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18361
Job description

CONNECT TO YOUR OPPORTUNITY

As a Senior Strategy Consultant you will be delivering strategy work for our clients day-to-day. While no two projects are the same, you will typically be leading a workstream within a larger engagement, managing a small number of analysts or consultants, with oversight and support from a Strategy Manager or senior colleagues as needed. You’ll play a vital hands-on role in designing and executing the strategic analysis required, conducting research and assembling evidence, distilling insights and constructing strategic recommendations.
At times the role will include working with our customer research and proposition design teams. Alongside strong strategy skills, we particularly welcome applications from candidates with experience in marketing, customer strategy or life and pensions proposition design.

The nature of the work we do includes:

• working with clients to understand and define strategic choices ahead of key investment decisions
• traditional evidence-led analysis to identify market development opportunities to support client strategies
• determining the optimum business or commercial model to effectively deliver client objectives
• helping our clients configure effectively and develop their ability to deliver operational excellence in specific areas
• identifying new ways of working that will stimulate innovation and growth, and lead to better decision-making
• guiding and supporting clients through imagining, defining and delivering their digital journey to enable competitive advantage

The team: The role sits within the Life and Pensions practice, part of Deloitte’s Insurance Strategy Consulting team. You will join and learn from a group of experienced Senior Strategy Consultants and Managers with expertise across customer and adviser strategy, wealth management, financial planning and taking new products to market. You’ll also benefit from being part of the wider Insurance Strategy community. Beyond the Strategy team, you will build a network with Pensions and Life experts across Deloitte, in digital, marketing, M&A and operations consulting lines.
Development: We offer a structured career path and invest in continuous development and learning, which matter greatly to us. Our growth in recent years has been strong and we have ambitious plans for the future: you will find that there is no lack of opportunity for you to develop your career, wherever you may choose to take it.

As a Senior Strategy Consultant your responsibilities will include:

• Executing rigorous and insightful analysis to build an evidence base to support strategy development and change
• Mastery of strategy tools and frameworks to solve client problems, and sharing best practice within the team
• Independently leading a workstream or small project
• Managing and mentoring junior colleagues to ensure successful project delivery Relationship management: working closely with clients and internal stakeholders, developing strong professional relationships and liaising across Deloitte to deliver a seamless client experience
• Proactively developing your own skills, seeking feedback, building knowledge, and sharing your insight with colleagues
• Supporting development of the Insurance Strategy community and team, and supporting business development with clients

CONNECT TO YOUR SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

We are looking for individuals who are trained in strategy and want to build a career in financial
services consulting.

Essential

• Direct experience of strategy consulting within a consulting firm, or a strategy-related qualification (e.g. MBA or equivalent)
• Proven experience of working directly in the Life and Pensions market and a desire to build a career in this area
• A strong understanding of Life and Pensions propositions, product and regulatory landscape
• Good understanding of how to construct and evidence strategic arguments, and creativity in identifying evidence sources
• A strong academic track record
• Flexibility to travel

Desirable

• Any sector specific qualifications (e.g. courses or relevant certificates)
• Experience in proposition design and delivery
• Experience in marketing or customer strategy

• Executing rigorous and insightful analysis to build an evidence base to support strategy development and change
• Mastery of strategy tools and frameworks to solve client problems, and sharing best practice within the team
• Independently leading a workstream or small project
• Managing and mentoring junior colleagues to ensure successful project delivery Relationship management: working closely with clients and internal stakeholders, developing strong professional relationships and liaising across Deloitte to deliver a seamless client experience
• Proactively developing your own skills, seeking feedback, building knowledge, and sharing your insight with colleagues
• Supporting development of the Insurance Strategy community and team, and supporting business development with client