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Job Purpose
Strategy Consultant is a member of the Strategy Function which is organised as a shared capability to support the entire Hollard Group and partnership businesses.

The Strategy Function Is Responsible For

• providing the Group with market intelligence, strategic insights and corporate performance measures
• facilitating and aligning strategy formulation and execution across the Group
• incubating new business opportunities

This role will report to the Group Head of Strategy, who reports to the Group Executive: Strategy and Synergies.

Management Level
Senior Manager

Job Description & Summary
At PwC, our people in operations consulting specialise in providing consulting services on optimising operational efficiency and effectiveness. These individuals analyse client needs, develop operational strategies, and offer guidance and support to help clients streamline processes, improve productivity, and drive business performance.

Those in capital programmes excellence at PwC will specialise in providing consulting services focused on optimising capital programmes and projects. You will work closely with clients to analyse project needs, develop strategies for efficient project delivery, and offer guidance and support to help clients enhance project management practices, mitigate risks, and achieve successful outcomes.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
• Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
• Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
• Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
• Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
• Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

About Strategy& and Fit for Growth

Strategy&, PwC's global strategy consulting business,

leverages

the
Fit for Growth

approach to help organizations build differentiating capabilities, strategically manage costs, and realign their structures for sustainable growth. In today's climate of uncertainty, our solutions enable clients to strengthen their core,

optimize

operations, and unlock long-term value.

We enable our clients to cut costs and grow stronger at the same time

.

Our solutions

assist

companies to align their strategies with their capabilities, ensure the

organisation

structure is conducive to enabling workforce productivity to achieve the business strategy, and the business costs are reflective of the business strategy and operations for maximum efficiencies and revenues. 

Job Purpose:

Lead and deliver high-impact business transformation initiatives

applying

Strategy&'s

Fit for Growth

methodology

. This role requires a

leader

&

strategic thinker with

strong

analytical capabilities, deep industry insight, and a proven

track record

in

successfully

selling

and

delivering

impact

-

based engagements

through

operating model design,

cost optimization, and

business restructuring

.

**What's

going to be expected of you:**

• Sell and deliver

end-to-end strategy-based transformation projects across industries.

• Conduct deep-dive diagnostics into business operations, cost structures, and organizational effectiveness.

• Develop and present strategic recommendations supported by data-driven insights and industry benchmarks.

• F

ace-to-face engagement

and interaction with

client

and team

• Lead

business development efforts, including proposal development, client relationship management, and opportunity identification.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful delivery.

• Mentor and develop consultants, fostering a high-performance and inclusive team culture.

• Demonstrate

resilience,

agility and adaptability across

client contexts and

sectors.

• Experience in leading a team in the delivery of client engagements

Minimum

Requirements
:

Education:

• Post graduate degree from a top tier University in either Engineering, Finance,

Mathematics

and/or Actuarial Science.

• CFA level 1/MBA -

advantageous

.

Experience & Technical Skills:

• Minimum years' strategic work experience with a reputable consulting firm.

• Demonstrated experience across the full consulting lifecycle:

sales,

delivery, and

project

closure

• Consulting experience in

Financial Services,

Telecommunications

and

Infrastructure

Sectors

.

• Advanced

proficiency

in

analytics tools including excel,

python

etc.

• Proven

track record

in cost reduction, digital transformation, operating model redesign, and performance improvement.

Soft Skills:

• High emotional intelligence (EQ) and interpersonal effectiveness

.

• Strong communication

, facilitation, and presentation skills

.

• Ability to lead and influence in complex, ambiguous environments.

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive, solution-oriented approach.

• Collaborative team player who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

Travel Requirements
Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?
No

Job Posting End Date
October 30, 2025

We are seeking a talented individual to join
Mercer Career Services
. This role will be based in
Sandton, Johannesburg
, hybrid and has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

This role leads project delivery and business development by managing client relationships, sales, and account management. It oversees utilization, billing, and complex project execution while identifying new opportunities. The role also mentors junior staff, contributes thought leadership, and provides expert advice on psychometric and talent solutions acting as a strategic partner to clients.

