12 Advisory Or Consulting Positions jobs in the United Kingdom

Alchemy Global Talent Solutions is seeking a London-based Associate Director for a top intelligence and advisory firm. Managing strategic intelligence and enhanced due diligence initiatives throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region will be the main responsibility of this position. This position provides a stimulating chance to lead projects on your own and support the ongoing success of the company.

Role and Responsibilities

• Oversee MENA-wide strategic intelligence and enhanced due diligence initiatives, with an emphasis on the Gulf, Iran, Egypt, and North Africa.
• Inform clients and stakeholders about the status of the project, important discoveries, and insights unique to the region.
• Support intelligence projects by conducting human source enquiries and public domain research.
• Create project proposals for clients and assist the company's internal business development initiatives.
• Create high quality reports and graphics that are client-ready and clearly and professionally convey findings and insights.
• Develop and maintain a human resource network essential to intelligence operations in the MENA region.
• As needed, give briefings on particular MENA nations or industries.

Qualifications and Capabilities

• A minimum of three years of experience working in the business intelligence sector.
• Ability to conduct Enhanced Due Diligence
• Strong knowledge of at least one MENA nation (knowledge of Gulf or North African nations is advantageous) and an awareness of the legal and business risks that investors in the area face.
• Good understanding of political and regulatory trends within the MENA region.
• Fluency in English and Arabic; additional skills in French or Farsi are highly beneficial.
• Excellent English communication skills, both in writing and speaking, for client briefings and report writing.
• Strong commercial writing skills and experience of report writing.
• Proficiency in performing intricate investigations utilising appropriate databases and additional publicly available resources.
• The capacity to oversee several projects at once, fulfil client deadlines, and produce excellent work under duress.
• Strong interpersonal skills are essential for working with internal and external stakeholders and providing clients with effective briefings.

The Compliance Manager will oversee and strengthen compliance processes within the financial services industry, ensuring adherence to regulatory frameworks.

Client Details

Mid-sized investment management firm.

Description

• To provide a proactive and technical service to the business on the interpretation and guidance of the FCA's rules (and any other relevant regulatory or legal issues that may apply);
• To provide impact assessment and gap analysis for any new FCA initiatives;
• Contribute to and take the lead in regulatory change and business change projects as required;
• 'Local' Consumer Duty and Product Governance Champion/SME for Compliance and Compliance lead for Vulnerable Customers;
• Compliance lead for SMCR and TC;
• Maintenance and improvement of Compliance policies in line with best practice and engagement with the business to ensure the embedding of said policies;
• Coordinate and deliver Compliance training, including induction training.

Profile

A successful Compliance Manager should have:

• Ability to interpret complex regulations and relay them practically to the business.
• Experience in interpretation and implementation of regulatory change within a business environment.

Job Offer

• Circa 75,000 equivalent salary, dependant on experience.
• Opportunity to work within a structured and professional environment in London.
• Chance to advance your career in the financial services industry.

If you are an experienced Compliance Manager looking to make an impact, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity in London.

The Compliance Manager will oversee and strengthen compliance processes within the financial services industry, ensuring adherence to regulatory frameworks.

Client Details

Mid-sized investment management firm.

Description

• To provide a proactive and technical service to the business on the interpretation and guidance of the FCA's rules (and any other relevant regulatory or legal issues that may apply);
• To provide impact assessment and gap analysis for any new FCA initiatives;
• Contribute to and take the lead in regulatory change and business change projects as required;
• 'Local' Consumer Duty and Product Governance Champion/SME for Compliance and Compliance lead for Vulnerable Customers;
• Compliance lead for SMCR and TC;
• Maintenance and improvement of Compliance policies in line with best practice and engagement with the business to ensure the embedding of said policies;
• Coordinate and deliver Compliance training, including induction training.

Profile

A successful Compliance Manager should have:

• Ability to interpret complex regulations and relay them practically to the business.
• Experience in interpretation and implementation of regulatory change within a business environment.

Job Offer

• Circa 75,000 equivalent salary, dependant on experience.
• Opportunity to work within a structured and professional environment in London.
• Chance to advance your career in the financial services industry.

If you are an experienced Compliance Manager looking to make an impact, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity in London.

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Your Role

Our Finance & CFO Advisory practice are looking for experienced Finance Transformation Senior Consultants, Managers and Senior Managers to join the team. 

As part of our Corporate Experience practice, the Finance & CFO Advisory capability combines accounting, consulting and industry experience to focus on our client's most strategic Finance priorities. We act as strategic advisors to the Office of the CFO and a critical friend to their wider finance leadership team. 

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Contribute to strategic advice and thought leadership to clients on a wide range of finance-related topics with an emphasis on tangible value realisation and performance optimisation.
• Lead discrete workstreams in Finance & CFO engagements or smaller end-to-end engagements, including finance transformation, operating model & organisation design, process improvement, technology implementation, and strategic advisory, cost transformation & financial modelling projects, to deliver tangible value and drive business outcomes for the client
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including technology, operations, and strategy professionals, to deliver integrated solutions that address clients' complex finance and business needs
• Develop relationships with client stakeholders, deeply understanding their business needs and aligning solutions with their objectives and industry best practices
• Contribute to the growth of the Finance & CFO Advisory capability by developing thought leadership content, collaborating with internal teams across Capgemini, and building capabilities through innovative offerings and assets.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal Contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities),   offering development.
• Learning & Development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your Profile

You will have experience and expertise in the following areas:

• Experienced in business transformation and the programme management lifecycle, including: (1) a good knowledge of benchmarking practices and capability maturity assessments, (2) Expertise in developing compelling business cases highlighting the financial benefits and ROI of investments, and (3) expertise in operating model design and implementation.
• In-depth process expertise in designing optimised Finance processes, across one or more from: Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Purchase-to-Pay, Acquire-to-Retire, Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax & Treasury.
• Practical knowledge of cutting-edge technologies (GenAI, RPA, Analytics) and current/emerging market trends (e.g. Shared-Services, GBS, ERP/Digital Core), including their application in a finance context.
• Proven experience of engagement management (scope, deliverables and commercials) alongside experience leading small and medium multi-disciplinary delivery teams or workstreams. 
• Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a Consulting background Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery. 

