Oliver Wyman

About Oliver Wyman

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.

Job Overview:         

Oliver Wymanâs Insurance and Asset Management practice supports its clients with leading edge topics and uniquely combines deep strategy expertise, a thorough quantitative understanding and rich implementation experience.  As a business of the Marsh & McLennan Group, we have direct access to our colleagues at Mercer, Marsh and Guy Carpenter where this is in the interests of our clients.

We operate across three core areas: strategy, operations, and finance. By drawing on our industry expertise, analytical insight, and market-leading intellectual capital, we employ global best practices to deliver breakthrough solutions to our clientsâ most difficult challenges.

We are at the forefront of supporting and driving work globally to reimagine the future of the insurance industry and drive transformational value growth for customers, shareholders, and societies.

Key Responsibilities:

Principals are experts in particular content areas and provide day-to-day leadership of complex client projects and aspects of the client relationship and commercial process, teaming with Partners. They ensure on-time delivery that meets or exceeds agreed upon goals, leveraging Oliver Wyman best practice, their own expertise and the firmâs technical competence. They become trusted advisors to senior clients, with the ability to guide and influence their thinking, and to be viewed as experts in particular content areas.

Oliver Wyman Principals are seen as Partners of the future and, as such, are fully engaged in building business through identifying new and expanded opportunities; they create exciting and additive intellectual capital through thought leadership and are knowledgeable on a broad range of adjacent topics. Principals develop others and build a strong personal brand both within and outside the firm.

• 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.
• Managing and developing the capabilities of junior consulting staff.

Experience Required:

Just as every client project is different, so we recognize and value the diversity of backgrounds and skillsets for successful candidates. We are seeking high-caliber individuals who want to join our winning team. Preference will be given to candidates with:

• At least 8-10 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm or familiarity with one or more of the Insurance sectors of Life insurance, General Insurance, Health, Reinsurance and Asset/investment management.
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program

• Thematic experience may include, for example
  • Strategy â e.g. portfolio and product, growth, distribution, internationalization, M&A
  • Operations â e.g. claims, underwriting, technology, operating models, post-merger integration
  • Financial effectiveness â e.g. risk, capital, asset valuation, models, regulation

• 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
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings
• Willingness to travel
• Know how to take the initiative, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills and put the ones youâve already got to good use.
• Not just intelligence, but creativity too: ready to come up with novel ideas to solve our clientsâ biggest problems.
• A willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with our incredibly talented team.

What We Offer

• Growth culture: Extensive learning & development opportunities, annual performance review process & discretionary performance bonuses.
• Inclusive and diverse workplace culture: dedicated Inclusion, Diversity & Belonging team, and passionate employee resource groups.
• Comprehensive benefits: From day one of employment, youâll have access to a full array of
• benefits for your financial, health and well-being.
• Work-Life Balance: We support a healthy work-life balance for our employees, recognizing the important of personal time and fulfilment outside of work, including a hybrid working model.