We will count on you to:

• Client billable utilization (project delivery)
• Client non-billable utilization (sales, proposals, pitches, BD, CRM)
• Management responsibilities (product portfolio management, industry segment management, people supervision, etc)
• Manages and is fully accountable for clients AR/bad debt
• Manages sales process for own sales: client onboarding, project loading, invoicing
• Identifies opportunities to build sales pipeline (including keeping systems updated)
• Manages WIP for managed projects
• Leads account management teams and acts as a strategic partner to clients
• Build and maintain client relationships to identify / qualify cross practice /cross LOB opportunities
• Identifies new business opportunities with clients and manages proposal process
• Plans and manages execution of complex projects, likely with multiple work streams
• Contributes to writing articles and POV's, and supporting speaking at conferences and client events
• Mentors and coaches more junior colleagues, helping them to develop experience and expertise on Mercer's Solutions, combining Mercer's methodologies with personal expertise
• Advise on appropriate psychometric assessment batteries and/or craft solutions for a variety of circumstances

What you need to have:

• MA Industrial/Organisational Psychology or equivalent
• Registered with the HPCSA
• 8-10 years' experience in the consulting industry
• Experience working directly with clients in talent management and skills assessment
• General & technical knowledge of Psychometric Assessments

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit , or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are also committed to providing reasonable support to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. We welcome candidates to contact us at to discuss any specific needs.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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Job Description

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
• Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
• Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
• Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
• Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
• Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
• Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
• Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

About Strategy& and Fit for Growth

Strategy&, PwC's global strategy consulting business, leverages the
Fit for Growth
approach to help organizations build differentiating capabilities, strategically manage costs, and realign their structures for sustainable growth. In today's climate of uncertainty, our solutions enable clients to strengthen their core, optimize operations, and unlock long-term value.

We enable our clients to cut costs and grow stronger at the same time. Our solutions assist companies to align their strategies with their capabilities, ensure the organisation structure is conducive to enabling workforce productivity to achieve the business strategy, and the business costs are reflective of the business strategy and operations for maximum efficiencies and revenues.

Job Purpose:

Lead and deliver high-impact business transformation initiatives applying Strategy&'s Fit for Growth methodology. This role requires a leader & strategic thinker with strong analytical capabilities, deep industry insight, and a proven track record in successfully selling and delivering impact-based engagements through operating model design, cost optimization, and business restructuring.

What's going to be expected of you:

• Sell and deliver end-to-end strategy-based transformation projects across industries.
• Conduct deep-dive diagnostics into business operations, cost structures, and organizational effectiveness.
• Develop and present strategic recommendations supported by data-driven insights and industry benchmarks.
• Face-to-face engagement and interaction with client and team
• Lead business development efforts, including proposal development, client relationship management, and opportunity identification.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful delivery.
• Mentor and develop consultants, fostering a high-performance and inclusive team culture.
• Demonstrate resilience, agility and adaptability across client contexts and sectors.
• Experience in leading a team in the delivery of client engagements

Minimum Requirements
:

Education:

• Post graduate degree from a top tier University in either Engineering, Finance, Mathematics and/or Actuarial Science.
• CFA level 1/MBA - advantageous.

Experience & Technical Skills:

• Minimum years' strategic work experience with a reputable consulting firm.
• Demonstrated experience across the full consulting lifecycle: sales, delivery, and project closure
• Consulting experience in Financial Services, Telecommunications and Infrastructure Sectors.
• Advanced proficiency in analytics tools including excel, python etc.
• Proven track record in cost reduction, digital transformation, operating model redesign, and performance improvement.

Soft Skills:

• High emotional intelligence (EQ) and interpersonal effectiveness.
• Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to lead and influence in complex, ambiguous environments.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive, solution-oriented approach.
• Collaborative team player who thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
Title And Summary
Senior Managing Consultant – Strategy & Transformation, Advisors & Consulting Services

Senior Managing Consultant – Strategy & Transformation

Advisors & Consulting Services

Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution. Our Advisors & Consulting Services team combines traditional management consulting with Mastercard's rich data assets, proprietary platforms, and technologies to provide clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. Our teams work with a diverse global customer base across industries, from banking and payments to retail and restaurants.

The Advisors & Consulting Services group has five specializations: Strategy & Transformation, Performance Analytics, Business Experimentation, Marketing, and Program Management. Our Strategy & Transformation consultants lead clients through impactful decision-making as they tackle strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational business challenges. They apply a broad set of problem-solving techniques to improve the client's overall strategy, performance, and operations.

