Financial Services Strategy Consultant in London

Accenture is a global professional services company, providing a broad range of market‑leading services to our clients. We are looking for a Strategy Consultant with a demonstrable background gained within Financial Services, particularly Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management. You should have a good understanding of strategy or management consulting.

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.

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. In joining Accenture Strategy you will drive the CEO agenda on issues related to digital disruption, competitive agility, global operating models, and workforce of the future to identify new sources of value.

You’ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways. 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!

In our team you will learn to:

• Use your judgment to solve client business problems, bringing structure and quantitative and qualitative analysis while acting and taking decisions with little management oversight.
• Understand the strategic direction set by senior management and deliver lasting and distinctive outcomes and value.
• Develop knowledge of prevailing trends, financials and operating drivers, identifying industry‑specific operating and financial metrics to identify key value drivers.
• Build and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C‑suite.
• Contribute to business development activities including opportunity identification/qualification and proposal development/presentation.

In this role you will deliver successful strategy engagements addressing our clients’ business challenges, providing lasting and distinctive outcomes and value in disciplines such as:

• Corporate Strategy and Business Model Design
• Operating Model and Organisational Design
• Cost and Productivity Transformation
• M&A and post‑merger Integration
• Customer Innovation and Growth
• Technology and AI‑led strategy
• Transformation Management and Value realisation
• Exec Governance and Reporting

Understand key strategic/operational issues and structure the problem to develop hypotheses around possible solutions. Structure and create business/market assessments. Develop and utilise industry knowledge to be able to make implementation‑oriented recommendations. Develop business cases to identify, measure and realise enterprise value.

This will include working on a combination of discrete strategy engagements and as part of wider cross‑Accenture teams engaged on larger transformation programmes.

We are looking for experience in the following:

• Good understanding, interest and experience in Banking and Capital Markets.
• Minimum of 2 years experience at a top tier or boutique consulting firm or at a leading company with a combination of technical / operational and management / business development / strategy roles.
• Familiarity with recognised Strategy frameworks and techniques.
• Experience of building relationships at all levels in an organization.
• A high‑level understanding of value chain business models, operating models, industry trends and challenges and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience working in diverse teams in complex strategy/consulting engagements, delivering high‑quality output in short timeframes.
• Strong analytical skills, understands complex issues, quickly absorbs information, excels in conceptual, analytical and creative problem solving.
• Digitally savvy; curious and passionate about technology, understands its impact on business and society.
• Driven; enjoys a challenge, proven ability to adapt and remove obstacles to achieve results, determined and optimistic.

Academic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree.

Set yourself apart:

• Driven; enjoys a challenge, proven ability to adapt and remove obstacles to achieve results, determined and optimistic.
• Experience in operating model design, strategy formulation, digital transformation, impact assessment, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Strong organisational and analytical skills.
• Communication: Excellent presentation, and storytelling skills.
• Leadership ability in a team environment, with an eagerness to drive progress with a results‑driven attitude.
• Experience of developing & mentoring junior practitioners.

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 of vacation per year, access to app based fitness classes, mental well‑being tools and discounts on a range of gyms, private medical insurance and three days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Moreover, you have access to our Employee Share Purchase Plan that enables you to buy Accenture shares at a 15 percent discount.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role to deliver the first‑class services we are known for.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Closing Date for Applications: 30/03/2026.