Management Consulting Manager - Insurance
Management Consulting Manager - Insurance
Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bath
Mobility: Up to 100%
Career Level: Manager
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 are recruiting for an experienced and dynamic Management Consulting Senior Manager so work with the leadership team to grow and develop our insurance strategy and consulting practice.
“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:
Within Accenture, the UK Insurance Strategy & Consulting team is leading global scale in Insurance. With over 20 years’ experience, we focus on scoping and shaping large transformational engagements for 90% of the insurance companies in the Fortune Global 500. With over 41,000 dedicated insurance industry resources, we help our Insurance clients drive innovation through our deep Industry experience, extensive capabilities and proven assets & market insights both in the UK and globally. With a strong and extensive client portfolio across Personal Lines, Commercial Lines & Life and Pensions, we support our clients in areas such as journey to cloud, digital transformation in Underwriting and Claims, and applications of data & analytics into insurance value chain
We were recently awarded a Gold rating for Insurance in the Financial Times report on the UK’s Leading Management Consultants, and we are the only 5-star rated company in the insurance category of America’s Best Management Consulting Firms listed by Forbes from 2022-2025.
In our team you will drive:
- The invention and provision of solutions to real world problems across our Insurance clients, leveraging the latest technologies such as Gen AI
- Originate, develop and grow deep client relationships with senior stakeholders within existing and prospective client businesses, bringing together the wider Accenture business – including Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Song, Operations - to create differentiated offerings and enable the best solutions to our clients
- The delivery of large and complex transformation projects across a wide breadth of insurance clients
- Deliver tangible, transformational change for clients, providing expert though-leadership gained from your deep knowledge and experience within the insurance industry.
As an Insurance Industry Manager, you will:
- Define insurance industry solutions & offerings to help solve our client’s challenges, and lead key stakeholder engagements
- Act as a leading subject-matter expert across the insurance consulting practice, demonstrating distinctive points of view and expertise to build credibility with client stakeholders
- Build and lead diverse teams, pulling from relevant areas of Accenture, to deliver a differentiated perspective and tangible change for our clients
- Grow and mentor individuals in our Insurance practice, bringing your own personal story to help diversify and expand our talent pool
- Develop and grow new / existing accounts strategically and creatively, to ensure Accenture is the solutions partner of choice within the industry.
We are looking for an experienced senior management consulting leader with experience in the following skills:
- Expert knowledge in one or more of Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance & London Markets, and Life & Pensions; in particular Underwriting & Claims Transformation, Bulk Annuities, Pensions Operations, Life Insurance processes and Retirement Income
- Demonstrable track record of originating, growing and sustaining lasting relationships with senior insurance clients
- Deep expertise in particular digital technology and application to insurance uses cases, such as insurance journey to cloud, digital sales & servicing, analytics, insurance technology platforms
- Significant management consulting experience gained across one or more of: Insurance Claims, Insurance Underwriting, Insurance Broking, London Markets, SME, Personal Lines, Reinsurance, Actuarial, Insurtech, Life & Pensions (Bulk Annuities, Pensions Operations, Life Insurance processes and Retirement Income)
- Excellent consulting, presentation and problem-solving skills
- Tangible experience of business development, leading major bids and pitches
- Leading large and complex business transformation engagements with major players within insurance
- Demonstrable capability in leading, mentoring and developing talent from within the team
- Strong networking ability, both internally and across the wider client landscape
- Ability to be at ease with ambiguity and identify opportunities through innovative thinking.
Set yourself apart:
- Impact and market relevance with key influencers and senior decision-makers across insurance clients
- Strong track record in insurance industry (e.g. at leading life insurers and wealth managers, or Lloyd’s market participants, or leading retail insurers) or at an insurance consultancy, of shaping & delivering complex change
- Particular subject matter expertise in a relevant insurance area (e.g. underwriting, claims, life & pension products, asset management & investment, applications of AI, insurance technology platforms, regulatory & risk changes, digital & customer transformation)
- Mastery of the Insurance Technology Landscape (e.g. InsurTechs, Software Providers, Cloud Services)
- Distinctive industry point of view and compelling articulation
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 services we are known for.
About Accenture
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. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com
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