Role: Management Consultant – Insurance
Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol
Mobility: Up to 100%
Career Level: 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
As a team:
Within Accenture, the UK Insurance Strategy & Consulting team focuses on scoping and shaping large transformational engagements for leading insurers that lead the market. We help our Insurance clients drive innovation through our deep Industry experience, extensive capabilities, 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.
In our team you will learn how to:
- Invent & provide solutions to real world problems across our Insurance clients, leveraging the latest technologies such as Gen AI
- Build deep client relationships and bring together the wider Accenture business – including Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Song, Operations - to create differentiated offerings and enable the best solutions to our clients.
- Deliver tangible, transformational change for clients and develop points of view and results that lead the insurance industry.
As an Insurance Industry Consultant, you will:
- Partner with insurance clients to design and deliver innovative solutions to help solve their challenges.
- Work with and contribute to diverse cross-functional teams, pulling in expertise from relevant areas of Accenture to deliver differentiated change for our insurance clients
- Own and deliver workstream and projects, efficiently managing priorities, risks, and delivery of outputs to deliver best returns for clients
- Build strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and contribute to trusted advisor partnerships
- Support in defining insurance industry solutions, business development and client discussions on these offerings.
- Build industry expertise and stay informed on industry trends, emerging technologies, and market developments to provide distinctive points of view that builds credibility with clients
- Grow and mentor junior individuals in our Insurance practice, bringing your own personal story to help diversify and expand our talent pool
We are looking for experience in the following skills:
- Be at ease with ambiguity and identify opportunities through innovative thinking
- Application of knowledge in Insurance across Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance and London Markets and preferably within the Life & Pensions sector
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills to bring insight to complex problems
- Strong project and stakeholder management skills, and working in a multi-stakeholder and dynamic environment
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Appreciation to how technology can help solve client’s complex business problems and exposure to technology-enabled insurance use cases (e.g. GenAI, analytics, platforms, cloud)
- Ability to be at ease with ambiguity and identify opportunities through innovative thinking
Set yourself apart:
- Passion and enthusiasm for innovating in the insurance industry
- Proven experience of project and programme delivery methodologies
- Impact and market relevance with senior client stakeholders (e.g. C-Suite, or C – 1 level)
- Track record in industry or consultancy of shaping & delivering complex change
- Distinctive insurance industry point of view and compelling articulation
- Perspective on the Insurance Technology Landscape (e.g. InsurTechs, Software Providers, Cloud Services)
- Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in ambiguous problem-solving environments
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 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.
Visit us atwww.accenture.com
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