Pear Talent is representing a fast-growing consultancy covering strategy, digital, M&A and risk in the Insurance industry looking for a Strategy Manager in the City. The FT ranks them in the top 10 influential insurance consulting businesses in the UK, recognised for their thought leadership. Set up only a few years ago by a group of people frustrated with traditional consulting and looking to disrupt the status-quo, they combine the best of “big consulting” with the best of the start-up world.
Led by Partners who are recognised experts in the industry, they get properly involved in their clients’ situations and give practical, actionable advice – not just PowerPoint slides. Already their clients are a list of the who’s who in Insurance including: Aviva, AXA, Aon, Zurich, Swiss Re and Munich Re to name but a few.
The working environment is entrepreneurial: they have no set corporate rules and pursue opportunities that interest them. Naturally they expect a lot from their consultants, but they also treat the team with respect. Work hours are typically reasonable and you should not expect to have work over weekends.
Key accountabilities:
- Leading client-facing projects
- Managing junior members of the team
- Managing and building client relationships
- Delivering projects on time and in budget
- Designing structured frameworks to help breakdown client problems
- Creating practical and pragmatic strategies and plans for clients that demonstrate a robust understanding of the practicalities of delivery
- Creating end to end client facing deliverables, with support from the partner
- Analysing large datasets, creating reports and business cases
- Working with implementation teams to turn strategy into reality
- Developing the Company’s brand and position within the marketplace
Required experience:
- Top-tier university graduate (minimum 2:1)
- Prior experience in a strategy consulting firm (also consider in-house)
- Strong strategy development, project management and client management experience
- Industry experience: Finanical Services, ideally Insurance
- Relevant areas: corporate strategy, market entry strategy and new proposition development
- Experience in leading end-to-end client engagements with Partner support
- Experience of leading teams
- Data analysis and modelling experience
- Strong communication and presentation skills
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