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Managing Consultant - Temporary Contract (12 Months). London, United Kingdom

Managing Consultant - Temporary Contract (12 Months)

A global investment manager with over 200 years of stable ownership, focusing on active management and excellent investment performance, employing over 5700 people in 38 locations worldwide.

Our purpose is to provide excellent investment performance to our clients through active management. By serving clients, we serve wider society. Channelling capital into sustainable and durable businesses accelerates positive change in the world. Funding the future is a privilege: we use it wisely and responsibly.

We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. We\'re close to our clients, in the heart of the UK\'s financial centre. And we have everything we need to work flexibly.

Schroders\' Business Transformation Solutions (BTS) team is a dynamic team of internal transformation consultants, specialising in providing Strategic Solutions to the entire Schroders Group, across a range of service lines, such as strategy and business model design, target operating models and shaping & support for large-scale complex transformation. Working closely with business stakeholders, we play a pivotal role in enabling and executing strategic transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with the company\'s objectives.

As a management consultant you will be involved in a range of consultancy assignments and other activities which may include:

• Strategy & Business Model Design:
  • Using strategy formation approaches to facilitate the definition of business strategies through working with relevant business stakeholders
  • Development of vision statements and business models for discrete business areas
  • Research initiated to address gaps in knowledge relating to a specific business issue
• Target Operating Models:
  • The creation of Target Operating Models (TOMs) for discrete business domains and functions, using standard Schroders methodology
  • Business analysis to support capability design, process analysis and organisational transformation
• Change Management:
  • Creation of business cases for initiatives under consideration, with the aim of concluding on the potential value add / cost-benefit analysis of embarking on that initiative. (Encompasses financial analysis, definition of business drivers, assessment of risks etc.)
  • Shape, influence and play a key role in strategic initiatives
  • Strategic design oversight and advisory to the Steering Committee for projects / programmes of work with the aim of ensuring successful delivery and maintenance of strategic programme objectives
  • Collaborate with business and programme teams to clarify priorities, stakeholder management, design governance, and TOM implementation activities.

As a Managing Consultant in the Business Transformation Solutions team, you will be expected to:

• Lead the delivery of consulting assignments and/or play a key role on large / complex assignments.
• Build positive relationships with GMC / GMC-1 level stakeholders within the organisation.
• Operate as a role model for the rest of the Business Consultancy team through leading by example.
• Influence the agenda for the team through leading service proposition design, thought leadership and the injection of innovative ideas and ways of thinking.
• Challenge conventional wisdom and freely expressing their own opinion.

• Over 7 years of experience in a (management) consultancy role, or as high-performing analyst in an investment management environment
• Investment management experience gained primarily in Buy Side organisations, across a number of areas, such as:
  • Different Investment business lines, such as Public Markets (e.g. Equities, Fixed Income, Multi-Asset), Private Markets (e.g. Private Equity, Real Estate, Private Debt) and Wealth Management
  • Key functions of an investment manager, e.g. Front, Middle and Back Office, Distribution, Product Development, Technology and Corporate Functions
• Knowledge of the Investment Management value chain and end to end processes (client onboarding, product development, portfolio management, implementation, investment operations, fund administration, reporting, etc.)
• Experience working on large and complex consultancy assignments
• Established track record of strategy development, operating model definition and large-scale change implementation
• An understanding and experience of iterative delivery methodologies, such as Agile and Scaled Agile
• Understanding of change management disciplines, processes and tools, such as:
  • The key stages and lifecycle of change delivery
  • Stakeholder Management and communication
  • Planning and progress tracking mechanisms
  • Monitoring and managing issues, risks and dependencies
  • Governance and reporting

• Educated to a minimum of first / Bachelors degree
• Professional or higher-level degree qualifications (e.g. CIMA, CFA)
• IMC

• Self-starters with ability to prioritise and manage own activities in the best interests of the organisation
• Analytical, strategic thinkers who are able to digest large amounts of complex information, bring structure, and distil insights down to concise, clear outputs
• Collaborative team player who will want to succeed as part of a high performing team
• Effective relationship builders, who can develop strong relationships across the whole organisation, and establish a role as trusted advisor to Executives, Heads of Departments and Business Change Managers
• Strong communicators, with the gravitas to present to C-suite and senior business and IT stakeholders
• Empathetic and professional, with high EQ
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and evolve to meet demands and challenges

We\'re a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions, and prepare for the future.

We have around 6,000 people on six continents. And we\'ve been around for over 200 years, but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesn\'t change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper.

• Job Identification 543
• Job Category Business Transformation
• Posting Date 09/24/2025, 02:35 PM
• Locations 1 London Wall Place, London, EC2Y 5AU, GB