FILLED (ref # DB6088), Strategy Consultants, Financial Services

Interim: Strategy Consultant, Financial Services,
London, 6 months +
up to £550 per day,
Early July Start

Role Summary

Our client, a UK financial services organisation, requires a interim consultant with a top tier strategic consultancy background and financial services sector experience to work in its recently established internal Business Consulting Group (BCG).

Operating as the interface between Operations and the rest of the organisation, the BCG acts as an independent internal consulting partner, across the full strategic, process and technology spectrum.

The main purpose of the BCG is to shape and scope new business strategies, ensuring an appropriate balanced portfolio of change / process / IT projects and programmes within the organisation.

Special Note (ref DB6084)

This role profile is very similar to a previous one sent in March (reference above) for the same client. However the previous role was for senior strategy consultants, whereas this role is for consultants to work within the business consulting team and the new rate reflects the experience sought.

Application Deadline

Please ensure that your CV is submitted ASAP or no later than 5 pm on Friday 6th May to be considered for the first submission to the client.

Role Detail

The strategy consultant will work with stakeholders in the business to deliver either self-contained pieces of business consulting to deliver against their strategic objectives, or to shape and scope ideas to turn them into viable project propositions that can be subsequently implemented by the client's IS Division.

Specific responsibilities include:

· Understanding the business strategy, business drivers and strategic objectives of Divisional Directors and Heads of Department, and translating these into well scoped consulting proposals that help stakeholders deliver against their objectives

· In conjunction with the Business Consulting Partners, working to establish effective stakeholder relationships within a given Division at all levels

· Working as part of a consulting engagement to produce deliverables delivering tangible value for stakeholders, examples of which include: Strategic Vision; Governance Framework; Impact Assessment; Target Operating Model; Roadmap for Change

· Defining pre-project concept documents for viable projects that are pragmatic and implementable, which establish the proposition for taking an idea onto the project portfolio and starting it up as a fully fledged project with supporting operational resource

· Contributing to successful hand-over to the Programme Management Group, maintaining oversight of project delivery beyond their move into Start Up

· Working collaboratively with other members of the BCG team to establish and deliver against a sustainable pipeline of work

· Helping to develop consulting collateral and knowledge capital for the BCG Department

Key Skills and Requirements

The following knowledge, skills and experience are required:

Essential

· Experience gained at a top tier strategy consulting company (subsequent experience
in an in-house strategic consulting capacity would be advantageous)

· Financial services sector experience

· Experience of defining the operational implications of new strategies

· Excellent stakeholder management at all levels up to C-level

· Excellent communication skills; oral, written, presentational, facilitation

Desirable

· Knowledge of Financial Services risk management and regulatory initiatives,
i.e. Basel II, Solvency II

· Understanding of international regulatory developments

· Understanding of the policy development lifecycle

Interested?

If this role is of interest to you, please use the 'contact us' button above to send David Bowen a recent CV, stating:

* your current / target rate
* availability (to the nearest day)
* your specific relevant experience, as outlined in [Key Skills and Requirements] above