Financial Services Strategy Consultant

Location: London

Career Level: Consultant

Industry sector: Banking and Capital Markets

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 in Financial Services, particularly Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management. You should have a good understanding of strategy or management consulting.

As a team, 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.

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
• Executive Governance and Reporting

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

Qualification:

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 organisation.
• 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:

• 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. Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.