Management Consulting Senior Manager - Wealth Management

Job Description

Role: Senior Manager – Wealth Management

Location: London, UK

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 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. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: we care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

In the UK, Accenture works with many of the leading firms in the wealth management sectors. Fast- changing regulation, changing direct and institutional investor expectations, and technology innovation are trends that are having a significant impact on the business and operation models of these firms. Accenture’s unique position, at the intersection of business and technology, means that more and more investment and wealth managers are turning to us for help with their most important business and technology investments.

As a senior manager within Accenture’s Wealth Management practice, there will never be a typical day and that’s why people love it here.

Here are just a few typical responsibilities:

• Deliver successful consulting engagements, addressing our clients’ most pressing business challenges, and create lasting value in disciplines such as:

  • Defining and Implementing C-Suite strategic agendas

  • Emerging products and services

  • Organisational redesign and operating model transformation

  • Artificial intelligence

  • Core systems transformation

  • Cost efficiency

  • Enterprise agility

• Drive, identify and support business development and sales, partnering with our leaders, clients, and consultants across our practices to take the best of Accenture to our clients

• 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 rigorous and structured approach to solving business problems

• Build trusted relationships with client and Accenture teams in a dynamic and challenging environment

• Support the development of Accenture’s Wealth Management practice through people development, mentoring of more junior team members, and recruiting activities

• Take accountability for developing offerings within the UK Wealth Management practice. Play a key role in driving the growth agenda for clients – identifying emerging trends in customers and the market and driving sales as a result

• 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 drive improved market presence in external forum.

We are looking for candidates with the following skills:

• Wealth Management consulting experience at a recognised consulting firm or through an ‘in-house’ consulting/business development role (e.g., group strategy or group corporate development) at a large Wealth Management organisation

• Deep subject matter expertise across the Private Wealth spectrum (e.g., Wealth Management, Private Banking, Family Offices, Advisory and Financial Planning) with a strong grasp of client segmentation, regulatory environments, product architecture, and distribution models

• Excellent consulting and problem-solving skills. Familiarity with recognised consulting frameworks and techniques; experience of research, quantitative analysis, structured problem solving and executive communication techniques

• Knowledge and a personal viewpoint on key trends in Wealth Management, including regulation, investor needs and products and services

• Proven track record of building and sustaining lasting relationships with Executives / Senior Executives of leading organizations in the sector

• Operating model design and implementation experience.

• Familiarity with at least some of the core technology platforms in use in the industry (e.g. Aladdin Wealth, InvestCloud, FNZ, IRESS, and Avaloq)

• Intellectual capacity and ability to think in new, innovative ways to understand complex issues and develop creative solutions

• An appreciation of how technology and digital can contribute to solving clients’ complex business problems; comfort operating at the intersection of business and technology

• Ability to comfortably multi-task and engage on different projects and activities concurrently in challenging and often ambiguous circumstances

• Personal and professional attributes required to engage with senior C-suite stakeholders and encourage bold decision making

• Proven presentation skills, personal impact and charisma to lead large-scale, senior meetings, presentations and workshops

• First class written and verbal communication skills; the ability to articulate complex problems and solutions in a simple, logical and impactful manner

• Commercial management of consulting engagements

• Willingness to flexibly accommodate client travel and location requirements

• Strong project and programme management skills, including strategic journey management and complex transformation delivery

• Proven track record of leading medium to large teams across clients, vendors, and delivering complex strategy engagements

• Experience in developing and building the practice internally – helping to define strategy, manage resource development, set and achieve targets

• Natural leadership and the ability to quickly build effective teams, establish trust-based relationships and gain valuable insights through collaboration and communication

• Proven experience in leading teams to deliver business change and capabilities while developing, mentoring and inspiring team members

• Strong and proven track record in sales origination, with an entrepreneurial mind-set

Set yourself apart:

• 10+ years of experience within the Wealth Management industry or Wealth Management consulting

• Subject matter expertise across Private Wealth with deep knowledge of industry challenges and trends, client segmentation, regulatory context, product structures, and distribution models

• Proven ability to shape and structure new sales opportunities

• Proven success in creating in a team-oriented environment

• Proven experience in managing and developing junior colleagues

• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

• Desire to work in an information systems environment

• Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

• Analytical and dynamic thinker and great problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication skills

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’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services we are known for.

About Accenture

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 enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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