Performance Consultant

St. James’s Place; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm is seeking a Business Consultant to join their Consultancy Team. The role involves creating and implementing business change strategies to enhance performance. You will support Partners in developing effective consulting methods and ensure compliance in client outcomes. Candidates need strong consultancy experience, project management skills, and stakeholder management abilities. This position offers a hybrid working environment and competitive benefits including an annual bonus and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

10% non-contributory pension

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering business consultancy or transformation projects.
• Ability to translate insight and data into actionable strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver implementation plans for Partnership.
• Transform priority businesses to achieve their goals.
• Ensure risk and compliance requirements are met.

Skills

Business consultancy experience

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Project management skills

Education

CMI Level 5 Professional Consultancy

Job description

Overview

Are you ready to chart your own career path? With our refreshed strategy, we’re building on our rich heritage and transforming our business to be more scalable and efficient, unlocking the capabilities needed for future success. This includes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleagues feel engaged, empowered and accountable; where they can show up, speak up and perform - because we believe in the difference our work makes.

At a glance :

Location: Newcastle, Liverpool or Manchester

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Employment Type: Permanent

Seniority: Mid-Senior Level

The role :

The Business Consultancy Team are a specialised team, focused on delivering valuable consulting solutions to priority businesses. This includes designing, building and delivering a Consultancy Proposition. The team is made up of Consultant’s that have expert knowledge who together will be able to help Practices improve their overall business performance and sustainability.

Using a range of knowledge, skills and tools they will support Partners and Practice leadership teams to develop the effectiveness of consulting within businesses with growth potential; they create a sharper focus on the things that matter, optimising the use of SME and Partnership resources to create a plan and generate productivity growth through increased efficiency and continuous improvement.

What you'll be doing :

• Create, build and deliver implementation plans, ensuring it is delivered consistently and effectively to the Partnership
• Takes a project-based approach to transform the priority businesses over the short to medium term.
• Responsible for developing a business change plan that reflects a comprehensive and accountable journey for the Partner Practice to achieve their goals.
• Inspires and encourages appropriate strategy, operational activity and proceduree aimed at enhancing the quality of Partners business and their commercial performance.
• Ensure risk and compliance requirements are met on client outcomes, with regular reviews
• Deliver “model office(s)” for priority businesses
• Provide an efficient and digital single point of contact for priority businesses
• Complete Partner service and engagement strategy in alignment with overall SJP Partner “offer”
• Understands L&D principles to drive better business outcomes, embedding these into business processes.

Essential Criteria

• Experience in delivering business consultancy or transformation projects, including developing and implementing business change or improvement plans.
• Strong commercial and strategic awareness, with the ability to translate insight and data into actionable business growth strategies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience of coaching or consulting with senior leaders to drive performance improvement.
• Highly developed organisational and project management skills

Desirable Criteria

• CMI Level 5 Professional Consultancy (or equivalent)
• Experience working within a professional services environment
• Knowledge of financial services or related industries, including familiarity with regulatory and compliance requirements.

What's in it for you?

We reward you for the work you do, whether that’s through our discretionary annual bonus scheme that reflects both personal and company performance, competitive annual leave allowance (28 days plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase an additional 5 days), or online rewards platform with a variety of discounts.

We also have benefits to support whatever stage of life you are in, including :

• Competitive parental leave (26 weeks full pay)
• Private medical insurance (optional taxable benefit)
• 10% non-contributory pension (increasing with length of service)

Reasonable Adjustments We're an equal opportunities employer and want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and inclusive for all, if you require reasonable adjustment(s) at any stage please let us know by emailing us at [e-mail]

Research tells us that applicants (especially those from underrepresented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been on an extended career-break. If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you do tick every box.

What's next?

If you're excited about this role and believe you have the skills and experience we're looking for, we'd love to hear from you! Please submit an application by clicking ‘apply’ below and our team will be in touch.

As a business regulated by the FCA we would advise you to familiarise yourself with the conduct regulations and in particular consumer duty obligations prior to an interview with SJP.