Managing Consultant

Tarka Talent; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist consulting firm is seeking a Managing Consultant to lead client engagements and contribute to technology-enabled solutions. The role involves managing projects end-to-end and supporting business development in professional services. A strong consulting background and ability to deliver results are essential. The position is mostly home-based with occasional travel to London. If interested, please apply directly or email your details.

Qualifications

• Strong consulting background with experience in senior operational roles.
• Proven ability to lead client engagements and deliver high-quality outputs.
• Deep understanding of consulting operations and delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Lead client projects and manage delivery.
• Advise on technology enablement for professional services.
• Develop trusted client relationships for business growth.

Skills

Consulting background

Client engagement leadership

Communication skills

Operational understanding

Organizational skills

Interest in industry trends

Tools

PSA

CRM

HRIS

Finance systems

Job description

Managing Consultant – Professional Services Operations & Technology

Location: UK (Remote with occasional London travel)

About the Role

We are recruiting on behalf of a specialist consulting firm supporting professional services organisations and investors with growth, operational improvement and value creation. The firm is a senior, hands‑on team known for high standards and deep expertise.

As a Managing Consultant, you will lead client engagements, shape technology‑enabled solutions, contribute to business development, and help grow a developing tech enablement practice. This role suits someone who blends traditional consulting capability with real operational understanding of how a consultancy works day to day.

Within 12–18 months, you will be leading engagements independently, generating follow‑on work, producing thought leadership and building a small pipeline of your own.

Key Responsibilities

Client Delivery & Advisory

• Lead client projects end-to-end, including planning, delivery management and executive communication.
• Advise on technology enablement for professional services firms (PSA, CRM, HRIS, finance systems and emerging AI).
• Analyse operational performance (KPIs, reporting, delivery processes, resourcing, revenue operations).
• Translate operational challenges into practical, technology‑enabled solutions.
• Support clients with governance, project financials and management information.
• Manage scope, commercials, risk and resourcing.

Business Development

• Contribute to proposals, pricing and shaping new work.
• Build trusted client relationships to generate sell‑on opportunities.
• Develop your own network and nurture early‑stage pipeline.

Internal Development & Thought Leadership

• Help refine and improve delivery methodologies and frameworks.
• Play a key role in building the firm’s technology enablement offering.
• Explore how AI can be used in professional services and in internal delivery.
• Create thought leadership and market‑facing insights.

Collaboration & Leadership

• Work closely with partners and senior stakeholders.
• Mentor junior team members as the firm grows.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Strong consulting background with experience in senior operational roles inside a consultancy.
• Proven ability to lead client engagements and deliver high-quality outputs.
• Deep understanding of consulting operations (delivery models, commercial processes, project financials).
• Business-level experience with PSA, CRM, HRIS or finance systems in a professional services context.
• Ability to design technology-enabled solutions without being a deep technologist.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Highly organised, self-starting and detail-oriented.
• Interest in industry trends and the future of consulting.

Preferred Experience

• Value creation, operating model design, operations due diligence or delivery improvement.
• Experience in tech-enabled change in professional services.
• Exposure to AI-related initiatives.
• Experience helping shape or build internal propositions or methodologies.

Cultural Fit

• Professional, collaborative and grounded.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and shaping evolving work.
• Committed to high standards without unnecessary formality.
• Curious and willing to learn quickly — especially in emerging technology areas.

Practical Requirements

• UK-based with the right to work in the UK.
• Home-based role with London travel 2–3 times per month.
• Willingness to travel for client engagements when needed.

If you are keen to hear and discuss further, apply directly or email me directly at [e-mail]!