As an Associate Consultant you will embark on a stimulating and exciting journey where you will develop key skills that influence how our clients evolve the way they work, perform and achieve their goals. You’ll have the opportunity to work on large scale transformation programmes. You will ensure the smooth delivery of end-to-end projects by working flexibly, demonstrating intellectual capability and delivering innovative solutions for clients. The day-to-day tasks can vary from engagement with senior stakeholders, conducting analysis of data or business requirements, designing business strategies through to delivering workshops and collaboratively working in cross-functional teams to drive continuous business performance improvement.
What you will need
We are interested to hear from you if you have experience working in the industries we operate in and are keen to start a career in an environment where you can drive change.
Ideally, you will have some or all of the following:
- A passion for driving value and transformation in UK or global FS clients in Banking, Capital Markets or Insurance;
- FS domain expertise or a good understanding how FS operates in the UK or globally
- Understanding of digital trends, including cryptocurrencies, blockchain and DLT
- A strong desire to further your own personal development and develop a career in FS consulting
- An aptitude to overcome barriers through drive and determination
- Expertise and drive to effectively manage senior stakeholder expectations
- Problem solving skills and the ability to think strategically in a high pressure, collegiate environment
- Drive to work collaboratively and communicate effectively in a fast-paced setting
- Knowledge and / or application of Agile or waterfall project management in a client setting
At Capgemini Invent, although academics form part of our overall hiring decision, we do not select candidates purely on academic performance. We will assess your suitability for a role using several tools including video interviewing and assessment centres (all currently being held virtually).
After graduating from ‘The Institute’, you will join the Financial Services Academy.
Learning
Your first 3 months of Accelerate Programme will be spent within The Institute, where you will learn core consulting skills and gain a broad understanding of everything we do at Capgemini Invent within a feed-back rich environment, you will then move into the Academy Period of the Accelerate Programme. Here you will gain experience of working on client engagements across sectors and capability units. You will also be given access to technology specific experience, training and knowledge aligned with the market and client needs of our FS Sector Unit.
A heavy emphasis is placed on your development and being able to learn a variety of skills in a variety of learning environments. During the Accelerate Programme you will benefit from wider learning opportunities and can choose from a suite of accreditations including:
- Agile @ Scale: (Scrum Master, Product Owner, SAFe)
- Access to licenses for Coursera and Datacamp and opportunity to complete further qualifications in the skills above
- Data Visualisation: Accreditation in using PowerBI, Tableau, RShiny, QLik, Plotly, Looker
- Cloud Accreditations: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure
We will also support you with:
- Developing an understanding of the financial services’ sector, learning from industry experts working across all major departments / functions
- Learning and coaching from industry leaders in the FS sector unit
- Provide a network of coaches and mentors to help you succeed
- Provide fulfilling roles within the financial sector, developing your on-the-job skills and putting your learning to practical use within a range of client settings
What you can expect
Working alongside a world-class team with a wealth of consulting and industry experience, you will begin to create relationships across the organisation and acquire a foundation of consulting skills, tools and methodologies to help you accelerate your career. You will be part of a project team, building trust-based relationships at the heart of a client’s organisation, helping them change the way they work and transforming their business to achieve their goals. You’ll get early responsibility and build your skills through interesting and challenging work.
Why Capgemini Invent?
As a team, we value:
Engagement: We believe in providing a stimulating working environment where our consultants are empowered to share their values and are engaged in purposeful work.
Inclusiveness: We are building a diverse and inclusive environment that embraces and values different points of view. We run regular meet-ups, alumni events, and away days twice a year – all as chances to connect with the team, have fun and learn something new.
