneurial mind-set.
- Involvement with the commercial management of consulting engagements.
- Strong project management skills.
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 improve citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 730,000+ people serving clients in more than 120 countries.
Accenture reserves the right to close the role should a suitable applicant be found.
Location: London, GB
Posted Date: 10/29/2024
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