Strategy Consultant

Job Role: Business Strategy Consultant (MBA)

Career Level: 9 – Consultant

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 of 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. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“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

There will never be a typical day at Accenture, but that’s why people love it here. The opportunities to make a difference within exciting client initiatives are limitless in this ever-changing business landscape. You will 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. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job. 

In our team you will learn to:

• Use your judgment to solve complex, ambiguous client business problems, bringing structure and rigorous quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques; acting and taking decisions with little management oversight

• Understand the strategic direction set by senior management, and use rigorous analysis to address our clients’ business challenges and deliver lasting and distinctive outcomes and value

• Develop knowledge of prevailing trends, financials and operating drivers across <e.g. industry, multiple industries/segments>, identifying industry-specific operating metrics and linking them to relevant financial metrics to identify the key value drivers for a client

• Make, build and sustain trusted senior client relationships in the C-suite by remaining highly attuned to client needs and styles. Present key findings to C-suite clients

• Be part of high performing multidisciplinary Strategy teams, leading by example, actively mentoring others and contributing to performance management and recruitment activities

In this role you will:

• Conduct analysis to address critical business issues and generate insights about client and industry business performance improvement

• Design business and technology strategy solutions and present to C-level clients

• Apply deep financial acumen and propose innovative value creation opportunities for sustained growth and profitability

• Help clients understand leading edge technology capabilities and the transformational impact they may have on their business

• Leverage the power of Accenture’s global reach and end-to-end capabilities to deliver value

• Coach and mentor analysts and junior consultants on the team

• Engage with the broader strategy community to foster collaboration and support growth and development of the Accenture Strategy practice in areas such as recruitment, training and thought leadership

We are looking for experience in the following:

• Evidence of relevant industry, functional and/or strategy experience

• Outstanding academic track record with continued interest in learning and growing professionally

• A high degree of comfort with strategic decision-making and strong quantitative skills to develop financial or operational models and supervise data analysis

• Deep understanding of industry dynamics and value creation opportunities in one or more industries

• Strong analytical skills, understands complex issues, quickly absorbs information, excels in conceptual and creative problem solving

• Digitally savvy; curious and passionate about technology, understands its impact on business and society

• Natural leader; easily establishes trust-based relationships, gains valuable insights through collaboration and communication

• Experience of building relationships at all levels in an organization

• Driven; enjoys a challenge, proven ability to adapt and remove obstacles to achieve results, determined and optimistic

• Flexibility to accommodate client travel requirements

Academic Requirements:                                                                                 

• MBA degree from a top tier business school

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.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organisations build their digital core, optimise 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 750,000 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. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, 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.