Positions for different specializations and levels are available in separate job postings. Please review our consulting specializations to learn more about all opportunities and apply for the position that is best suited to your background and experience:

Roles and Responsibilities

Client Impact

• Lead complex client engagements across a range of industries and problem statements
• Direct the development of strategies and programs for regional and global clients by leveraging data and technology solutions to unlock client value
• Own senior client relationships from mid-level to C-suite to drive commercial success
• Serve as a trusted client business advisor and generate enthusiasm for the Mastercard team and our recommendations

Team Collaboration & Culture

• Guide team through complex problem solving to business-focused solutions and recommendations that drive client value
• Motivate the project delivery team to produce superior quality deliverables, and create a collaborative and inclusive environment for all levels
• Own relationship with internal Mastercard stakeholders including Product and Business Development to scope projects, create relevant solutions for clients, and build the firm's intellectual capital
• Lead on-the-job training, coaching, and mentorship to both direct and outside team members

Qualifications
Basic qualifications

• Undergraduate degree with work experience in consulting, corporate strategy, business intelligence, business line management, or product management
• Experience coaching and leading teams across large, strategic consulting engagements that involve structured problem solving and stakeholder management
• Experience leading senior client relationships
• Deep knowledge of business KPIs, financials, and organizational leadership
• Ability to identify new business development opportunities, and experience leading proposal development and scoping of new opportunities
• Experience generating new knowledge or creating innovative solutions for a firm
• Logical, structured thinking, and affinity for numerical analysis
• Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to lead multiple projects and clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to communicate effectively in English and the local office language (if applicable)
• Eligibility to work in the country where you are applying, as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel needs

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant industry expertise
• MBA or master's degree with relevant specialization (not required)

Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

Job description

There is no standard job description Jobs change with projects and clients.

What we require are consultants with experience in business analysis who can successfully operate across a wide range of project roles.

Our clients rely on us to manage and contribute to the successful completion of large, complex projects. In the recent past, we have been very busy with large system implementations, implementation of outsourcing arrangements, and the development of new strategic capabilities for our clients.

The successful applicant will be working on projects, based offsite at our clients. The nature of these projects will vary, depending on the scope of Solve's engagement. Our consultants get involved in a wide variety of work and may operate in unfamiliar project roles. Although they can always rely on support from Solve management and colleagues, they will have to use their own experience and common sense to perform their work.

Key attributes of the successful candidates

Required (candidates lacking any of these attributes will not be considered):

• Proven track record in a similar position – minimum 5 years
• University graduate
• Professional qualification as Business Analyst
• Experience in the Financial Services industry, esp. Investment, Employee Benefits, Life and Treasury
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Reliable, self-motivated, enthusiastic, resilient, team player
• Disciplined, ethical, strong EQ
• Able to cope with changes and uncertainty about the next project role – must be prepared to perform a wide range of activities
• Strong communication skills, written and oral
• Prepared to travel domestically (potentially internationally) for work at a client
• Chartered Accountant CA(SA) with experience in the Financial Services sector
• Exposure to project work in a client environment
• IT skills
• Knowledge of mainstream systems used in the Financial Services
• Some experience in business or system architecture
• Experience in engaging with senior executives of an organisation
• Exposure to project management
• Access to a network of potential clients, to support the business development activities of Solve

Useful:

• Chartered Accountant CA(SA) with experience in the Financial Services sector
• Exposure to project work in a client environment
• IT skills
• Knowledge of mainstream systems used in the Financial Services
• Some experience in business or system architecture
• Experience in engaging with senior executives of an organisation
• Exposure to project management Access to a network of potential clients, to support the business development activities of Solve.

We are seeking a highly detail-oriented and collaborative
Document Management Consultant
for a
3-month contract, with the potential for extension.

• This role is critical for ensuring our organisational documentation—including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), policies, and guidelines—serves as a robust foundation for operational excellence and regulatory adherence across diverse sectors. You will leverage your experience in document management, policy development, and audit compliance to enhance and maintain our internal documentation framework.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review of Existing Documentation:
  Conduct a thorough assessment of the current documentation inventory to ensure accuracy, relevance, and compliance with industry standards and organisational requirements.
• Management of Updates:
  Identify and implement necessary changes to existing documentation to reflect current practices, regulatory requirements
  ,
  and organisational objectives.
• Gap Analysis and Document Creation:
  Perform a comprehensive gap analysis to identify missing critical documentation. Develop and draft new SOPs, policies, or guidelines to ensure
  c
  omprehensive coverage.
• Audit Suggestion Implementation:
  Review and address suggestions provided by internal and external auditors, creating or updating documents as necessary to achieve full audit compliance.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Document Management Consultant or similar role.
• Strong background in developing, managing, and maintaining complex organisational policies and procedures.
• Demonstrated knowledge of audit compliance and the ability to translate audit findings into actionable document updates.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.