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About the Role

We are actively looking to recruit people at the Consultant, Senior Consultant and Principal Consultant level to build improvement capability and operations excellence, primarily focused on our Financial Services Sector, specifically our Banking and Wealth and Asset Management Portfolio of clients.

Responsibilities

Operational effectiveness and efficiency through Lean and Six Sigma techniques
Process optimisation
Service design
Change and implementation management
Training development and delivery
Facilitating workshops
Providing compelling, evidence-based insights
Helping to manage complex and senior stakeholders
Partnering with clients to provide a service that delivers real and long-lasting value
Working with clients to bring energy, direction and expertise in helping to solve the most difficult operational and supply chain challenges

Requirements

Core experience of delivering operational improvement across front, middle and back office service areas
Proven experience of leading assignment workstreams, assignments and teams
Core experience of working and delivering similar projects ideally within the Financial Services sector
A track record of realising business benefits and outcomes
Experience deploying advanced techniques such as digital technologies, cost improvement, and change management
The ability to demonstrate leadership skills in large and diverse project teams
Confidence to work across multiple levels of an organisation, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and navigate challenging discussions
An aptitude for delivering creative as well as innovative solutions
An interest in developing new business
Ability to work independently, developing excellent relationships with stakeholders internally and externally, and delivering the highest customer service and business standards
Excellent interpersonal and team working skills; a natural integrator, comfortable navigating across system finance, service design, governance, capacity and workforce modelling and operational excellence
A drive for personal and professional progression
Prior consulting experience with a large consultancy firm or internal consultancy function would be highly desirable
Lean Green or Black Belt certified desirable
At Principal grade, line management and prior consulting experience required
Applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK for certain UK roles requiring higher levels of National Security Vetting
Applicants must be a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years for certain UK roles requiring security clearance

Skills

Financial Services cost optimisation
Operational improvement
Lean and Six Sigma techniques
Process optimisation
Service design
Change and implementation management
Training development and delivery
Digital technologies
Cost improvement
Change management
Leadership skills
Interpersonal skills
Team working skills
System finance
Service design
Governance
Capacity and workforce modelling
Operational excellence

Location

London Victoria office
UK

Work Type

Hybrid working
On client site

Experience Level

Consultant
Senior Consultant
Principal Consultant

Education Level

Lean Green or Black Belt certified desirable

Benefits

Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare
25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days
Generous company pension scheme
Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives
Annual performance-based bonus
PA share ownership
Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

About the Company

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.
Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster.
Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.
We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists.
We have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.
Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.
PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.
Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges.
We're focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

Equal Opportunity

We’re committed to advancing equality.
We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience.
We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on [email protected]