Corporate Or Retail Banking - Strategy Consultant

A tier 1 strategy and analytics group are looking for talented candidates with knowledge of corporate (or retail, either is fine) banking or investment banking products and services to work with tier 1 banks, delivering into Heads of Strategy and Business Leaders. The firm has built some proprietary data products and models that many of the major banks buy, analysing their performance and strategic positioning. Additionally this firm works on large strategy cases with firms such as Goldman, Citi, JPM, Barclays, BOAML and more.

The team focuses on a mix of revenue benchmarking, market sizing and knowledge management, also providing 'views on the market' to its sector or clients. There is also the chance to work on strategy case work - recent cases have included Goldman Sachs, Citi and JP Morgan looking at challenges such as share price depreciation, cost worries and positioning relative to the market. Here you can apply your banking knowledge in a strategic context.

We are interested to speak to those working in banks current (sales, trading, strategy, coverage, or an another broad role) or from another consulting firm or similar.

Job summary:

1. work on strategic projects, across benchmarking and market sizing, analysing data and translating what it means
2. manage clients directly, working out what is best for the future of their business given the information you receive and use
3. build deep relationships with some of the most senior decision makers in major banks
4. work on cases with tier 1 strategy consultants; these tend to be more macro issues though still using data
5. collect data from major banks, run projects and use this data to produce strategic insights and white papers for the industry

We are looking for:

1. 2-6 years' experience working at a major bank or consulting firms, or similar third party business - they could hire an experienced analyst or an experience associate/AVP
2. Product knowledge in either retail banking or corporate/commercial banking - ideally the broader the better though if you have covered a few areas and have a broader interest through your own reading, this could work
3. Tier 1 banking graduate scheme moving across teams would be an advantage
4. Client-facing skills - ability to influence and manage key stakeholders
5. Excel/Data skills - ability to analyse and gently model data; think pivots/lookups/creating presentations with ideally some skill with macros. You do not need advanced data science; they have data scientists who do this in the back office
6. Entrepreneurial flair; ability to spot opportunities from conversations or in the data, build ideas and come up with a business plan where needed

Salary: 55-80K + 20-30% bonus