Who We Are
Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in more than 70 cities across 30 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 6,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a business of Marsh McLennan [NYSE: MMC].
For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Follow Oliver Wyman on Twitter @OliverWyman.
Practice Overview
Oliver Wyman's Financial Services practice helps the world's leading financial institutions address their most significant challenges to shape the future of the industry. We have an unparalleled understanding of the evolving market structures, economics, and strategic and regulatory trends across all segments of the financial services sector. Our distinct approach is characterized by deep specialization and rigorous fact-based analysis.
The Practice Group is organized into five practices either serving specific financial services segments (Retail and Business Banking, Corporate and Institutional Banking, and Insurance) or providing functional expertise across these segments (Digital, Finance and Risk and Private Capital).
We are searching for highly qualified Associate candidates, for strategy consulting roles working broadly across financial services, especially in finance and risk.
Role
Our consulting roles offer excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with relevant prior experience. As a professional member of our firm, your initial responsibilities will include:
- Managing the execution of individual project modules. This typically includes developing hypotheses, managing data collection, model creation and analyses, conducting primary and secondary research, creatively tackling information limitations, and surfacing insights.
- Supporting our Partner group in project delivery through accurate and high quality case execution
- Owning and developing executive client relationships, presenting to a wide range of audiences, and working day-to-day with clients and other stakeholders.
- For Manager hires, managing and developing the capabilities of junior consulting staff.
Desired Skills and Experience
While specific responsibilities will vary based on previous experience the ideal candidate will have the following:
- A minimum of 5-6 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm or project-based, team-oriented environments.
- Track record of leading and managing teams or work streams and delivering against tight deadlines in fast paced and demanding environments
- Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills
- Ability to apply content knowledge for thought leadership in project execution, develop new intellectual capital to support business development activities
- Outstanding communication skills; confidence in presenting to senior executives
- Undergraduate and/or advanced degree from a top academic program
- Willingness to travel
