Performance Strategy Manager

Accenture in South Africa; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in South Africa’s Partners in Performance team is seeking a leader to drive end-to-end engagements and manage a skilled team. You will coach and manage client relationships while delivering tangible results across diverse industries.

You will bring outstanding academic results and a strong quantitative background, with proven problem-solving and coaching abilities to develop consultants and deliver impact.

Qualifications

• Outstanding academic results.
• University degree or equivalent experience with a strong emphasis on quantitative skills, especially: Engineering, Commerce/Economics & Mathematics/Science.
• MBA would be an advantage.
• Double degrees and Postgraduate degrees are highly regarded in our firm.
• Demonstrated passion for results with a track record of achieving tough targets under pressure.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to structure and prioritise effort and ask the right questions.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to coach, influence and build trust with senior managers.
• Propensity to coach and guide younger consultants to deliver results.
• Strong communication skills to construct compelling arguments with right facts.
• Ability to influence and multitask while managing deadlines.
• Alignment with Partners in Performance values.

Responsibilities

• Leading engagements within the Partners in Performance team.
• Leading a team of Senior Associates, Associates and/or Business Analysts.
• Ensuring engagement delivery, collaboration and client satisfaction.
• Coaching and managing the client relationship and outcomes.
• Driving end-to-end process control with entrepreneurial spirit.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication

Coaching

Education

University degree or equivalent with quantitative emphasis (engineering/commerce/mathematics/science)

MBA would be an advantage

Double degrees / postgraduate degrees highly regarded

Job description

This role is with our Partners in Performance team, part of Accenture.

Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture is a global management consulting firm with a focus on human performance working alongside client partners to make change happen. We’ve got offices in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Africa, North and South America and Europe but prefer to spend as little time in them as possible. Instead, we work alongside our clients to unleash their potential and deliver lasting impact that you hardly ever achieve by sitting in a boardroom.

Partners in Performance Managers play the critical role of leading our engagements. They are adaptable and comfortable working in business improvement, strategic sourcing, capital portfolio optimisation and commercial due diligence in a genuinely broad range of clients and industries.

Leading a team of Senior Associates, Associates and/or Business Analysts you will ensure engagement delivery and collaboration, coaching and management of the client also. You won't be handing over your work but will be in control of an end to end process.

Your career development will be supported by your personal Development Leader and our world class training and career development programs. At the same time as offering the security of a structured approach, our organisation is still of a size where you will be truly treated as an individual, with the opportunity to contribute new ideas and make the best of your entrepreneurial spirit.

You will have consulting experience within a T1 strategy firm, have outstanding logic and analytical skills, the ability to solve complex commercial problems and want to see tangible results from your work a career with PIP .

Background and Experience:

• Outstanding academic results


• University degree or equivalent experience with a strong emphasis on quantitative skills, especially:


• Engineering, Commerce/Economics & Mathematics/Science (While we consider candidates from a broad spectrum of degrees, we place a strong emphasis on quantitative skills studied in commerce, engineering and science-based courses)


• MBA would be an advantage


• Double degrees and Postgraduate degrees are highly regarded in our firm


• Demonstrated passion for results, with a track record of achieving tough targets under pressure


• Excellent problem-solving skills, including ability to structure and prioritise effort within an area, and ask the right questions to get to root causes


• Excellent interpersonal skills, including ability to coach, influence and build trust with senior managers, and achieve results though managing a team, prioritising the professional development of team members


• Propensity to coach and guide younger consultants to deliver results and work through the line to achieve outcomes


• Strong communication skills, including ability to construct compelling arguments supported by the right facts


• Show an ability to influence and effectively multitask and manage expectations/deadlines


• Demonstrated alignment with Partners in Performance values

Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture.