Senior Consultant - Finance & Risk, Associate, UK

About the role

Oliver Wyman, a Marsh business, is recruiting a Senior Consultant (Associate) for its Finance & Risk capability, working alongside the Banking & Financial Services practice. You will join a Europe-wide staffing pool based in London, with a primary focus on UK Banking and Financial Services clients, and collaborate with UK, European and global partners on complex strategic, financial, regulatory and transformation challenges.

Key responsibilities

• Break down complex problems into discrete tasks, identify the key aspects and direct the focus of junior consultants
• Plan and execute analysis, identify core issues in complex analyses and craft suitable recommendations
• Work side by side with clients and project team members to move projects forward and manage small teams
• Provide specialist insight in the chosen subject area and contribute to shaping the problems tackled

Required profile

• 3-8 years of relevant experience, depending on level, ideally from a top-tier strategy or financial services consulting firm, bank, fintech, regulator or similar
• Experience in Banking & Financial Services, including banking, capital markets, insurance, payments, wealth management, fintech or financial market infrastructure
• Exposure to finance, treasury, capital, liquidity, risk, regulation, credit, operating model, transformation, cost, digital, data or analytics topics
• Undergraduate or advanced degree in STEM, finance, economics, business or another analytically rigorous discipline
• Fluent business English; additional European languages are beneficial but not required
• Willingness to travel to clients in the UK, Europe and internationally, and to work at least three days per week in the office

Required skills

• Strong analytical and synthesis skills, including the ability to conduct or leverage sophisticated analysis
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Hands-on experience with data, analytics, modelling or AI-enabled financial services transformation is beneficial but not required