Associate Director - Business Advisory

ENGINEERINGUK; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a senior management professional to lead business case development for high-value projects. This role requires a blend of analytical skills and technical expertise, particularly within the public healthcare sector. You'll be responsible for guiding teams through complex project requirements, ensuring compliance with governance standards, and delivering comprehensive business case documentation. The ideal candidate will thrive in a dynamic environment, demonstrating strong stakeholder management and presentation skills. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and offers flexible working options to enhance your career journey.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in business case development for high value projects.
• Ability to provide guidance and mentoring in specialist areas.

Responsibilities

• Planning business case inputs, activities, and governance reviews.
• Delivering strategic, economic, financial, and commercial dimensions.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Management

Presentation Skills

Technical Knowledge

Project Management

Education

Technical Qualification or Chartership

Tools

Excel

Job description

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Position status: This opportunity is for a bid, so it is not yet a secured role. If you would like to be considered as we progress with this position, please click to apply.

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

A senior management role responsible for supporting and leading major sections of HMT Greenbook five-dimension business cases (strategic, outline and full). The applicant should have 5-10 years of experience in the Business Case development of high value projects, and the planning of regulatory compliance and governance - preferably within the public healthcare sector (NHS trusts, or department of health & social care) although other government regulated services will be considered (for example, transport, water, defence, energy).

A specialism in one or more business case dimensions/areas would be useful, as well as a full appreciation across all five dimensions and associated documentation.

The applicant should have the ability to provide constructive guidance and mentoring of the necessary inputs in their areas of specialism, assurance of outputs, and be able to lead tranches of business case delivery works unsupervised for review/presentation to Mace directors and the Client, when needed.

You'll be responsible for:

• Planning business case inputs, activities, governance and assurance reviews.
• Providing business case guidance or gap analysis to client delivery teams.
• Delivering key aspects of the strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management dimensions for the strategic, outline and final business cases.
• Supporting or managing financial and economic inputs, analysis and outputs.
• Supporting project design options, proposal developments and stakeholder workshops, associated procurement requirements and benefits management.
• Drafting, reviewing and finalizing documents to present to Mace, consultant or client teams, or in preparation for government reviews.

You'll need to have:

• Basic analytical skills - use of Excel and external data sources.
• Working towards technical qualification or chartership.
• One technical skill related to property or infrastructure.
• Basic experience of applying technical skills in a consultancy environment.
• Experience of stakeholder management skills on less complex projects.
• Some experience of conducting structured or semi-structured interviews relating to general and a specialist subject matter.
• Good presentation skills and ability to produce quality reports and visuals.
• Ability to work on one or more projects or subject matter concurrently.
• Ability to work under pressure to achieve tight deadlines outside of the control of the project team.
• Ability to structure own work programme and support a senior consultant producing output in a specialist subject area.
• Good level of technical specialist capability and ability to explain to other team members in an accessible way.
• Basic understanding of or experience in the capabilities required to undertake specialist/technical consultancy at a strategic level.
• Some experience (< 2 years) of working in a dynamic or complex environment with a high degree of uncertainty.

You'll also have:

• Apply technical knowledge to emerging technology and processes.
• A desire to acquire a high level of capability in a specialist subject matter.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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