For Manager and Senior Manager Positions:

• Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be generating ( Senior Manager) or Contributing to ( Manager )c.£1m of consulting revenues.

Required certifications or licenses

• Must be a fully or part-qualified Chartered Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW/ICAS) or equivalent

What You'll Love About Working Here

We help our clients address challenges, and respond to opportunities around strategy, business case development, business integration, financial modelling & planning, cost optimisation & performance management and digital transformation across all industry sectors. You have an exciting opportunity to join our team and contribute to expanding the business, build client and internal relationships, support market activity, and be part of the team advising and shaping the leading Finance teams of the future.

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 4 consecutive years, to see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page

Need To Know

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about.  In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 350,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

Business Change Consulting Manager – Defence Sector

Location: Corsham (Hybrid, 3 days on-site)

Clearance: ACTIVE MOD DV

A great opportunity for a highly skilled Business Change Consulting Manager with excellent experience in Change Transformation to help deliver country critical technology transformation to Defence and National Security clients.

As the Business Change Consultant, you’ll lead complex change initiatives that make a real difference to mission-critical programmes. You’ll be part of a collaborative, forward-thinking, rapidly growing consultancy environment that values expertise, innovation, and doing the right thing for clients.

As the Business Change Consulting Manager, you will:

• Leading the planning and delivery of change initiatives aligned with digital and IT transformation goals.
• Designing safe, defensible operating models and processes using best-practice methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma.
• Driving Business Process Design, Re-engineering, and Continuous Improvement activities.
• Translating business and technical requirements into actionable solutions with robust governance.
• Supporting bids and proposals for technology-led consulting assignments.

As the Change consultant, you will need experience of:

• Proven track record delivering large-scale, technology-enabled transformation in Defence.
• Engaging senior stakeholders and aligning complex change with organisational goals.
• Defence Digital or Defence digital programmes (highly desirable).
• Active DV clearance.

This Business Change Consulting Manager role will see you working on some of the UK’s most high-profile Defence programmes, shaping change in the defence arena. This role is hybrid with time on-site in Corsham (3 days per week) and occasional travel to client sites.

If you’re ready to lead business change at the heart of Defence transformation, get in touch.

Consulting & Business Development Intern (EX Venture & GEMINO)

Location: Bali, Indonesia (Relocation Required)

Unpaid Internship

Start Date: ASAP

The Un-Job Opening Hook: UK's strategic thinking meets Bali's transformative energy. Escape the ordinary. This isn't an internship; it's a life-altering invitation to redefine your career. Dive into deep tech, shaping groundbreaking ventures from paradise. We seek audacious minds ready for unparalleled impact.

The Visionary "Why": Join EX Venture, building a new paradigm for human-AI collaboration. Drive growth for a $90M USD portfolio solving critical global challenges, from AI chip cooling to sustainable biopolymers. This is your chance to make history, making a global impact from a vibrant, international base.

The "Contrarian Mind" Profile: You're a relentless problem-solver, unfazed by ambiguity, with insatiable AI curiosity. You thrive on tangible impact, possess sharp analytical skills, exceptional communication, and an entrepreneurial spirit. Challenge assumptions. Seek innovation. Ready for a significant life and career adventure.

The "Real-World Impact" Promise: Your contributions won't gather dust. Accelerate groundbreaking companies. You'll drive:

• Client Growth: Engage, strategize, and bring products to market.
li>Funding & Compliance: Secure high-value grants (e.g., HY2CON), ensure regulatory adherence.
• Market Expansion: Identify opportunities, build partnerships, and execute sales for cutting-edge tech (e.g., Sorption Technologies).
• Investor Relations: Support presentations, due diligence, and global investor communications.
• AI Integration: Develop and deploy custom AI software, automate solutions. Project Leadership: Coordinate complex initiatives (e.g., LIV life & Lilio Health).

The "Paradise & Purpose" Lifestyle (Your New Reality): Trade city commutes for beach walks. Lunch breaks for paddle sessions. Evenings filled with inspiring conversations under Balinese stars. This is strategic life design. Relocate to our Bali campus, blending professional intensity with unparalleled well-being. Live within a vibrant international community, accelerating your growth through cultural immersion. Integrate work and life to fuel creativity and peak performance.

The "Meritocratic Ascent" Pathway: Your trajectory is limited only by your drive. Prove your mettle for unparalleled leadership and impact within EX Venture's expanding ecosystem. Exceptional performance leads to accelerated growth, senior responsibilities, and potential full-time positions in an environment fostering peak performance.

The "AI-First Immersion": Lead AI innovation. Actively build and deploy AI solutions for real-world problems. Our curriculum, rebuilt weekly with the newest AI agents, ensures you're always at the cutting edge.

Call to Action: Ditch the ordinary. Embrace global adventure. Build an extraordinary future from paradise. Apply now. Join the revolution. We seek talent ready to make the move and thrive in our unique ecosystem. Your journey starts here.