This is an exciting opportunity to work in a high-profile role, working closely with Business Leaders of various levels. The role reports to Christophe Sanchez, Head of Internal Consultancy.
As Admiral UK continues to grow in both size and complexity our need for talent is ever expanding. Internal Consulting's mission is to provide talent on demand, bring new perspective, problem solve for complex issues and drive business change. By supporting these needs through a wide exposure across a broad range of topics and through tailored business and leadership development plans, Internal Consulting provides a great opportunity to talented individuals to grow and accelerate their career. Generally, internal consultants will spend 2-2.5 years in the role before springboarding back into the business.
Senior Consultants play a vital role in:
- Supporting senior stakeholders on strategic challenges across a very wide range of domains
- Supporting effective project management in complex change and transformation
- Contributing to the development of the internal consulting function
The role is suitable for individuals that enjoy working on a very wide array of difficult tasks and want to develop a broad and deep understanding of our business.
Main Responsibilities
- Be a key team member on strategic and/or complex projects, across all areas of the business and across the whole spectrum of business challenges including strategic analysis, complex organisational change, M&A due diligence and integration, new product launch, operational efficiency, business transformation and regulatory change.
- Manage small and mid-size engagements and workstreams, including end to end project ownership (scoping, execution, delivery) and management of small project teams.
- Research, develop and provide solutions and knowledge to the difficulties faced by the business.
- Support senior management in preparing key reports, recommendations, and presentations for audiences across all levels of the organisation, including senior management and board level.
- Identify opportunities for business improvement and for internal consulting engagement.
- Contribute to the development of the internal consulting function, including methodology and knowledge assets building, and supporting other members of the team.
You will ideally have:
- Previous experience working in a strategy or corporate development role or the ability to demonstrate a strong grasp of business acumen and fundamental business skills.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to scope, structure and plan delivery of solutions.
- Ability to drive change through experience in project planning and execution,
- Good interpersonal and communication skills (including presentation skills), with the ability to influence others.
- Produces clear and high-quality deliverables and can effectively articulate solutions and recommendations.
- A high degree of personal initiative and self-organisation
- Good time management and ability to manage significant workloads.
- Expertise in various business domains relevant to Admiral business
- A good grasp of technology, Data and Digital.
- Attention to detail, creativity and out of the box thinking.
- Learning agility combined with the interest in looking beyond Admiral for best practice.
- Self-drive, including taking ownership and proactively seeking solutions and knowledge.
- A consulting mindset (curiosity, adaptability, tenacity, creativity, effective communication, time management, observation and investigation, problem solving).
- The desire to develop a leadership mindset (visionary, self-awareness, influencing, strategic thinking, decision making, networking)
- An MBA, Business degree or equivalent qualifications.
Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance
We do not have a set salary for this position, as it will be dependent on the successful candidate’s experience. We are happy to see CVs from all candidates who meet the requirements and will be happy to discuss the remuneration package.
At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to work for in the UK. We want you to have an element of freedom to define a working lifestyle that supports this, so accommodate flexible hours wherever possible.
All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.
You can also view some of our other key benefits here.
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