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Business Consultant

Employer
Schroders Investment Management
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Nov 26, 2019

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Job Function
Other
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
Who we're looking for
We are looking for a Business Consultant to get involved in a wide range of consultancy assignments and other activities which may include:

Strategy
• 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

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.)
• Advisory to the Steering Committee for projects / programmes of work with the aim of ensuring successful delivery and maintenance of strategic programme objectives
• Partnering with business and programme teams to clarify priorities, stakeholder management, design governance, and TOM implementation activities.
• Advisory on the Schroders' Change portfolio, and creation of high-level plans / roadmaps to implement change

About Schroders
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 4,000 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.

The team
Schroders Business Consultancy is Schroders' internal management consultancy function. The function providers services to the entire Schroders Group, across e.g. strategy and business model design, target operating models, large-scale complex transformation and change management.

What you'll do
As a Consultant in the Business Consultancy team you are expected to:
• Contribute to the delivery of consulting assignments, under the supervision of a more senior member of the team
• Take responsibility to build positive relationships with some senior stakeholders within the organisation
• Contributing to service proposition design, business development work and thought leadership
• Operate as a positive role model for the rest of the Business Consultancy team through their attitude and behaviours
• Challenging conventional wisdom and freely expressing their own opinion

The knowledge, experience and qualifications you need
• Experience in a (management) consultancy role, or as high-performing analyst in an investment management environment
• Established track record of strategy development and large scale change implementation
• Investment management experience gained primarily in Buy Side organisations
• Understanding of change management disciplines, processes and tools, such as:
• The key stages and lifecycle of change delivery
• Stakeholder Management
• Planning and progress tracking mechanisms
• Monitoring and managing issues, risks and dependencies
• Governance and reporting

The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will help
• Professional or higher level degree qualifications (e.g. CIMA, CFA)
• IMC
• Relevant Change Management qualifications (e.g. Agile/Scrum, Prince II)

What you'll be like
• 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 with a wide range of stakeholders from a position of trust
• Strong communicators, with the gravitas to present to senior stakeholders in the business

We're looking for the best, whoever they are
Schroders is an equal opportunities employer. You're welcome here whatever your sex, marital status, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religious belief or age.

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