Management Consultant - Capital Markets

Location: London

Responsibilities:

• Deliver successful consulting engagements addressing our clients’ business challenges, delivering lasting and distinctive outcomes and value.
• Solve complex, ambiguous business change and technology problems, bringing structure and rigorous analysis and planning, acting, and taking decisions with little management oversight.
• Drive a meticulous and structured approach to solving business problems.
• Build trusted relationships with client and Accenture teams in a dynamic and challenging environment.
• Drive, enable and support business development and sales, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of our firm to new business prospects.
• Support leadership to run Accenture’s business (including cost management, contract management) with discipline, rigor, and integrity.
• Take accountability for developing offerings within the Capital Markets practice, playing a key role in driving the growth agenda for clients — identifying emerging trends in customers and the market.
• Lead 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 support Accenture to have improved market presence in external forums.
• Prioritise diversity experience of research, quantitative analysis, structured problem solving and executive communication techniques.
• Project and programme delivery experience; having a solid understanding of project lifecycles and phases of delivery.
• Experience in project management and/or business analysis within a Financial Services / Capital Markets setting.
• An appreciation of how technology can contribute to solving clients’ complex business problems; comfort operating at the intersection of business and technology.
• Intellectual capacity and ability to think in new, innovative ways to understand complex issues and develop creative solutions, especially in uncertain/ambiguous circumstances.
• Proven presentation skills, personal impact, and charisma to lead meetings, presentations and workshops supported by first class written and verbal communication skills; the ability to articulate complex problems and solutions in a simple, logical, and impactful manner.

Desired Attributes:

• Proven success in co‑creating in a team‑oriented environment.
• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem‑solving environment.
• Excellent leadership, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical and dynamic thinker and great problem‑solving skills.
• Strong academic background, to Bachelor’s degree level or higher, or equivalent experience.
• Experience in Capital Markets, Investment Banking industry, including an understanding of Front, Middle and Back office processes and a high level understanding of the trade lifecycle.

Benefits:

At Accenture in addition to a highly competitive 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!