Oliver Wyman Associate/Engagement Manager Insurance & Asset Management

Who We Are? Oliver Wyman is a global leader in management consulting. With offices in 60 cities across 29 countries, Oliver Wyman combines deep industry knowledge with specialized expertise in strategy, operations, risk management, and organization transformation. The firm has more than 6,000 professionals around the world who work with clients to optimize their business, improve their operations and risk profile, and accelerate their organizational performance to seize the most attractive opportunities. Oliver Wyman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies [NYSE: MMC]. For more information, visit www.oliverwyman.com. Job Specification Practice Group: Financial Services Practice: Insurance Location: New York Role: Associate, Engagement Manager Practice Overview The Insurance and Asset Management Practice provides leading Life Insurers, Property & Casualty Insurers, and Asset Managers with strategic insights to succeed in a rapidly evolving competitive, regulatory, and capital markets environment. Our work spans a range of topics, including strategy development, financial effectiveness, product design and management, operational excellence, underwriting and pricing, and distribution. Recent examples of our impact include: Establishing a Greenfield insurer from strategy formulation, technology selection across the value chain, project planning through to implementation Designing a multi-year corporate strategy for an Independent Broker Dealer that included product development, distribution and operations and technology components Building a generative-AI powered contract review tool reviewing the insurance sections of contracts Developing a target operating model for the Finance and Actuarial functions of a life insurer to empower them with enhanced data and the technology they need to design products, perform pricing updates, and calculate reserves The Insurance Practice is seeking Associates and Engagement Managers to support our continued expansion, a strategic priority for the firm. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a successful team. For more information about our Practice, please visit https://www.oliverwyman.com/our-expertise/industries/financial-services/insurance-and-asset-management.html Associate / Engagement Manager Role Our consulting roles offer excellent career and growth opportunities for talented, highly motivated professionals with relevant prior experience. As a professional member of our firm in the Associate or Engagement Manager role, your initial responsibilities will include: Managing the execution of individual project workstreams or projects. This typically includes project / workstream planning and coordination; developing hypotheses; managing data collection, model creation and analyses; conducting primary and secondary research; creatively tackling information limitations; and surfacing insights Synthesizing findings into written presentations; reviewing and discussing with clients and other stakeholders; leading client readouts of written presentations or deliverables Supporting our Partner group in project delivery through accurate and high-quality execution Managing and developing junior consultants on individual project workstreams or projects. This typically includes task allocation tailored appropriately by skill sets; output / deliverable review and iteration; constructive feedback sessions; and mentoring / development in consulting skillset and / or insurance industry content or related topics Desired Skills and Experience Just as every client project is different, we recognize and value the diversity of backgrounds and skill sets for successful candidates. We are seeking high-caliber individuals who want to join our winning team. While specific responsibilities will vary based on previous experience the ideal candidate will have the following: 4-7 years of relevant experience, ideally with a top-tier strategy consulting firm (or other similar organizati ns with