Job Description - Strategy & Analytics – Strategy (Consultant)

The Strategy and Analytics Offering Portfolio helps clients achieve breakthrough value by developing
integrated strategies to win in their chosen markets and by architecting data driven programs that
transform their business.

The team

Our Strategy practice brings together several key capabilities that will allow us to architect integrated
programs that transform our clients’ businesses, including Corporate & Business Unit Strategy,
Technology Strategy & Insights, Enterprise Model Design, Enterprise Cloud Strategy and Business
Transformation.
Strategy professionals will serve as trusted advisors to our clients, working with them to make clear
data-driven choices about where to play and how to win, in order to drive growth and enterprise value.

Work you will do:

Deloitte’s ‘Strategy’ offering helps companies address the entire range of top management challenges
including pursuing new growth opportunities, developing go-to-market strategies, channel strategies, and
pricing strategies.
 Identify strategies for growth and value creation
 Develop the appropriate business models, technology operating models, and capabilities to support
their strategic vision
 Maximize the ROI on technology investments and leverage technology trends to architect future
technology strategies

Required Experience and Skills

In Deloitte, FSI consists of three main vertical / sectors:

a) Banking & Capital Markets: Includes working with Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking, Capital
Markets, Payments etc.
b) Insurance: Includes working with Life, Property & Casualty, Annuities & Health, Reinsurance,
Insurance Brokers etc.
c) Investment Management & Real Estate: Includes working with Active & Passive Asset Management
firms and its associated global entities and real-estate based firms

FSI Industry Experience

 Consulting experience for clients in in the Financial Services industry
 Hands-on exposure of in Asset Management, Wealth Management and real-estate domains (min
1+ year of experience)
 Experience of working for / with leading companies in the following FSI sectors –Securities
(including investment banking), Private Equity, and Hedge Funds
 Awareness of IMRE industry trends, challenges, technology adoption levels and solution landscape
in at least one of the FSI sectors
 Certifications related to Asset Management sector (e.g., CFA, FRM) are a plus

Technology Strategy
 Ability to articulate of leading business issues and trends including the associated technology
implications within one or more industries
 Demonstrate application of business acumen while leveraging information technology
 One life cycle project execution experience in recommending and/or implementing IT strategy and
solutions for improving business outcomes
  Exposure to working in non-India Geographies (preferably the US) and / or interacting with Global
stakeholders
 Candidates are also required to have at least one full project experience in one or more of the
following areas:
o IT Strategy & Alignment – Delivering IT Strategy, driven both from a top-down analysis
starting with an articulated business strategy and a bottom-up technology capability analysis;
Experience working on cost reduction techniques, portfolio modernization and delivery
roadmap creation

o Cloud Strategy – Understand the impact of cloud computing in business and technology
decisions, ability to identify and articulate the business and technology drivers of cloud
computing across industries, design of business cases for cloud. Certifications such as AWS,
GCP, Azure will be a plus. Experience with workload assessment, business cases development,
operational assessment, roadmap creation, vendor selection

o AI/ML – Strong understanding of AI/ML concepts and frameworks, ability to design solutions
around automation including advanced AI / ML solutions in areas of deep learning, machine
learning, NLP, Simulation etc; knowledge of AI/ML implementation use cases across industries.

o Technology Operating Model Design - Assessment of current state operating model, ability
to identify pain points and process gaps; design of target state operating model and associated
roadmap

o Enterprise Architecture – Experience of Enterprise Architecture capabilities such as

Blueprinting, solution architecture, architecture assessment, planning and cost estimation.
Knowledge of any of the major Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (preferred) E.g., TOGAF,
FEA(F), and DoDAF

o IT Outsourcing: Experience working on IT Outsourcing model, vendor analysis and

benchmarking, contract analysis and understanding of how IT resources create shareholder
(business) value

o DevOps / Agile – Strong understanding of Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, Site Reliability Engineering
with hands on experience on tools such as Jenkins, Git and JIRA

Core Consulting Skills

 Clear and concise communication - conduct client interviews, participate in workshops/trainings
and present recommendations.
 Good client presence – interact and build relationships with clients and other team members
 Analytical thinking - ability to perform detailed, quantitative analysis and research (primary and
secondary). Synthesize and present insights and recommendations from data.
 Logical structuring - structured approach to problem solving and ability to perform root cause
analysis of client problems
 Deadline-oriented and quality focused - develop and own development of deliverables. own and
manage specific work-thread, develop plans for components of engagement, manage and mentor
junior resources
 Collaboration - Be able to work both independently and as part of a team with professionals at all
levels. Be able to prioritize tasks, manage change in scope, work on multiple assignments, and
raise concerns/questions where appropriate
 Network - ability to chart one’s own career and build networks within the organization
Qualifications
Required:
 MBA, MS, M. Tech. from a premier school in India or abroad.
 2-4 years of relevant experience. 1-2 years with FSI-IMRE industry focus