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Location: London, Manchester, Edinburgh
Mobility: Up to 100%
Career Level: Manager

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

Within Accenture, the UK Insurance Strategy & Consulting team focuses on scoping and shaping large transformational engagements for leading insurers that lead the market.

We help our Insurance clients drive innovation through our deep Industry experience, extensive capabilities, proven assets & market insights both in the UK and globally.

As a team:

• Invent & provide solutions to real world problems across our Insurance clients, leveraging the latest technologies such as Gen AI
• Build deep client relationships and bring together the wider Accenture business – including Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Song, Operations - to create differentiated offerings and enable the best solutions to our clients.
• Deliver tangible, transformational change for clients and develop points of view and results that lead the insurance industry

As an Insurance Industry Manager, you will:

• Help define insurance industry solutions & offerings to help solve our client’s challenges, and support client discussions on these offerings
• Leverage your insurance industry expertise and distinctive points of view to build credibility with client stakeholders
• Build and lead diverse teams, pulling from relevant areas of Accenture, to deliver a differentiated perspective and tangible change for our clients
• Grow and mentor individuals in our Insurance practice, bringing your own personal story to help diversify and expand our talent pool

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Application of knowledge in Personal Insurance, Commercial Insurance & London Markets, and Life & Pensions; in particular Underwriting & Claims Transformation, Bulk Annuities, Pensions Operations, Life Insurance processes and Retirement Income
• Proven track record of building and sustaining lasting relationships with senior insurance clients
• Expertise in particular digital technology and application to insurance uses cases, such as insurance journey to cloud, digital sales & servicing, analytics, insurance technology platforms
• Market Experience across the following areas: Insurance Claims, Insurance Underwriting, Insurance Broking, London Markets, SME, Personal Lines, Reinsurance, Actuarial, Insurtech, Life & Pensions (Bulk Annuities, Pensions Operations, Life Insurance processes and Retirement Income)
• Excellent consulting, presentation and problem-solving skills
• An appreciation of how technology can contribute to solving clients’ complex business problems; comfort operating at the intersection of business and technology
• Ability to be at ease with ambiguity and identify opportunities through innovative thinking

Set yourself apart:

• Impact and market relevance with senior client stakeholders (e.g. C-Suite, or C – 1 level)
• Strong track record in insurance industry (e.g. at leading life insurers and wealth managers, or Lloyd’s market participants, or leading retail insurers) or at insurance consultancy of shaping & delivering complex change
• Particular subject matter expertise in a relevant insurance area (e.g. underwriting, claims, life & pension products, asset management & investment, applications of AI, insurance technology platforms, regulatory & risk changes, digital & customer transformation)
• Mastery of the Insurance Technology Landscape (e.g. InsurTechs, Software Providers, Cloud Services)
• Distinctive industry point of view and compelling articulation

What’s In It For You

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the services we are known for.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.