The Industry Strategist - Consultant

Join our team in Strategy consulting for an exciting career opportunity to work on the Industry Strategy agenda of our most strategic clients across the globe

Practice: Strategy Consulting, Global Network (GN)

Areas of Work: Digital Transformation, Lending Services, Payments, Banking Operations & Operational Excellence, Cloud Transformation, Core Banking Transformation, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Target Operating Models Change, Post Merger Integration, Value Realization

Level: Consultant

Location: Gurgaon, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore & Chennai

Years of Exp: 4+ years post MBA

Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture

Do you believe in creating an impact? Are you a problem solver who enjoys working on transformative strategies for global clients? Are you passionate about being part of an inclusive, diverse, and collaborative culture?

Then, this is the right place for you! Welcome to a host of exciting global opportunities in Accenture Strategy and Consulting.

The Practice- A Brief Sketch:

The Global Network (GN) Strategy Practice is a part of Accenture Strategy and focuses on the CEO’s most strategic priorities. We help clients with strategies that are at the intersection of business and technology, drive value and impact, shape new businesses & design operating models for the future.

We provide you with a great learning ground, deep-rooted in Business Strategy, where you will get an opportunity to advice and work with our key global Communications & Media clients, driving end-to-end transformative strategic value and business growth. As a part of this high performing team, these are some of the responsibilities:

• Analyze markets, consumers, economies, and conduct feasibility studies to uncover trends and opportunities in the Banking industry
• Work with Banking clients around the globe to identify their strategic goals and develop comprehensive plans to achieve them
• Develop and execute strategies to address challenges including cost optimization, revenue growth, redefining customer experience and technological innovations
• Partner with CEOs to architect future proof operating models embracing future of work, workforce and workplace powered by transformational technology, ecosystems, and analytics
• Work with our ecosystem partners, help clients reach their sustainability goals through digital transformation
• Prepare and deliver presentations to senior client leadership (CXOs, Business Heads) to communicate strategic plans and recommendations
• Serve as a strategic partner to clients by enabling them to make effective business decisions via regular updates on industry trends, potential opportunities and threats
• Participate in the development of thought leadership content, including white papers and presentations, on key themes/hot topics pertaining to the Banking industry

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role:

An ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of the Banking industry and will leverage that expertise to help clients discover and design world-class business and technology solutions. They will have a proven track record of developing and executing successful strategies for Banking clients. Today our (Analysts/Consultants/Managers) lead the end-to-end problem solving, solutioning and implementation of large-scale projects. As a part of Accenture’s Banking practice, you will be at the core of our Banking clients’ engagements delivering tangible value.

Key skills that will enable this include:

• A Strategic Mindset to shape innovative, fact-based strategies and operating models

• Issue Based Problem Solving to decode and solve complex and unstructured business questions
• Analytical and outcome-driven approach to perform data analyses & generate insights

• Business Acumen to drive actionable outcomes for clients with the latest industry trends, innovations and disruptions, metrics and value drivers
• Value Creation to develop relevant value models to back up a business case
• Communication and Presentation Skills to share the perfect pitch with key stakeholders
• Client handling skills to develop, manage and deepen relationships with key stakeholders
• Industry Knowledge: Understanding of one or more sub-sectors of the Banking Industry (Payments, Lending, Digital Transformation, Operational Excellence, Cloud Transformation, Core Banking, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Data & AI), and good business understanding of the Banking value chain
• Good to have skills :
  • Strategy consulting experience in Strategic Cost Reduction, Complexity Reduction, Payment Innovation, Risk Management, Digitization, Data and AI, Go to Market Strategy, Market Entry Strategy, Operating Model Strategy, Process Consulting, Digital business, M&A

Your experience counts!

• MBA from a tier 1 institute
• Prior experience in consulting Banking clients OR prior experience in the Banking industry in a strategy/business transformation role
• Post MBA 4+ years’ experience in one or more of the following in Banking: Digital Transformation, Lending Services, Payments, Banking Operations & Operational Excellence, Cloud Transformation, Core Banking Transformation, Trade & Supply Chain Finance, Target Operating Models Change, Post Merger Integration, Value Realization

What’s in it for you?

• An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 Banking clients
• Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.
• Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.
• Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities
• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.

About Accenture:

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With 624,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com

About Accenture Strategy & Consulting:

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. Our focus on issues such as digital disruption, redefining competitiveness, operating and business models as well as the workforce of the future helps our clients find future value and growth in a digital world. Today, digital is changing the way organizations engage with their employees, business partners, customers and communities. This is our unique differentiator. To bring this global perspective to our clients, Accenture Strategy's services include those provided by our Global Network – a distributed management consulting organization that provides management consulting and strategy expertise across the client lifecycle. Our Global Network teams complement our in-country teams to deliver cutting-edge expertise and measurable value to clients all around the world. For more information visit https://www.accenture.com/us-en/Careers/capability-network

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