PWC

Strategy& Consulting Manager - Financial Services - Insurance

PWC$99K — $232K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree required
  • 5+ years of strategy consulting or industry consulting experience
  • In-depth knowledge of the Insurance industry preferred
  • Ability to manage multiple work streams effectively
  • Strong relationship-building skills with clients and stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Guide teams in defining and assessing business strategies
  • Manage multiple work streams to ensure project success
  • Foster strong relationships with clients and team members
  • Ensure timely delivery of quality outputs within budget
  • Provide strategic insights to aid decision-making
  • Mentor junior staff to boost their skills and confidence
  • Identify opportunities for process improvement and productivity

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401k retirement plan options
  • Holiday pay and paid vacation
  • Personal and family sick leave
  • Annual discretionary bonus eligibility
Full Job Description
Industry/Sector
Insurance

Specialism
Corporate and Business Strategy

Management Level
Manager

Job Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in strategy consulting focus on providing strategic guidance and insights to organisations. They analyse market trends, assess business performance, and develop recommendations to help clients achieve their goals. These individuals work closely with clients to identify opportunities for growth, optimise operations, and enhance overall business performance.

As a corporate and business strategy consultant at PwC, you will analyse client needs, provide consulting services across different strategic areas, and offer guidance and support to help clients develop and implement effective strategies that align with their business objectives and drive growth.

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member's unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

  • Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
  • Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
  • Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
  • Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
  • Effectively mentor others.
  • Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
  • Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
  • Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.


The Opportunity

As part of the Corporate and Business Strategy Consulting team, you will help companies define and evaluate corporate and business unit strategies. As a Manager, you will manage teams and multiple work streams to secure successful project conclusions, while building productive relationships with clients and team members to deliver quality work on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

- Guide teams in defining and assessing corporate and business unit strategies

- Manage multiple work streams to achieve successful project outcomes

- Foster sturdy relationships with clients and team members

- Confirm timely delivery of quality work within budget constraints

- Provide strategic insights to enhance decision-making processes

- Mentor junior staff to build their proficiency and confidence

- Identify opportunities for process improvements and productivity

- Uphold the firm's standards of excellence and integrity

What You Must Have

- Bachelor's Degree

- At least 5 years of strategy consulting or industry consulting experience

What Sets You Apart

- Demonstrating in-depth knowledge of the Insurance industry preferred (Property and Casualty, Life and Annuities, Group Benefits, and/or Brokerage/ Distribution)

- Understanding of how insurance companies make money, and how underwriting, pricing, and claims decision-making and operations contribute to economics

- Proven ability to manage multiple work streams effectively

- Excelling in building long-term client relationships

- Utilizing first principles thinking for analytical approaches

- Analyzing complex data for actionable insights

- Designing market research to understand consumer behavior

- Communicating effectively with senior audiences

- Demonstrating executive presence with c-suite clients

- Attracting and developing team members

Travel Requirements
Up to 80%

Job Posting End Date

The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance

About PWC

PwC is a multinational professional services network of firms headquartered in London, United Kingdom, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. PwC ranks as the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting firms, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG. PwC firms operate in 157 countries, 742 locations, with 276,000 people. As of 2020, 26% of the workforce worked in the Americas, 26% in Asia, 32% in Western Europe, 5% in Middle East and Africa and 11% in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Learn more about PWC
Size
284,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1998

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