Oliver Wyman - Associate - Insurance & Asset Management - Dubai

Marsh Agency; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver Wyman is a global management consulting firm with offices in 70 cities. The role involves supporting sovereign investors, asset owners, and fund managers across the IMEA region in portfolio and asset allocation strategy, governance design, and diligence.

Associates break down problems, plan analyses, and lead small teams to deliver recommendations. Ideal candidates have 4–5 years of strategic consulting experience, strong communication skills, and fluency in English and Arabic.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4-5 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm (or other similar organizations).
• Experience in investment advisory, sovereign wealth funds, asset management, or institutional investments.
• Preferred: direct exposure to capital deployment, asset allocation, or investment operating model work.
• Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings.
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program.
• Willingness to travel.
• Fluency in English and Arabic.

Responsibilities

• Break down complex problems into discrete tasks and guide junior consultants.
• Support sovereign investors, asset owners, and fund managers across the region on strategy and governance design.
• Contribute to investment operating model work and deal screening.

Skills

Fluency in English

Fluency in Arabic

Strong communication

Education

Undergraduate or advanced degree

Job description

Who We Are

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. Over 7,000 professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman’s thought leadership is evident in our agenda-setting books, white papers, research reports, and articles in the business press. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1,000 companies. Visit our website for more details about Oliver Wyman: www.oliverwyman.com.

Who We Are

Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. Over 7,000 professionals help clients optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman’s thought leadership is evident in our agenda-setting books, white papers, research reports, and articles in the business press. Our clients are the CEOs and executive teams of the top Global 1,000 companies. Visit our website for more details about Oliver Wyman: www.oliverwyman.com. ____ Oliver Wyman has established a strong presence in IMEA and our Insurance & Asset Management practice are amongst the leaders in the region. We continuously strive to be the trusted advisor for Financial sector leaders, supporting them on their most critical and complex problems and delivering impact and transformations for them. Our portfolio of clients ranges from the top regional banks to investors, capital markets, ministries of finance, insurance platforms and investment, funds (SWF, pension/hedge funds, private equity and venture capital). Widely recognized as influential thought-leaders, we draw on a deep understanding of our clients' businesses and our own in-depth industry knowledge to develop sustainable strategies and cutting-edge policies for the top companies and governments in the region, working closely with senior executives and top leaders of regional governments.

The Role And Responsibilities

Experienced professionals bring us the know-how to make lasting changes for our clients and our company. We are not typical ‘management’ consultants. We provide industry- and discipline-specific knowledge and expertise, which amplifies our impact and helps us shape the future for our clients. Oliver Wyman is a diverse, entrepreneurial, non-competitive partnership of individuals who like to pursue new opportunities or build a unique franchise doing what they do best in a collegial, fun environment.

In this role you will support sovereign investors, asset owners, and fund managers across the region on portfolio and asset allocation strategy, investment operating model and governance design, deal screening and commercial diligence, and the build-out of newly established investment platforms.

ASSOCIATE: Break down complex problems into discrete tasks, identifying the key aspects of a problem and directing the focus of junior consultants to those elements. You will effectively plan and execute analysis as well as identify the core issues in complex analyses in order to be able to craft suitable recommendations. You’ll work side by side with clients and your project team members to move projects forward and manage small teams to get the work done. Clients and colleagues look to Associates for unique insight into the subject area which they have chosen.

Your Attributes And Experience.

Clients hire Oliver Wyman for specialized expertise, the ideal candidate will have most of the following:

• Minimum of 4-5 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm (or other similar organizations)
• Experience in investment advisory, sovereign wealth funds, asset management, or institutional investments
• Preferred: direct exposure to capital deployment, asset allocation, or investment operating model work
• Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program
• Willingness to travel
• Fluency in English and Arabic

OUR VALUES & CULTURE

Why work at Oliver Wyman?

Working as part of our global, entrepreneurial company, you will do meaningful work from day one.

We are looking for individuals who challenge the norm, and constantly strive to build something new for the firm and the world around us. At Oliver Wyman, there's no "one size fits all" - we hire exceptional people and help them thrive through a built-in support network, flexible career paths, and no artificial barriers to advancement.

We have a collaborative, supportive and impactful team environment - we want you to bring your authentic self and enjoy working alongside diverse and down-to-earth colleagues who do serious work, but don't take themselves too seriously.

Our Oliver Wyman Values

We create breakthroughs to achieve the amazing

Be brave

We stand behind our beliefs while exploring what drives them. We stand up for what is right and persevere through difficulty. We venture into the unknown, staying open to our greatest possibilities.

Lead with heart

We build relationships with clients and colleagues that last, grounded in transparency, authenticity, and trust. We love what we do and have fun while we do it. And we combine this passion with rigor and skill to drive sustainable performance.

Strive for breakthroughs

We bring deep expertise and profound curiosity to the pursuit of ambitious ideas and uncommon insights. We ask bigger questions, seek diverse perspectives, and challenge ourselves to find the most powerful and sustainable solutions.

Work as one

We succeed as a unified team of colleagues and clients, achieving together what separately would be beyond our reach. We care for and develop one another. We learn from differences, overcome divisions, and celebrate our shared achievements.

Own our impact

We act as entrepreneurs and stewards of the firm. We own the journey, acting with integrity at every step. And we own our impact, holding ourselves to the highest standards to deliver stronger results for our clients, better opportunities for each other and lasting change for society.

Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh (NYSE: MRSH), a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visitoliverwyman.com, or follow us onLinkedInandX.

Marsh is committed to providing an inclusive work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best, most qualified people and value colleagues of all backgrounds, without regard to age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.