Senior Strategic Advisory Manager

January 25, 2024

Job Description


Job title: Senior Strategic Advisory Manager

Company: Mace Group

Job description: A great opportunity for ambitious people with a background in business case development to join our expanding Business Advisory Team within Mace Consult

Part of our Business Advisory Centre of Excellence, the existing Strategy Team has a proven track record of successfully delivering a wide variety of work with both property and infrastructure clients across the globe. We are seeking candidates with a broad and flexible skillset to complement our current team by offering business case and economic modelling expertise across a variety of sectors.

Our Business Advisory Team offer support to Mace Consult across the project and programme delivery lifecycle and the successful candidates will provide their expertise at the early stages of project and programme conception, working closely with our delivery colleagues to leverage learning from major programmes into the business case process.

To support and maintain our growth, we are currently seeking to recruit Business Advisors at Senior Manager and Associate Director level. We are interested in experienced candidates with a proven track record in the following areas:

  • Delivering HMT Green Book 5 Case Business Plans
  • Developing investment cases and/or programme business cases across major programmes
  • Financial and/or economic modelling
  • Managing multiple complex stakeholders on major programmes
  • Ensuring excellence in client liaison and service, maintaining, and developing a professional relationship with key members within our clients’ organisations.
  • Providing appropriate skills and support to business development – developing new business opportunities and working to support a range of bid activities.
  • In depth knowledge of one or more property and infrastructure sectors (e.g., Aviation, Rail, Roads, Healthcare, Nuclear, Utilities, Energy Transition)

About you

We are flexible about your professional background but expect a strong specialism in at least two of the five cases; strategic, economic, commercial, financial and management and be able to take a lead role on assembling business cases at each stage of the process: strategic outline case, outline business case and full business case. It is likely that you will have a professional qualification or chartership in relation to these areas and/or post graduate level study. In addition to your technical skills you may also have contacts across Government and in industry.

You are an analytical thinker, digitally savvy and keen to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.

A flexible, team player you will bring a wealth of other skills across major programme delivery and align with the Mace values and behaviours. We’re looking for creative collaborators who generate good ideas as well as exceptional work.

As part of our Business Advisory Centre of Excellence you will be passionate about sharing your knowledge, upskilling colleagues and supporting the development of more junior staff.

Mace is committed to inclusion and these positions are available on a full and part time basis with agile working from home and our Manchester or Central London offices. Some domestic and international travel and relevant security clearances will be required.

Qualifications

About you

We are flexible about your professional background but expect a strong specialism in at least two of the five cases; strategic, economic, commercial, financial and management and be able to take a lead role on assembling business cases at each stage of the process: strategic outline case, outline business case and full business case.

  • It is likely that you will have a professional qualification or chartership in relation to these areas and/or post graduate level study. In addition to your technical skills you may also have contacts across Government and in industry.
  • You are an analytical thinker, digitally savvy and keen to grow your career and enjoy the opportunities Mace has to offer.
  • A flexible, team player you will bring a wealth of other skills across major programme delivery and align with the Mace values and behaviours. We’re looking for creative collaborators who generate good ideas as well as exceptional work.
  • As part of our Business Advisory Centre of Excellence you will be passionate about sharing your knowledge, upskilling colleagues and supporting the development of more junior staff.
  • Mace is committed to inclusion and these positions are available on a full and part time basis with agile working from home and our Manchester or Central London offices. Some domestic and international travel and relevant security clearances will be required.

Expected salary:

Location: Manchester – London

Location