Why Accenture Strategy
Join Accenture Strategy and help transform top companies and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. With ever changing aggressive landscapes we’re creating new opportunities for organizations; operating at the intersection of business, technology, and operations. With Accenture Strategy, we have created what we believe is the strategy firm of the future.
Our 8,000+ strong team of strategists globally combine deep business insight and tremendous technology understanding within the context of our client's industry. There is no one player who can bring all of that together at the scale and with the degree of integration that Accenture can. This is what our clients' current responsibilities and opportunities demand of us and it is what makes us different to any other strategy firm in the market.
Job Description
As a Business Strategy Consultant / Manager, you will apply business strategy development, value architecting and operating model design skills to make bold decisions on priority C-Suite issues at the intersection of business, technology, and operations. Managers are also expected to head consulting engagements and project teams as well as play a key role in business development and practice building activities.
Your Role: Business Strategy Consultant / Manager
There will never be a typical day at Accenture. The opportunities to make a difference for our clients’ most pressing business encounters are limitless in this ever-changing business landscape.
Here are just a few of your day-to-day responsibilities:
- Shape and spearhead strategic consulting engagements and project teams serving as a key interface and trusted advisor to our senior level clients
- Manage workstreams of work as part of strategic transformation programs and be responsible for rigorous data determined insights, to identify and validate value creation opportunities for our clients
- Work within project teams to ideate, develop and design compelling business strategies and transformation solutions
- Develop cohesive conclusions from detailed analysis and present innovative and action-oriented findings to our senior level clients
- Coaching and mentoring junior members of the team with a people-first mindset
- Elevate our brand and presence in the marketplace (e.g. conference participation, thought direction, offering development, acquiring future talent)
Job Qualifications
Qualifications
Set Yourself Apart: Skills & Experience
- A strong understanding of industry operations, dynamics and trends through experience with consulting or internal strategy functions.
- A high degree of expertise with strategy frameworks and strong quantitative and analytical skills to develop operational models
- Knowledge of trends and technology concepts (e.g. Digital Customer and Commerce, Connected Platform, Digital Enterprise, Data-directed business models)
- First class written and verbal communication skills; ability to articulate complex problems and solutions in a simple, logical and impactful manner
- Exceptional problem-solving ability - structural reasoning, sharp with numbers and creative thinking to solve complex client issues
- Demonstrated leadership attributes – comfort with complexity and ambiguity, globally connected and locally relevant, naturally collaborative, bold to change, to learn and stay relevant, non-negotiable standards of high performance
- Solid history of successful program management experience
- Principal roles in business development activities
- Proven track record in client relationship development and stakeholder management
- Proven ability to thrive in a work environment that is international, multi-cultural, collaborativech & challenging
- Flexibility to accommodate client travel requirements
Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor or Master’s Degree
Our Commitment to You
- Your entrepreneurial spirit and vision will be rewarded, and your success will fuel opportunities for career advancement
- You'll make a difference for some impressive clients. Accenture Strategy serves 72 of the Fortune Global 100 on high-profile projects
- Opportunities to learn through executive training at Accenture's global Strategy College, assignments and collaboration with experts across the company
- Fantastic team with collaborative spirit
- A diverse and inclusive environment where individual strengths, contributions and unique points of view are recognized and valued
- Access to top-edge technology and global vendor footprint
- Along with a competitive salary, Accenture offers a comprehensive package that includes a range of market-relevant benefits and programs to help you manage the demands of work and life.
