Oliver Wyman – Engagement Manager – Johannesburg at Marsh

The Role and Responsibilities

Experienced professionals bring us the know-how to make lasting change for our clients and our company. We are not typical ‘management’ consultants. We provide industry- and discipline-specific knowledge and expertise, which amplifies our impact and helps us shape the future for our clients. Oliver Wyman is a diverse, entrepreneurial, non-competitive partnership of individuals who like to pursue new opportunities or build a unique franchise doing what they do best in a collegial, fun environment.

ENGAGEMENT MANAGERS

• are the on-scene leaders who run our projects day to day.
• You will lead the team through an efficient and effective problem-solving process from initial thought process through convergence on a solution.
• You will ensure that recommendations are correct, practical, sensible, relevant and cohesive. It’s a role that demands thought leadership at the strategic level – and command of all the technical and operational details of execution.
• You will need great communication skills and the ability to forge strong relationships.

Your Attributes and Experience

Clients hire Oliver Wyman for specialized expertise, the ideal candidate will have most of the following:

• Minimum of 6 - 10 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm (or other similar organizations)
• Knowledge in Financial Services topics
• Strong background in strategic problem solving with demonstrable analytical skills
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills in both formal and informal settings
• Fluent in English  
• Undergraduate or advanced degree from a top academic program
• Know how to take the initiative, seeking out opportunities to learn new skills and put the ones you’ve already got to good use.
• Are not just intelligent, but creative too: ready to come up with novel ideas to solve our clients’ biggest problems.
• Have an aptitude for analytical work, like sniffing out clues in massive data sets or hunting down the key issues in a hugely complex challenge.

A willingness to work fluidly and respectfully with our incredibly talented team.

OUR VALUES & CULTURE

We’re serious about making OW a rewarding, progressive, enjoyable and balanced place to work.

Self-starters and free thinkers who work well in a team

• We are individuals who are self-starting, motivated, energetic, entrepreneurial about what we do

Common aspiration, collective endeavour, shared success

• We have the common aspiration to have an impact, leave a legacy and change the world. We have no interest in running a steady-state business. We want to build, grow and shape the environment around us

Straightforward, open, respectful interaction

• We value an environment where every member of Oliver Wyman is encouraged and expected to voice his or her opinion

Opportunity without artificial barriers, anti-Kudzu

• We value merit and believe that to create a true meritocracy we need to remove artificial barriers to opportunity

Balanced lives

• We value people whose lives balance work and non-work activities because we believe they are both more interesting colleagues and are able to make better contributions to the Firm.
• We push ourselves hard to deliver excellence, but we also work to extract the maximum benefit from the flexibility of a project-based business.
• We provide the ability to take career breaks for personal or family reasons.
• We fundamentally value each other’s time, and are sensitive to how it is used.
• We are an output not input-based culture, have respect for people’s personal decisions, and believe that one's workload must be sustainable.
• We seek balance for ourselves and our colleagues.