Senior Consultant (Life & Pensions Strategy)

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Join our market-leading Life and Pensions strategy consulting team, widely recognised by our clients for original insight and deep sector expertise.

Create impactful strategies: our work is highly varied, advising on some of the most ambitious strategic programmes in the sector, including:

• New product development and market entry analysis
• Customer and adviser strategy
• Commercial analysis and business case construction
• Strategic operating model design
• Strategy input to digital transformation or delivery programmes

Work in a growing practice with leading clients: our team has a strong and growing client network across the industry, including the UK’s largest pension providers, wealth managers and insurers

Learn from world-class experts: As well as being strategy experts, bridging the gap between strategy and execution is at the heart of what we do. We work closely with Deloitte experts in digital, marketing, risk, product, M&A and actuarial, learning from each other and bringing the best of Deloitte to our clients.

Build a brand: Everyone in our team brings unique skills and experience. We take time to help each other develop a domain of expertise, building what we are known for as individuals and in the market.

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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:

• Strategic options analysis and evaluation: working with clients to understand and define strategic choices ahead of key investment decisions
• Market analysis: traditional evidence-led analysis to identify market development opportunities to support client strategies
• Developing strategic business models: determining the optimum business or commercial model to effectively deliver client objectives
• Capability building: helping our clients configure effectively and develop their ability to deliver operational excellence in specific areas
• Stimulating innovation: identifying new ways of working that will stimulate innovation and growth, and lead to better decision-making
• Digital transformation: 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:

• Analysis and insight: executing rigorous and insightful analysis to build an evidence base to support strategy development and change
• Tools, skills and frameworks: mastery of strategy tools and frameworks to solve client problems, and sharing best practice within the team
• Leadership: independently leading a workstream or small project
• Team management: 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
• Continuous Learning: proactively developing your own skills, seeking feedback, building knowledge, and sharing your insight with colleagues
• Business development: Supporting development of the Insurance Strategy community and team, and supporting business development with clients

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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 track record of leading strategy activity within a life and pensions organisation 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 (or equivalent)
• 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

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