Associate Director - Economic Analysis and Evaluation - FTC

RSMUK; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in London is seeking an experienced candidate to join their Consulting team. Responsibilities include delivering economic evaluation and analysis for public sector projects, managing new initiatives, and reporting progress to clients. Ideal candidates will have significant track record in economic analysis, strong project management, and communication skills. Join a firm that values diversity and supports flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Significant track record in delivering economic analysis and evaluation work.
• Deep knowledge of Public Sector Evaluation requirements.
• Experience in delivering evaluation work for Government Departments.

Responsibilities

• Complete economic evaluation and analysis work for public sector projects.
• Manage new projects and develop detailed project plans.
• Report progress to clients on new projects.

Skills

Excellent research skills

Excellent report writing skills

Leadership in economic evaluation

Strong project management capabilities

Effective communication skills

Job description

Consulting brings together multiple teams across Transactions, Risk & Consulting, ABA, and Outsourcing to provide client-centric solutions for RSM's current and future clients within the middle market. Our Consulting team has a major role to play in driving forward the growth of the firm with over 1,700 people delivering almost £200m revenue.

At the heart of Consulting are the six solutions we offer our clients: business transformation, deal services, finance function support, risk and governance, forensic and investigation services, and restructuring. Our solutions create an enhanced tailored approach to support our clients in achieving their strategic goals and empower our people to make an impact and develop their own unique career path.

Specific Duties

• Completing economic evaluation and analysis work to support existing projects underway for existing public Sector Departments and Authorities.
• Managing new projects won over the course of this initial period. Developing detailed project plans; setting out tasks and allocating them to team members and reviewing performance and progress.
• Reporting progress to clients on new projects.
• Being part of proposal teams to help write robust evaluation submissions to client specifications, timelines and budgets.
• Reviewing and giving feedback on proposals submitted by other colleagues across RSM - SEP.
• Identifying tender opportunities that the team stand a strong chance of winning and preparing bids.
• Building a track record to show that this position is sustainable in the medium to longer term - based on expected utilisation/recoveries and new wins.

Requirements

Experience

• Significant track record in delivering economic analysis and evaluation work
• Deep knowledge of Public Sector Evaluation requirements- Magenta, Aqua and Green Books
• Knowledge of public sector report requirements for evaluation work.
• Track record in delivering evaluation/economic work for Government Departments, in particular Quasi Experimental Design and ideally RCTs
• Knowledgeable on publicly available data sets that are available to support evaluation work for public sector Departments.
• Able to demonstrate the ability to deliver projects to budgets, timescales and the quality required by clients.
• Able to adapt to different working environments.

Skills/ Expertise

• Excellent research skills and expertise.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Ability to work well with others and to communicate effectively.
• Able to show leadership to team members on economic evaluation and analysis technical issues.
• Strong project management capabilities.
• Must be able to demonstrate during the 3 months that they are able to write robust proposals in a timely manner.
• Open to receiving and actioning feedback.

Diversity and Inclusion at RSM

At RSM, we want to create a strong sense of belonging so that people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel they can bring their true self to work. Our clients come from all walks of life. We aim to achieve that same diversity of background, experience and perspective in our own teams, so that we can genuinely understand our client's needs. Diverse teams bring a broader range of ideas and insights to work. That s why we are working together to ensure our firm s principles and processes support a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion.

At RSM we work hard to create an environment where our people can make a difference - to themselves, their career, their teams, and to the success of our firm and clients. We support all our people to work flexibly, to manage their family and other responsibilities alongside their work commitments; we believe this is key to achieving an inspiring and fulfilling working environment.