Strategy & Transactions – Strategy – BS FSI Analyst
Join our team of Strategy & Transactions professionals to help guide Deloitte client service teams through some of the critical moments and transformational initiatives. From strategy to execution, this team helps deliver integrated support covering valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, M&A, and sustainability. Work alongside teams every step of the way, helping them navigate new challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and support in providing practical insights at certain stages of their journey—before, during, and after any major transformational projects or transactions.
Position Summary
Level: Analyst or equivalent
As an experienced Analyst at Deloitte Consulting, you will be responsible for individually delivering high quality work products within due timelines.
Work you’ll do:
Deloitte’s ‘Strategy’ offering helps companies address the entire range of top management challenges including pursuing new growth opportunities, developing go-to-market strategies, channel strategies, and pricing strategies.
- Identify strategies for growth and value creation
- Develop appropriate business models, operating models, and capabilities to support their strategic vision
- Providing service excellence by identifying key client business issues, determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches, evaluating, and validating analysis and developing recommendations for the client in the context of the overall engagement
- Contribute to multiple work-threads of large, complex engagements, with high-quality deliverables
- Participate in the development and presentation of proposals for business development activities
- Maximize the ROI on technology investments and leverage technology trends to architect future business strategies
The Team:
Our Strategy practice brings together several key capabilities that will allow us to architect integrated programs that transform our clients’ businesses, including Corporate & Business Unit Strategy, Technology Strategy & Insights, Enterprise Model Design, Enterprise Cloud Strategy and Business Transformation.
Strategy professionals will serve as trusted advisors to our clients, working with them to make clear data-driven choices about where to play and how to win, in order to drive growth and enterprise value.
Qualifications
Must Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications:
- B.A. Hons / B.Sc. Hons Economics OR B.Com / BBA / BMS Commerce OR B.E. (Hons.) in Economics from a premier school in India or abroad (not more than 24 months after graduation)
- 6-18 months of relevant experience post Bachelors
- 6 months+ in consulting or corporate strategy preferred (Financial Services industry focus is a plus - US experience not necessary but will be a plus)
Enterprise and Growth Strategy – FSI – B&CM, and IMRE
Strategy-specific Experience:
In Deloitte, FSI consists of the following vertical / sectors:
- Banking & Capital Markets: Includes working with Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking, Capital Markets, Payments, etc.
- Investment Management (IM): Includes working with Active & Passive Asset Management firms and their associated global entities
Enterprise and Growth Strategy Financial Services Industry Experience:
- Hands-on experience of working in Corporate Strategy or consulting firm catering to leading FSI companies in one or more of the following domains – Consumer Banking, Retail Banking, Transaction Banking, Digital Lending, Payments (Merchant Payments Strategy, Payment Method Issuance – Operations and Launch Strategy), Asset Management, Wealth Management, etc. (minimum 6 months for Analyst level & minimum 2 years of experience for Consultant level)
- Enterprise and Growth Strategy consulting experience - Corporate Strategy, Go-to-market (GTM) Strategy, Business Unit Growth Strategy, Roadmap Development, Business Model, Capability Assessment, Efficiency Plays, Cost Take-out, Market Research / Assessment, Business Planning, Business & Digital Transformation, Vendor Assessment, Operating Model Assessment, etc.) within Financial Services Industry
- Ability to articulate leading business issues and trends within the Financial Services industry. Interest and knowledge about the current trends in any one of its sectors (Banking & Capital Markets, Investment Management, or Payments)
- Demonstrate ability to understand and analyze business issues and leverage technology to solve them
- Preferred experience of engaging in strategic issues with senior-level clients including C-Suite executives
- Exposure to working in non-India geographies (preferably US) and / or interacting with global stakeholders
- Exposure around building dynamic Excel models and macros for market sizing, forecasting, and automation of repetitive analysis and reporting tasks
- Ability to craft structured generative research prompts and use tools (e.g., ChatGPT or MS Copilot in Excel/PowerPoint) to streamline research, create slides, synthesize interviews, or simulate models
Core Consulting Skills
- Clear and concise communication - Conduct client interviews, participate in workshops / trainings and present recommendations; strong verbal and written skills are critical
- Good client presence – Interact and build relationships with clients and other team members
- Analytical thinking – Comfortable with managing large data sets, ability to perform detailed, quantitative analysis and research (primary and secondary), synthesize and present insights and recommendations from data through configurable dashboards; familiarity with Python, and Excel Macro scripting is nice to have
- Logical structuring - Structured approach to problem solving and ability to perform root cause analysis of client problems
- Deadline-oriented and quality focused – Support team in development of deliverables, manage specific work-thread, develop plans for components of engagement, manage and mentor junior resources
- Collaboration - Be able to work both independently and as part of a team with professionals at all levels. Be able to prioritize tasks, manage change in scope, work on multiple assignments, and raise concerns/questions where appropriate
- Ownership – Take ownership, manage and co-ordinate activities and tasks assigned and drive to completion
- Network - ability to chart one’s own career and build networks within the organization
Education:
- B.A. Hons / B.Sc. Hons Economics OR B.Com / BBA / BMS Commerce OR B.E. (Hons.) in Economics from a premier school in India or abroad (not more than 24 months after graduation)
Location: Bengaluru/ Hyderabad/ Pune