Advisory Consultant Opportunities

AECOM; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global infrastructure consulting firm is seeking a dynamic management consultant to join their Advisory division. This role involves building client relationships, managing project deliveries, and applying analytical frameworks to solve client problems. The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor's degree, has experience in management consulting, and is proficient in Microsoft Excel. Join a diverse team committed to addressing complex challenges while fostering personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Comprehensive benefits package

Mentorship opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is mandatory for this role.
• Experience in management consulting or corporate strategy is preferred.
• Fluency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships and interactions throughout projects.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews with senior management.
• Create polished executive-ready presentations and insights.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Client-service mindset

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Commercial acumen

Numerical reasoning

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA or related Masters

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel

Job description

Start here. Grow here.

AECOM Advisory is seeking a dynamic professionals at all levels to support our growing global Advisory business. We are seeking talented management consultants to join AECOM Advisory who are mission-driven for the role of our clients in supporting capital investment programmes transformation projects and asset enhancement initiatives. Roles can be based anywhere in the UK.

Building off AECOMs considerable expertise in infrastructure design and implementation AECOM Advisory is a trusted adviser to senior level clients and executive teams on their most pressing enterprise and strategic needs. We deliver projects across the infrastructure market with a current focus on aviation defence energy and water.

Our team of 400 staff globally comprises business and policy analysts economists commercial strategists technology architects as well as human capital and change management practitioners. We help our clients develop their strategy improve their operational performance and integrate digital systems to generate value for their stakeholders and impact for their communities.

We are a new category of consulting firm; one that builds off true operational and technical expertise of our broader platform to bring industry depth and capability-driven insight to the clients we serve.

You will join a fast-paced and supportive team of diverse consulting professionals. We pride ourselves on our strong culture of mentorship and collaborative problem-solving our mission of addressing our clients most complex and impactful problems paired with career pathways that nurtures professional development and personal growth.

Heres what youll do : Role will vary by grade

• Building client relationships and managing interactions throughout the engagement lifecycle bringing clients into engagement delivery and iteratively building their buy-in.
• Upwardly and laterally manage the inputs from regional leadership Client Account Managers and technical experts to flag key delivery choices considerations and risks as they relate to technical scope client satisfaction and commercial constraints.
• Independently tailor existing / proven analytical frameworks and methodologies for client-specific needs.
• In collaboration with leadership architect new analytical frameworks and methodologies for client-specific needs.
• Applying existing and hypothesising new solution frameworks to deconstruct dimensionalise and analyse client problems.
• Leveraging AI tools to conduct baseline assessments and secondary research.
• Conducting stakeholder interviews including with C‑suite clients and senior management stakeholders.
• Creating highly‑polished executive‑ready decks as you work to build buy‑in and convey emerging data‑driven insights.
• Synthesising multiple inputs into coherent insights across a variety of formats; slide decks written narrative playbooks dashboards and toolkits.
• Proactively coach and mentor junior staff on developing core consulting skills.
• Supporting Capture Managers with specific elements of proposal responses including : narrative development technical solutions development (incl. technical writing) pricing team definition subcontractor engagement internal risk review and compliance procedures.
• Creating pitch decks and defining AECOM Advisorys value proposition.
• Bringing commercial acumen around client needs budgetary requirements researching client contexts.

If youre passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality AECOM welcomes you. Join our team where we dont just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects were working on and see firsthand the difference were making in the industry!

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree.
• Management consulting or corporate strategy experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and / or education.
• MBA or other Masters degree in Operational Research Management Management Science Finance Economics Systems Engineering and / or related fields.
• Fluency with Microsoft Office Suite especially Excel.
• Strong technical skills including experience with one or more of the following software packages: Evaluation of financial cashflows particularly public finance via Excel.
• Ready to push the limits of whats possible.

Heres what were looking for :

• Strong interpersonal skills client-service mindset and ability to act as a trusted adviser to clients.
• Ability to collaborate with internal teams across broad geographies and numerous different business lines.
• Work in a high‑tempo high‑context client‑facing environment with the ability to maintain poise maturity and work well under pressure.
• Able to be self‑directed anticipatory and responsive to iterative feedback.
• Outstanding attention to detail.
• Exceptional numerical reasoning and quantitative skills.
• Sharp analytical logical reasoning and structured problem‑solving skills employing abstraction techniques to solve ambiguous client problems and ingest and parse out large volumes of client information.
• Strong commercial acumen and willingness to have an informed point‑of‑view grounded in an interest in enterprise challenges (people process technology) and solid understanding of client industries and their context.
• Solid verbal communication and narrative development skills with the ability to summarize and convey key insights to C‑suite and senior management audiences.
• Collegial team‑player who can work within a small motivated team of diverse consulting professionals.
• Domain expertise in at least one of the following areas desired :
• Corporate enterprise or capital programme strategy market analysis and target operating model design.
• Organisational assessment business transformation and performance improvement.
• Technology‑led business transformation.
• Capital projects advisory including project finance and / or infrastructure investment appraisal capital improvement planning asset management portfolio strategy.
• Decarbonisation climate action implementation resilience strategies and frameworks incl. non‑financial valuation methodologies.
• Economic development industrial policy and market transformation.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information :

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory planning design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation buildings water new energy and the environment our public- and private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise a culture of equity diversity and inclusion and a commitment to environmental social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office remote location or at a client site you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

We are aDisabilityConfidentEmployer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition who meet the minimum / essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through theDisabilityConfidentInterview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full‑time

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Experience : years

Vacancy : 1