Management Consultant - Profitability and Performance Management

About Baringa:
We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.


Our Enterprise Value Creation Team practice are looking for an experienced candidates to join the team.

Expectations of value have changed. Driving revenue growth, optimising margins & costs, and maximising ROI remain pivotal but the opportunity is bigger. The EVC team drives sustainable P&L improvements by realising cost and revenue growth strategies that address short-term financial challenges and long-term shareholder expectation. We bring a PE mindset to enterprises, balancing the need to be cost-efficient whist maintaining a ruthless focus on profitable growth. We differentiate ourselves through the rigour of our thinking and the humanity of our execution, generating compelling insights from deep data and analysis combined with market knowledge, ensuring maximum value realisation is delivered and sustained longer-term. As a member of our team you will help clients identify value rapidly as well as shape and drive a breadth of exciting & transformational work across all our industry sectors (Financial Services, Products & Services, Energy & Resources, Pharmaceutical & Life sciences and Central Government)

 

What you will be doing
 

• You will be responsible for helping clients address complex strategic, operational, and organisational cost, margin and value-creation issues
• Programmes will range anywhere from setting EVC strategy and vision tailored to client's needs, to mobilizing and leading multi-disciplinary cost and margin improvement programmes
• Capability Building: Empower clients to sustain improvements through effective knowledge transfer and capability building.
• Team Leadership and Development: Mentor and inspire junior team members to help them realize their potential and stay motivated.
• You will be a key member of the Enterprise Value Creation team responsible for building out the Enterprise Value Creation team to become the “Go To” brand in the market
• You will be responsible for bringing together our cross-functional Baringa team to bring the best in class to the client
• Lead initiatives focused on pricing strategy, monetisation opportunities, profitability analysis, pricing analytics, and commercial performance monitoring to help clients set and achieve ambitious KPIs and targets.

Your skills and experience
We are seeking motivated and enthusiastic junior consultants with 2+ years of relevant work experience and a passion for delivering impactful results in dynamic environments. Ideal candidates will have:

• University degree in Economics, Econometrics, Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; Master’s degree is a plus 
• Ideally ACCA/CIMA/CFA qualified, with an Accounting or Finance degree and experience in managing a £2m+ P&L
• 2+ years experience working in a leading strategy house, Big 4 firm (or similar), with a cost focus, investment banking, audit, M&A advisory or similar field
• Experience in providing expert commercial and strategic advisory services, leveraging financial and operational analytics to drive client profitability and business growth.
• Proven track record in pricing strategy development, profitability and monetisation analysis, pricing analytics, and KPI/target setting for sustainable commercial success.
• Experience in financial and cost transformation initiatives, identifying opportunities for cost efficiency and strategic value creation.
• Utilize advanced financial modelling and quantitative analysis to generate actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making.
• Working in a Deals environment or experience in Operational Due Diligence is a plus
• Comfortable working with ambiguity in a very fast paced environment
• Ability to break down complex problems into small, digestible set of challenges
• A high level of applied thinking and intellectual curiosity
• An ability to assess information and distil into key strategic insights, as well as convey these clearly and succinctly in both oral and written form
• Articulate and persuasive with the ability to commands the room and handling executive and difficult audiences well

Candidates should be comfortable with international travel, which may be required for up to 30% of the time. Candidates must be able to travel and work within the EU/UK.
What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First.
Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Career Progression: No one develops at the same pace. That’s why we have quarterly rather than annual promotion reviews. We don’t have any quotas: if you’re ready and delivering at the right level, you’ll get that promotion.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace.
You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.

Using business as a force for good.
At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our B Corp™ certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.

We’re proud of our recent exploration of kindness and its role in business in our first-ever brand campaign: Economics of Kindness. You can see some additional recent impact work by clicking here.

Join us

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further .