Performance Strategy Senior Principal

6500 Accenture (SA) (Pty) Ltd Company; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture, in its Partners in Performance practice, seeks a Manager to lead engagements across various industries, directing Senior Associates and Analysts to deliver results. You will coach client teams, manage delivery, and maintain strong stakeholder relationships to ensure successful outcomes.

The role emphasizes quantitative problem solving, strategic sourcing, and commercial due diligence with an entrepreneurial mindset and a focus on tangible impact.

Qualifications

• Outstanding academic results, degree with strong quantitative emphasis (engineering, commerce/economics, mathematics/science).
• MBA would be an advantage; double degrees highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Senior Associates, Associates and/or Business Analysts to ensure engagement delivery and client collaboration.
• Coach, influence and develop the client team while driving end-to-end projects.
• Manage time, expectations and deadlines across engagements.
• Demonstrate strong problem solving and structured thinking to deliver tangible results.

Skills

Problem solving

Communication

Coaching

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Influence

Education

University degree (quantitative focus)

MBA is an advantage

Double degrees / Postgraduate degrees

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

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