Management Consultant - Utilities Water

Management Consultant - Utilities Water

Location: London, Manchester

Career Level: Consultant

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, technology services and operations, helping organisations improve performance, embrace digital transformation and operate more effectively. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

As a team:

We are a diverse team of driven individuals, sharing a common passion for driving innovation across our portfolio of water and wastewater utility clients. From strategy development and delivering innovative new technologies through to enabling organisational and operational excellence, we are committed to help our clients to deliver safe, sustainable, and cost-effective services in their highly regulated environment.

Our team thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and boundaryless opportunities that drive each of our careers in new and exciting ways. Innovation is at the heart of our team and we bring cutting edge technology to our clients, helping them deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable services. From capital infrastructure projects, to designing new operating models, digital platforms and customer experiences, our teams are at the forefront of utility excellence across the value chain.

As part of our team you will learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that embraces your individuality. You will be challenged and rewarded while surrounded by a highly passionate and supportive team.

In our team you will learn:

• How to work with our diverse client base across water and wastewater utilities to solve their most difficult problems  

• How to deliver truly innovative work on the back of emergent technologies such as AI, analytics, cloud platforms and digital twins.

• To collaborate across multiple locations and disciplines, leveraging Accenture’s global knowledge network and high-calibre colleagues bringing a wealth of industry and functional experience

• To develop your industry knowledge and consulting expertise through continuous learning, coaching and mentorship.

• To lead with integrity, champion diversity and inclusion and help shape a more sustainable future for critical national infrastructure.

As a Utilities Water Consultant, you will:

• Work alongside our clients to understand their challenges, identify opportunities, design solutions and manage their implementations, bringing your water and wastewater industry expertise to guide them through to success

• Deliver transformation programmes by translating strategic insights into practical actions that deliver measurable results

• Be part of cross-functional teams to deliver improvements in customer experience, field operations, asset management and digital adoption.

• Deliver value case and benefit analysis, operating model design and implementation, process design, cost and productivity improvement

• Project manage using delivery methods such as Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking to drive success

• Utilise analytics and big data to develop insight-led strategies, supporting clients as they adopt AI, cloud, and digital core transformations.

• Recommend and use the best in innovative technologies to answer our Clients questions

• Draw insights through your well-developed quantitative skills e.g. financial analysis, market data analysis, etc.

• Leverage your relationship and stakeholder management skills to accomplish team objectives

• Communicate with excellence (written, conversational and presentation delivery)