Management Consulting Manager - Insurance

Accenture; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting leader seeks a Management Consulting Manager in Edinburgh to drive innovative insurance solutions. You will leverage deep industry knowledge, build strong client relationships, and lead diverse teams to deliver impactful change. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in personal and commercial insurance, and a strong grasp of digital technologies. A competitive salary and benefits are included, with significant mobility requirements.

Benefits

30 days vacation

Private medical insurance

3 extra days for charitable work

Qualifications

• Experience in Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance, and Life & Pensions.
• Proven track record in building relationships with senior insurance clients.
• Expertise in digital technology applications in insurance.

Responsibilities

• Define insurance industry solutions and help solve client challenges.
• Leverage expertise to build credibility with client stakeholders.
• Lead diverse teams to deliver tangible change.

Skills

Personal Insurance

Commercial Insurance

London Markets

Underwriting

Claims Transformation

Digital Technology

Consulting Skills

Job description

Management Consulting Manager - Insurance

Location : London, Manchester, Edinburgh

Mobility : Up to 100%

Career Level : 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

About the Team

Within Accenture, the UK Insurance Strategy & Consulting team focuses on scoping and shaping large transformational engagements for leading insurers that lead the market. We help our Insurance clients drive innovation through our deep Industry experience, extensive capabilities, proven assets & market insights both in the UK and globally.

With a strong and extensive client portfolio across Personal Lines, Commercial Lines and Life, Pensions & Investments, we support our clients in areas such as journey to cloud, digital transformation in Underwriting and Claims, and applications of AI and Gen AI into insurance value chain.

We were recently recognised by the Financial Times as one of the UK’s leading Management Consultants in Insurance.

What you will learn how to

• Invent & provide solutions to real world problems across our Insurance clients, leveraging the latest technologies such as Gen AI
• Build deep client relationships and bring together the wider Accenture business – including Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Song, Operations – to create differentiated offerings and enable the best solutions to our clients.
• Deliver tangible, transformational change for clients and develop points of view and results that lead the insurance industry

As an Insurance Industry Manager, you will

• Help define insurance industry solutions & offerings to help solve our client’s challenges, and support client discussions on these offerings
• Leverage your insurance industry expertise and distinctive points of view to build credibility with client stakeholders
• Build and lead diverse teams, pulling from relevant areas of Accenture, to deliver a differentiated perspective and tangible change for our clients
• Grow and mentor individuals in our Insurance practice, bringing your own personal story to help diversify and expand our talent pool

Required skills

• Application of knowledge in Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance & London Markets, and Life & Pensions; in particular Underwriting & Claims Transformation, Bulk Annuities, Pensions Operations, Life Insurance processes and Retirement Income
• Proven track record of building and sustaining lasting relationships with senior insurance clients
• Expertise in particular digital technology and application to insurance uses cases, such as insurance journey to cloud, digital sales & servicing, analytics, insurance technology platforms
• Market Experience across the following areas : Insurance Claims, Insurance Underwriting, Insurance Broking, London Markets, SME, Personal Lines, Reinsurance, Actuarial, Insurtech, Life & Pensions (Bulk Annuities, Pensions Operations, Life Insurance processes and Retirement Income)
• Excellent consulting, presentation and problem‑solving skills
• An appreciation of how technology can contribute to solving clients’ complex business problems; comfort operating at the intersection of business and technology
• Ability to be at ease with ambiguity and identify opportunities through innovative thinking

Set yourself apart

• Impact and market relevance with senior client stakeholders (e.g. C‑Suite, or C – 1 level)
• Strong track record in insurance industry (e.g. at leading life insurers and wealth managers, or Lloyd’s market participants, or leading retail insurers) or at insurance consultancy of shaping & delivering complex change
• Particular subject matter expertise in a relevant insurance area (e.g. underwriting, claims, life & pension products, asset management & investment, applications of AI, insurance technology platforms, regulatory & risk changes, digital & customer transformation)
• Mastery of the Insurance Technology Landscape (e.g. InsurTechs, Software Providers, Cloud Services)
• Distinctive industry point of view and compelling articulation

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice.

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the services we are known for.

About Accenture

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. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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