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Strategy Consultant

Midrand Job No. r00226497 Full-time - Hybrid

Job Description

Consultant – Growth & Innovation

Introduction

As a consultant, you will be joining Accenture’s Growth and Innovation team where you will work side-by-side with management and the C-Suite at some of our biggest clients across multiple industries to

  • Identify and shape new growth opportunities to enhance existing and generate new revenue streams
  • Design and launch new businesses, products, services, and experiences that capture the business opportunities
  • Form new and scale existing go-to-market partnerships to sell co-owned assets to a global network of clients

  

Your responsibilities will be to:

  • Be a ‘corporate entrepreneur’ that leads projects, workstreams, and teams
  • Leading the launch of new businesses, products, services, and experiences, coordinating resources across Growth & Innovation, Applied Intelligence, Industry Specialists, Technology, Design, and other parts of Accenture
  • Understand how clients generate value by analysing data and engaging with client stakeholders and end customers, across multiple industries
  • Work with business and service designers to conceptualize, design, build, launch, and scale businesses, products, services, and experiences that grow revenue for clients
  • Co-create and holistically design the solutions, connecting the front-end proposition to the back-end enablement
  • Define the value drivers and quantify the value for the client, end customers, and broader society through these opportunities or new products, services, and experiences
  • Develop financial and economic models to size markets, opportunities, and the impact of interventions
  • Engage with senior client stakeholders on growth topics in a clear and understandable manner
  • Structure traditional consulting commercial constructs and shape new innovative commercial deals and partnerships
  • Assist in growing the business and team, through sales, team development, and recruiting efforts
  • Help build and nurture a culture of value and entrepreneurship within the Growth & Innovation team and broader Accenture consulting networks

We’re looking for an individual with strong experience in:

  • Structured problem solving skills
  • Financial, business and value acumen
  • Designing, building and presenting value cases
  • Financial & economic modelling skills
  • Commercial deal structuring
  • Growth strategy and revenue uplift experience
  • Designing and launching new businesses, products, services and experiences
  • Digital transformation
  • Project management
  • Written and verbal storytelling

Must have

  • Strategy and Consulting experience (4 years+)
  • Ability to manage projects and teams
  • Value proposition design experience
  • Business Case/Financial Modelling experience
  • Commercial experience

Good to have

  • Entrepreneurial mindset
  • Experience in launching something new
  • Business design and architecture skills
  • Design thinking experience

What academic qualifications do you need?

Business/Economics/Finance/MBA educational background and experience

What’s in it for you?

The opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing areas in our Strategy and Consulting practice and enjoy accelerated growth and development through exposure to multiple projects across various industries and interactions with senior leaders at our clients. Exposure and involvement in exciting opportunities to launch game-changing solutions and scale an innovative go-to-market partnership globally.

Qualifications

Business/Economics/Finance/MBA educational background and experience

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