Management Consulting Manager - Utilities Water Manager in London

Location: London, Manchester, Bristol

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, technology services and operations, helping organisations improve performance, embrace digital transformation and operate more effectively. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

As a team, we are a diverse group of driven individuals, sharing a common passion for driving innovation across our portfolio of water and wastewater utility clients. We are committed to helping our clients deliver safe, sustainable and cost‑effective services in their highly regulated environment.

In our team you will learn:

• Work with our diverse client base across water and wastewater utilities to solve their most difficult problems.
• Deliver truly innovative work on the back of emergent technologies such as AI, analytics, cloud platforms and digital twins.
• Collaborate across multiple locations and disciplines, leveraging Accenture’s global knowledge network.
• Develop your industry knowledge and consulting expertise through continuous learning, coaching and mentorship.
• Lead with integrity, champion diversity and inclusion and help shape a more sustainable future for critical national infrastructure.

As a Utilities Water Manager, you will:

• Work alongside our clients – from C‑suite leaders to operational teams – to understand their challenges, identify opportunities, design solutions and manage their implementations.
• Drive transformation programmes by translating strategic insights into practical actions that deliver measurable results.
• Lead cross‑functional teams to deliver improvements in customer experience, field operations, asset management and digital adoption.
• Lead value case and benefit analysis, operating model design and implementation, process design, cost and productivity improvement.
• Project‑manage and use your experience with delivery methods such as Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking to drive success.
• Utilise analytics and big data to develop insight‑led strategies.
• Recommend and use the best innovative technologies to answer client questions.
• Leverage your relationship and stakeholder management skills to accomplish team objectives.
• Communicate with excellence – written, conversational and presentation delivery.
• Mentor and develop team members, champion diversity and inclusion and foster a collaborative culture.

Job Qualifications:

• Good level of experience in utilities (particularly in water and wastewater), ideally within transformation, change management, customer service or operational improvement.
• Broad knowledge of the UK water sector and its regulations.
• Management consulting experience or equivalent strategic delivery roles.
• Experience designing new business and operating models or transforming existing ones.
• Experience working with technical & engineering stakeholders to drive operational excellence.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Leadership experience managing teams across multiple locations.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Bachelor’s degree required; postgraduate qualification desirable.

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture, in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, gym subsidy, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice. Some flexibility and mobility are required, as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners.

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, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.