Senior Associate

Unify; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Coppett Hill is seeking an experienced Senior Associate to work with a Project Leader on client projects in a fast-paced environment in Greater London. You will own workstreams, build client understanding and support delivery and implementation of recommendations.

You will conduct research, frame analyses, and present findings to clients while collaborating with junior teammates and contributing to Coppett Hill's tools and methodologies.

Qualifications

• 2+ years relevant work experience in strategy consulting or related field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mindset.
• Experience with SQL and/or Python.
• Experience with a data visualisation tool, preferably Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Own specific workstreams within a project and support client transformation.
• Understand client requirements, business context, and value creation plans.
• Conduct research and design interviews or mystery shopping to build evidence.
• Analyze data and identify trends, opportunities and challenges with Coppett Hill tools and bespoke methods.
• Work with SQL and Python and present findings to clients; support implementation of recommendations.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to Coppett Hill's proprietary tools.
• Support business development by preparing for client meetings.

Skills

Problem solving

Analytical skills

Commercial acumen

Data-driven mindset

Self-directed

Team player

Go To Market strategy

Communication

Startup culture

Client engagement

Tools

SQL

Python

Tableau

Job description

As a Senior Associate you will be a key member of the team, working alongside a Project Leader to deliver client projects. They are a small team, so you will have high impact and exposure from the start.

Key responsibilities include:

• As part of a project team, you will own specific workstreams within a project – identifying issues, forming hypotheses and supporting client transformation.
• Building an understanding of each client's requirements, their business, wider market context, and value creation plan to support project delivery
• Undertaking research to build an evidence base for recommendations, for example designing and conducting customer or expert interviews, or conducting mystery shopping
• Framing and conducting analysis of both company-provided and market data to identify trends, opportunities and challenges – using both established Coppett Hill technology tools as well as designing bespoke analytical approaches.
• They work in SQL, Tableau, Excel and Python – some experience with SQL and/or Python is a pre-requisite, we will also provide training as part of our Coppett Hill Academy
• Distilling recommendations and presenting findings to clients, and supporting clients to put recommendations into action
• Supporting and collaborating with junior team members in delivering their work
• Supporting the development of Coppett Hill's suite of proprietary technology tools
• Supporting business development activities by preparing for and joining meetings with potential clients

Requirements

This role would ideally suit those with 2-4 years of experience who combine commercial problem solving with advanced analytical skills. You need to have strategy consulting experience and ideally some exposure to private equity clients or operational roles.

Perhaps you are someone who enjoys the variety and pace of consulting but are looking for more responsibility and the opportunity for greater client engagement? Or you've worked in a big consultancy with a focus on private equity deals, but want to have more impact with clients and better work-life balance? We are open minded to other backgrounds as long as you have the analytical skills to solve business problems end to end.

We are looking for people who have demonstrable skills and experience in the following areas:

• Problem solving and insight, with the ability to bring structured thinking to complicated situations and translate data into practical recommendations
• Analytical skills with experience working in one or both of SQL and Python, and ideally skilled at using at least one visualisation tool (e.g. Tableau, PowerBI)
• A commercial mindset and an interest in business and Go To Market strategy
• Clear written and verbal communication and strong relationship building
• Committed team player – you want to have real impact with clients working at pace as part of a project team
• Self-directed and proactive – you will have considerable responsibility from Day 1

Must-Have requirements

• 2+ years relevant work experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills – combining commercial acumen with a data-driven mindset
• Work experience with SQL and/or Python
• Work experience with a data visualisation tool, preferably Tableau

The sort of people they are looking for

• Are capable and data-driven with a flexible thinking style
• Want to add value for clients, more than creating a 'pretty slide deck'
• Suggest solutions after identifying problems
• Are kind and contribute to creating a great working environment
• Are eager to learn and willing to be wrong
• Embrace a "startup culture" and want to be part of building the business