Accenture: An insider guide - Gymkhana

Career Path
Most undergraduates enter the firm as analysts (or as business analysts, in strategy).
Most MBAs enter the strategy service line as consultants or experienced analysts,
if they lack significant prior experience.
Accenture employees follow a defined career path with set milestones. New
employees move from analyst, to consultant, to manager, to senior manager, to
associate partner, and finally to partner. The chart below shows the opportunities
for applicants in each of the three main categories: undergraduates, MBAs, and
midcareer candidates.
“The whole theory, in those couple of years, is that not only do you get the initial
foundation, but it’s like a blank check to jump around with clients and get a
broader experience,” says one insider about the Core Analysts Program. “After
you’ve been with the firm for a few years, the expectation is that you’ve aligned
with an industry group and specialty group. The further you go on, the more
valuable you are if you have something unique.”
Accenture Career Path
Job Title
Eligibility
The Workplace
Analyst (except strategy) Undergrad hires, for 1½ to 3 years
Business analyst (strategy only) Undergrad or MBA, entry-level hires, for 2 to 4 years
Consultant
New MBA hires and analysts with at least 2 years’ experience
Manager
Consultants with 2 to 4 years’ experience
Senior manager
Managers with 3 to 4 years’ experience
Associate partner
Experienced managers
Partner Those elected to firm’s partnership (currently 2,300)
Source: WetFeet research.
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