Management Consultant / Manager - Core Banking Modernisation

Accenture; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

Core Banking Modernisation Consultant / Manager

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology, and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets, and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual, and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

Accenture Strategy and Consulting shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. Our teams:

• Drive end-to-end transformation - Combine analytics-based insights with expertise and experience to connect the end-to-end capabilities needed to drive change.
• Lead epic disruption - Co-create and iterate with colleagues and clients in our Innovation Centres, Labs, and Design Studios to reimagine and reshape industries and markets.
• Partner with the biggest clients - Gain unrivalled exposure working with more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500 across 40+ industries in 120+ countries.

Accenture Strategy and Consulting UK Banking business

Shapes the future for banks in highly challenging times, with Covid-19 disruption, regulatory scrutiny, margin pressure, and the burden of legacy operating models and technology. At the same time, stakeholders of all types expect new value to be delivered. A ‘decade of action’ lies ahead with the leaders accelerating towards a model which is purpose-driven, operationally innovative, and value-generating.

That’s where Accenture Banking comes in. Whether we're helping modernize core banking operations, turning a mobile banking experience into a social one, or reinventing payment and credit models, our banking consulting services empower clients with data-driven insights and the right tools to adopt a mindset fit for today's—and tomorrow’s—digital landscape.

If you’re looking for a challenging career working in a vibrant environment with access to training and a global network of experts, this could be the role for you. As part of our global team, you'll be working with cutting-edge technologies and will have the opportunity to develop a wide range of new skills on the job.

In this role you will support one or several of the following areas:

• Core Banking Transformation: Support our clients' delivery of core banking transformation programmes, including at least one of the following components:

• Development and management of a multi-year roadmap/plan
• Development and management of the end-to-end solution/design
• End-to-end delivery e.g. with integration testing or data migration

• Core Banking Modernisation: Replacing our Banking clients' legacy core banking platforms with next-generation solutions
• Solution Design and Planning: Ability to work in a client-facing role that translates client requirements and business objectives into engineering solutions that shape large scale programmes to deliver the technology strategy for an organisation.
• Project and Programme Management: Experience in creating, implementing, and operating within appropriate governance frameworks, leading multi-disciplinary teams to implement cutting edge technology at an enterprise level.
• Develop business cases: Identify, measure, and realise enterprise value with an emphasis on modern software engineering
• Contribute to business development activities: Including opportunity identification/qualification, proposal development/presentation, and commercial contract negotiation.
• Contribute to developing the Accenture Strategy and Consulting Banking practice: Building Accenture’s banking offerings, assets, capabilities, and thought leadership