Principal Consultant / Junior Partner

SUMMARY STATEMENT

We offer an exciting role within our Strategy Consulting team for an individual seeking to combine their technical abilities with a client facing emphasis, advancing a career in a consulting environment.

Demonstrating a real passion and deep interest in financial markets and financial services business, our Consultants are responsible for the development of insights and quality output on projects, building client relationships and contributing to strategic consulting assignments.

This position will suit a self-motivated individual who possesses strong technical skills, exceptional attention to detail, a passion for client service and delivery. This role will be responsible for developing insightful analysis, building relationships with clients, contributing to strategic consulting assignments, and driving the vision necessary for developing our offering.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Success in this role will see the following achieved:

• Leading strategic projects with support from a team of Consultants/Senior Consultants, working collaboratively with other Principals and Partners. This includes consulting and analysis to an extremely high standard, commensurate with NMG’s value proposition and client expectations
• Leading a team to provide financial & commercial analysis to clients for business strategy formulation and transformation plans based on market intelligence, financial models, and analysis
• Establishing analytical frameworks and conducting complex business analyses.
• Maintaining and building a network of industry contacts and identifying opportunities for new business
• Utilising the collective expertise and resources across all divisions of the NMG Group to fully exploit our “information advantage,” improving the quality of our client offering
• Ensuring project objectives benefit broader client strategy across the Consulting business.
• Contribute to NMG thought leadership and IP
• Provide guidance, coaching and mentoring to a team of direct reports as required to ensure their ongoing progression and development
• Contribute to fostering a positive and collaborative team culture, demonstrating the NMG Values of Curiosity, Collaboration, Make it Count and Go for it! in everything that you do

YOUR EXPERIENCE

The successful candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate:

• Considerable experience in the Financial Services industry (a minimum of 8+ years), within a consulting role, with strong understanding of and experience in wealth or asset management sectors
• Experience in commercial due diligence projects is highly desirable
• Exceptional quantitative abilities, business modelling and analytical skills
• Tertiary qualifications with excellent academics
• Proven analytical skills, the ability to draw insights from complex data sets, excellent attention to detail and high-quality standards
• An ability to develop relationships with clients and influence the thinking of key decision makers, making strategic contributions and leading presentations
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, particularly with a senior audience
• Strong leadership and people management capabilities i.e. the ability to empower, mentor and develop others and bring them along the journey

ABOUT NMG

The NMG Group is a global advisory and intermediary firm focused exclusively in financial services. Established in 1992, NMG has enjoyed steady expansion internationally and now has ~1,000 employees. We have clients across the world with our most established businesses in Australia, South Africa, Asia, the UK and Canada and a growing presence in the US and Europe. Our main offices are in Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Johannesburg, London, Toronto and New York.

At NMG Consulting we are a nimble firm of ~150 consultants focusing exclusively on the Insurance, Reinsurance, Wealth Management and Asset Management Industries. Our advisory model uniquely integrates Consulting, Insights and Analytics. Located globally, we are a diverse team of talented and experienced individuals, partnering with industry leaders to provide deep and powerful insights and knowledge.

We are constantly evolving and the range of work that we do rapidly challenges and expands our peoples’ knowledge. Our flat, team-based structures encourage participation from all experience levels – everyone is encouraged to contribute, regardless of their role. We advocate hearing different points of view, collaboration and constructive debate.

NMG’s Strategy Consulting (Sydney Consulting) team works with major financial institutions to resolve ‘fork in the road’ decisions relating to corporate strategy, growth, M&A, product and operating model design and participation models. We also support our clients in implement business critical strategic initiatives. Our clients span the breadth of the asset management and wealth value chain.

Work is typically delivered in small teams providing opportunities for consultants to take ownership of important elements of delivery for clients, learning fast and making an impact in a continuously evolving industry.

The combination of our specialist focus, global network, and access to NMG’s research and analytics give us a unique perspective on the wealth and asset management market.

This is a remarkably high performing team with an exceptional reputation in the Australian market. We punch well above our weight in all aspects and are incredibly proud – and protective - of the position we hold.