Strategy Consultant, Financial Services, Strategy & Business Design

Deloitte LLP; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in London is seeking a Strategy Consultant to assist in delivering strategic analysis for clients in the Financial Services sector. The role requires a strong background in strategy consulting, effective research, and communication skills. The company promotes a hybrid working environment, supporting a balance between career and home life while fostering an inclusive culture.

Qualifications

• Direct experience of strategy consulting within a consulting firm or relevant qualification.
• Good understanding of strategic arguments and evidence sources.
• Strong academic track record.
• Flexibility to travel.
• Experience in the Financial Services market.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic analysis and insights for projects.
• Conduct market analysis to support client strategies.
• Help develop strategic business models.
• Contribute insights to broader discussions.

Skills

Strategic analysis

Critical thinking

Market analysis

Evidence-based decision making

Education

Strategy-related qualification (e.g. MBA)

Job description

Join our market-leading Financial Services 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
• 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 Financial Services industry

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, Data & AI, 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.

Connect to your career at Deloitte

Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.

What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make everyday. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.

Connect to your opportunity

As a 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 supporting a workstream within a larger engagement, 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.

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

As a Strategy Consultant your responsibilities will include:

• Being accountable for the analysis and insight for a small workstream or small project where methodology is repeatable
• Structuring a component of the ‘problem’, developing hypothesis with direction from senior team members
• Independently completing research and analysis to support quality deliverables
• Demonstrating strong critical thinking and deductive reasoning skills
• Owning sections of client deliverables and preparing them to a high standard
• Clearly communicating analysis approach and results to team leaders and clients
• Contributing insights and challenges to broader discussions.

Connect to your skills and professional experience

We are looking for individuals who are trained in strategy and want to build a career in financial services consulting.

• Direct experience of strategy consulting within a consulting firm, or a strategy-related qualification (e.g. MBA or equivalent)
• Good understanding of how to construct and evidence strategic arguments, and creativity in identifying evidence sources
• A strong academic track record
• Flexibility to travel
• Proven experience of working directly in the Financial Services market and a desire to build a career in this area
• Any sector specific qualifications (e.g. courses or relevant certificates)

Our commitment to you

Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.

We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.

Our hybrid working policy

You’ll be based in London with hybrid working.

At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely.

Equal Opportunities Statement

Deloitte is an equal opportunities employer, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.