Senior Consultant - Cost Transformation and Margin Improvement

<div class="content-intro"><h3><span style="color: rgb(0, 53, 142); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">About Baringa&nbsp;</span></h3>
<p>Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.</p>
<p>The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.</p>
<p>Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.</p>
<p>Certified as a&nbsp;<em>Great Place to Work </em>around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the <em>Financial Times </em>in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by <em>Forbes </em>for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.</p></div><h2><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 142);"><span data-contrast="none">Our Enterprise Value Creation practice in London is growing, and we are looking for a Senior Consultant to join the team.</span>&nbsp;</span></h2>
<p data-ccp-props="{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Expectations of value have changed. The EVC team helps clients achieve sustainable P&amp;L improvement,&nbsp;</span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">addressing short-term financial priorities while building long-term value for shareholders. We bring a private </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">equity mindset to enterprises, and we differentiate ourselves through the rigour of our thinking and the </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">humanity of our execution: we combine deep data and analysis with market knowledge, and we work side </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">by side with clients so that value is realised and sustained.</span>​</p>
<p data-ccp-props="{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:0,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Our cost transformation work helps organisations become more efficient while protecting the capabilities </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">they need to grow – from gross margin and SG&amp;A to third-party spend and operational efficiency. You will </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">work with clients across our industry sectors: Financial Services, Products &amp; Services, Energy &amp; Resources, </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Pharmaceuticals &amp; Life Sciences, and Central Government.</span>​</p>
<h3><span style="color: rgb(0, 53, 142);"><span data-contrast="none">What you will be doing</span></span></h3>
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<li data-charcodes="8226" data-font="Arial,Sans-Serif" data-buautonum="8" data-margin="270" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Work with clients to understand their cost base and margin drivers, building baselines and identifying </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">improvement opportunities</span>​</li>
<li data-charcodes="8226" data-font="Arial,Sans-Serif" data-buautonum="8" data-margin="270" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Build financial models and cost analyses (e.g. spend analysis, cost-to-serve, benchmarking) that turn data </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">into clear, practical recommendations</span>​</li>
<li data-charcodes="8226" data-font="Arial,Sans-Serif" data-buautonum="8" data-margin="270" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Contribute to the design and delivery of cost and margin improvement programmes, from diagnostic </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">through to implementation</span>​</li>
<li data-charcodes="8226" data-font="Arial,Sans-Serif" data-buautonum="8" data-margin="270" data-aria-posinset="4" data-aria-level="1"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Track and report the value delivered, helping clients ensure savings are realised and sustained</span>​</li>
<li data-charcodes="8226" data-font="Arial,Sans-Serif" data-buautonum="8" data-margin="270" data-aria-posinset="5" data-aria-level="1"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Help clients build their own capability through knowledge transfer, so that improvements last</span>​</li>
<li data-charcodes="8226" data-font="Arial,Sans-Serif" data-buautonum="8" data-margin="270" data-aria-posinset="6" data-aria-level="1"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Work closely with colleagues across Baringa to bring the right expertise to each client</span>​</li>
<li data-charcodes="8226" data-font="Arial,Sans-Serif" data-buautonum="8" data-margin="270" data-aria-posinset="7" data-aria-level="1"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">Support the development of more junior colleagues and contribute to growing the London EVC team</span></li>
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<h3><span style="color: rgb(0, 53, 142);">&nbsp;</span><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 53, 142);"><span data-contrast="none">Your skills and experience</span> </span><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}">&nbsp;</span></h3>
<p><span data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}"><span class="LineBox BCX8 SCXP218591957"><span class="TextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957" lang="EN-GB" data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957">We are looking for curious, collaborative people with typically 3 to 6 years of relevant experience </span></span></span><span class="LineBox BCX8 SCXP218591957"><span class="TextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957" lang="EN-GB" data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957">who enjoy solving complex problems and seeing their work make a measurable difference for </span></span></span><span class="LineBox BCX8 SCXP218591957"><span class="TextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957" lang="EN-GB" data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957">clients. This role is pitched at Senior Consultant level. We also welcome applications from </span></span></span><span class="LineBox BCX8 SCXP218591957"><span class="TextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957" lang="EN-GB" data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957">candidates at Consultant and Manager </span></span><span class="TextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957" lang="EN-GB" data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="annotation-4bfd7e4e-8597-4c8b-940e-180c71526b92 ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorZoomed BCX8 SCXP218591957">level, and</span></span><span class="TextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957" lang="EN-GB" data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957"> will confirm the level through the interview </span></span></span><span class="LineBox BCX8 SCXP218591957"><span class="TextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957" lang="EN-GB" data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun BCX8 SCXP218591957">process.</span></span><span class="EOP BCX8 SCXP218591957">​</span></span></span></p>
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<li data-charcodes="8226" data-font="Arial,Sans-Serif" data-buautonum="8" data-margin="270" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">University degree in Economics, Econometrics, Business, Finance, Accounting or a related field </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">and/or experience in cost analysis, cost transformation, FP&amp;A, spend analysis, or a similar area, </span><span data-usefontface="false" data-contrast="none">gained in consulting or in industry</span>​</li>
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