FS Strategy Manager (Distribution) AMC

Accenture Financial Services helps the world’s best banking, insurance and capital markets companies meet unparalleled strategic, operational, technology and sourcing demands. Our goal is to be at the heart of the changes taking place across the global financial services industry, be critical to the core strategy and operations of the world’s leading financial institutions and make a difference to their business results and to the industry as a whole. Through innovation and collaboration, we help the leading global, national and emerging market banks, insurers and capital markets institutions develop and execute strategies to reduce costs; manage increasing risk, regulatory compliance and finance issues; enable customer growth, retention and expansion; support integration related to mergers and acquisitions; and implement new technologies and multichannel distribution. With nearly 50,000 financial services professionals worldwide, Accenture Financial Services posted revenues of US$5.38 billion in fiscal year 2011.

Responsibilities:

• Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope
• Create and review deliverables prepared by team before passing to client - with content expertise in some/all of the following:
  • Business Transformation
  • Insurance –specific distribution transformation (including channel strategy and transformation, customer strategy/journeys, customer and agent analytics)Drive strategy definition and organizational blueprinting and shape a roadmap for helping the client mobilize and deliver subsequent changes
  • Effectively apply Accenture’s offerings and assets and enforce project standards
  • Prepare for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures
  • Minimize Accenture/client exposure and risk on project
  • Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
  • Manage day-to-day client interaction
  • Help to set and manage client expectations
  • Develop lasting relationships with client personnel that foster client ties
  • Support the client teams in business development and sales efforts
  • Support the client teams in forming differentiating points of view on the key industry trends and drivers
  • Communicate effectively with clients to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions
  • Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships
  • Build a knowledge base of each client's business, organization and objectives

Requirements:

• Ideally, a Master of Business Administration or the equivalent graduate degree
• Minimum of 5 years business /operational strategy, enterprise transformation, and solid experience in addressing distribution issues in Insurance
• Minimum of 5 years of experience at a consulting firm or equivalent in an internal consulting role
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Insurance industry (either P&C or Life)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience serving as the strategic architect for large transformational programs on Insurance engagements
• Experience delivering distribution-focused transformation programs to Insurance C-suite and business unit leaders and translating the resulting recommendations into a successful 'Phase 2' design and execution program
• Active roles in proposal/business development activities
• Solid people development and practice development skills
• Experience in working in a supervisory position on a minimum of five enterprise transformation and distribution-specific engagements
• Solid Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, and Project) skills
• Knowledge of standard project management requirements
• Prior consulting experience
• Lead roles in knowledge capital development
• Lead roles in business development activities
• Proven track record in client relationship development
• Demonstrated leadership in professional setting
• Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting

Professional Skill Requirements:

• Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
• Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
• Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills
• Ability to manage and motivate team members and reports in an effective manner