Advisory Consultant

Company DescriptionWork with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. Job Description Start Here Grow Here AECOM Advisory is seeking a dynamic professionals to support our growing global Advisory business. We are seeking talented management consultants to join AECOM Advisory who are mission-driven for the role of our clients in supporting capital investment programmes, transformation projects and asset enhancement initiatives. Roles can be based anywhere in the UK. Building off AECOM’s considerable expertise in infrastructure design and implementation, AECOM Advisory is a trusted adviser to senior level clients and executive teams on their most pressing enterprise and strategic needs. We deliver projects across the infrastructure market, with a current focus on aviation, defence, energy and water. Our team of 400 staff globally comprises business and policy analysts, economists, commercial strategists, technology architects, as well as human capital and change management practitioners. We help our clients develop their strategy, improve their operational performance, and integrate digital systems to generate value for their stakeholders and impact for their communities. We are a new category of consulting firm; one that builds off true operational and technical expertise of our broader platform to bring industry depth and capability-driven insight to the clients we serve. You will join a fast-paced and supportive team of diverse consulting professionals. We pride ourselves on our strong culture of mentorship and collaborative problem-solving, our mission of addressing our client’s most complex and impactful problems, paired with career pathways that nurtures professional development and personal growth. Here’s what you’ll do Building client relationships and managing interactions throughout the engagement lifecycle, bringing clients into engagement delivery and iteratively building their buy-in.Upwardly and laterally manage the inputs from regional leadership, Client Account Managers, and technical experts to flag key delivery choices, considerations and risks as they relate to technical scope, client satisfaction, and commercial constraints.Independently tailor existing/proven analytical frameworks and methodologies for client-specific needs.In collaboration with leadership, architect new analytical frameworks and methodologies for client-specific needs.Applying existing and hypothesising new solution frameworks to deconstruct, dimensionalise, and analyse client problems.Leveraging AI tools to conduct baseline assessments and secondary research.Conducting stakeholder interviews, including with C-suite clients and senior management stakeholders.Creating highly-polished executive-ready decks as you work, to build buy-in and convey emerging data-driven insights.Synthesising multiple inputs into coherent insights across a variety of formats; slide decks, written narrative, playbooks, dashboards and toolkits.Proactively coach and mentor junior staff on developing core consulting skills.Supporting Capture Managers with specific elements of proposal responses, including: narrative development, technical solutions development (incl. technical writing), pricing, team definition, subcontractor engagement, internal risk review, and compliance procedures.Creating pitch decks and defining AECOM Advisory’s value proposition.Bringing commercial acumen around client needs, budgetary requirements, researching client contexts. Qualifications Here’s what we’re looking for Bachelor’s degree.Management consulting or corporate strategy experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education. Preferred: MBA, or other Master’s degree in Operational Research, Management, Management Science, Finance, Economics, Systems Engineering and/or related fields.Fluency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially ExcelStrong technical skills, including experience with one or more of the following software packages:Evaluation of financial cashflows, particularly public finance, via ExcelStrong interpersonal skills, client-service mindset and ability to act as a trusted adviser to clients.Ability to collaborate with internal teams across broad geographies and numerous different business linesWork in a high-tempo, high-context client-facing environment, with the ability to maintain poise, maturity and work well under pressure.Able to be self-directed, anticipatory and responsive to iterative feedback.Outstanding attention to detail.Exceptional numerical reasoning and quantitative skills.Sharp analytical, logical reasoning and structured problem-solving skills, employing abstraction techniques to solve ambiguous client problems, and ingest and parse out large volumes of client information.Strong commercial acumen and willingness to have an informed point-of-view, grounded in an interest in enterprise challenges (people, process, technology) and solid understanding of client industries and their context.Solid verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights to C-suite and senior management audiences.Collegial team-player who can work within a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals.Desired competencies include:Domain expertise in at least one of the following areas desired:Corporate, enterprise or capital programme strategy, market analysis and target operating model design.Organisational assessment, business transformation and performance improvement.Technology-led business transformation.Capital projects advisory, including project finance and/or infrastructure investment appraisal, capital improvement planning, asset management, portfolio strategy.Decarbonisation, climate action implementation, resilience strategies and frameworks incl. non-financial valuation methodologies.Economic development, industrial policy, and market transformation Additional Information At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment. About AECOM Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. ReqID: J10155349 Business Line: Advisory Business Group: DCS Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India Career Area: Consulting Services Work Location Model: Hybrid…