Consultant – Value Creation

Role Overview

The Consultant in Value Creation will be instrumental in spearheading transformation and growth initiatives, crafting strategic plans, defining key performance metrics, and developing go-to-market strategies. This role involves extensive data-centered analysis and strategic consultancy activities to guide clients through impactful business changes.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead transformation and growth projects, including establishing strategic roadmaps, defining success KPIs, and crafting go-to-market strategies.
• Formulate detailed business cases and plans grounded in thorough financial and data analysis that back strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate within teams to deliver commercial and market evaluations, strategic studies, and business plan validations.
• Design and conduct sophisticated commercial analyses such as market sizing, business model evaluations, competitor benchmarking, surveys, and strategic fit assessments.
• Utilize client data to pinpoint opportunities for cost reduction across multiple sectors including back office, supply chain, procurement, and manufacturing.
• Handle and interpret large, sometimes unstructured datasets to enable clients to evaluate organizational impact due to changes.
• Undertake comprehensive research, conduct interviews, and perform data analyses supporting project and business development objectives, assessing effects of shifting market conditions.
• Take charge of work-streams and analytical components within engagements, managing small teams as required.
• Produce high-quality deliverables, including detailed written reports, within set deadlines, keeping managerial staff informed and briefed.
• Collaborate effectively with onshore teams to devise and implement recommendations.
• Engage in business development by assisting in proposal preparation and contributing sector insights.
• Participate in thought leadership initiatives and knowledge management to enhance practice growth.

Qualifications and Experience

• MBA or Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, preferably majoring in Finance or Marketing.
• Minimum of three years' experience in commercial due diligence, value creation, or strategy consulting, emphasizing research, data analysis, and reporting.

Technical and Functional Expertise

• Strong analytical, numerical, and strategic reasoning abilities with sound commercial understanding.
• Proficiency in Excel for data modelling and PowerPoint for presentations is mandatory.
• Experience in growth strategy, market sizing, commercial due diligence, and familiarity with research databases such as Capital IQ, Refinitiv, and Euromonitor.
• Industry exposure across industrial manufacturing sectors such as Automotive, Aerospace, Industrials, and Construction.
• Excellent report writing and reviewing capabilities with a focus on clarity, detail, and client value.
• Goal-oriented approach, capable of generating solutions and insights despite ambiguity or shifting client needs.
• Experience collaborating with senior management in transaction-related environments.
• Capability to convert unstructured data into insightful and innovative outputs independently.

Preferred Skills

• Experience managing large datasets and using data visualization or analytics tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, SQL, or Python.
• Proven stakeholder management and effective communication skills.
• Ability to perform under pressure, learn swiftly, and apply skills effectively in novel situations.
• Experience within Financial Services sectors including Banking, Payments, Insurance, Wealth, and Asset Management is advantageous.

Behavioral Attributes

• Excellent interpersonal skills with a strong personal impact, flexibility, drive, and dedication.
• Committed work ethic capable of delivering results within stringent deadlines and demanding contexts.
• Team-oriented, with aptitude for coaching, mentoring, and enhancing junior team capabilities.
• Adaptability to diverse engagement types, working hours, environments, and locations.