Managing Consultant, Strategic Advisory

Northwestern Mutual•New York, IL

2d•$118,960 - $205,200

About The Position

The Managing Consultant, Strategic Advisory is responsible for developing key deliverables for strategic advisory engagements and initiatives. The role leads gap assessments, financial analyses, and the design of future-state solutions. It serves as the primary day-to-day contact for delivery and execution partners and coordinates key delivery ceremonies. The consultant assesses business processes across business segments, recommends improvements, evaluates financial impact, and presents findings to partner organizations. The role collaborates with data resources and project management, facilitates stakeholder and client sessions, identifies risks and blockers, and shares engagement outcomes and best practices. The position also builds relationships with decision makers and helps advance initiatives through project management cadences.

Requirements

5–10 years of recent experience in client-facing consulting roles or equivalent experience leading projects and initiatives.
3–5 years of experience delivering strategy and/or management consulting.
Proficiency in data analysis and ROI modeling.
Strong experience with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel, including quickly creating board-level presentations.
Experience delivering process improvement concepts, such as Lean Six Sigma.
Ability to quickly learn new concepts or business strategies.
Ability to research and understand the nuances of insurance segments.
Comfort with executive-level storytelling and presentations.
Strong organizational skills, including handling competing demands and working under tight deadlines and short timeframes.
Demonstrated organizational agility to work across boundaries, influence, and collaborate with all levels on solutions that benefit the organization.
Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and paradox and to lead change.
Facilitation and team-building skills, with the ability to play an active, operational, and communicative role.

Responsibilities

Assess and analyze core business processes across various business segments.
Make strategic recommendations to improve business process output and results.
Analyze and quantify the financial impact of engagements and process improvements.
Build and deliver presentations of findings and recommendations to partner organizations.
Partner with data resources to assess how core business activities align with strategic direction and provide competitive advantage.
Run delivery ceremonies, including stand-ups, design sessions, client workshops, and readouts.
Identify and escalate engagement blockers and risks to appropriate parties.
Summarize engagement deliverables for socialization as needed.
Design and conduct stakeholder interviews to learn new organizations and identify opportunities.
Identify best practices across Northwestern Mutual and industry standards.
Build relationships with decision makers in partner organizations.
Partner with project management to ensure deliverable timelines are met.
Participate in internal team activities to share knowledge, research, and best practices.
Participate in stand-ups and project management cadences to help advance initiatives.