Strategy Consultant - Financial Services

Role: Strategy Consultant

Hiring Offices: New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, or Boston (Hybrid/3 Days In Office Position)

REQUIRED: Financial Services/FinTech Industry Experience required.

The Company

Our client is one of the premier strategy consulting firms worldwide and is passionate about helping their clients succeed with breakthrough insights that drive real impact. Their clients view them as trusted partners that help address their most pressing challenges and biggest opportunities.

Our client's uncompromising approach is grounded in deep industry expertise, rigorous analysis, and a commitment to driving practical results that exceed their clients' expectations. To do this, they hire the best and the brightest and offer clients an unparalleled experience to rapidly develop their skills. This strategy drives Our client's robust growth and gives them the benefits of global scale with a small-firm feel.

Financial Services Practice

Our client has seen rising demand from a wide range of institutions - including banks, insurers, payments providers, wealth managers and a range of FinTechs - who are looking to rethink, adapt, and expand their business models, respond to convergence with adjacent sectors, and unlock trapped value. This has prompted significant investments in our client's Financial Services practice to address a seismic change, disruption and opportunity for their clients.

In expanding the depth of their presence in Financial Services, our client is actively investing in building a future forward focused Financial Services and FinTech practice oriented toward driving growth, innovation, and new/evolutionary business models.

Key Responsibilities

The Consultant role is at the core of their case team structure. Coming from diverse backgrounds and using their creative problem-solving and managerial skills, Consultants at our client. guide their case teams to provide clients insights with impact. You will make a difference by driving their teams to deliver actionable advice and strategies to help their clients win.

Consultants at our client manage a team of Associates and/or Associate Consultants right from the start and are on point to ensure the team is addressing client problems and delivering an answer. While every case is different, Consultants' primary responsibilities typically include:

Breaking down and outlining the client's key strategic issues

Designing and supervising the team's core research tasks and analyses day-to-day

Developing presentation and other deliverable structures

Participating in the communication of project conclusions to client senior management

Providing guidance, mentorship, and feedback to more junior staff

Our client recruits the best and the brightest and offers very competitive compensation and benefits. In addition to immediate management responsibility and high-impact work, they promote Consultants to Managers as fast as they develop, based on demonstrated performance and contributions.

Qualifications and Experiences Needed

Financial Services/FinTech experience: Sector experience and exposure exhibited through working within a specific financial services industry (e.g., banking, payments, wealth, financial technology, or insurance), or across multiple financial services/FinTech domains as part of a strategy consultancy. Along with an understanding of the dynamics, key trends, challenges, and opportunities facing the sector presently.

Exceptional Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving and quantitative capabilities, with a history of generating actionable insights and driving data-driven decision-making.

Excellent Communication Skills: Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, to a variety of audiences.

Collaborative Leadership Style: Ability to inspire and motivate teams, build consensus, and drive collaboration across diverse stakeholders.

Deep Industry Knowledge: In-depth understanding of the financial services industry, including key trends, challenges, and opportunities.

Note: Consultants at our client typically have MBAs and/or a number of years of relevant business experience.

Korn Ferry shall provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified candidates, and will refer candidates without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected basis.