Senior Consultant - Cost Transformation and Margin Improvement

Overview

Baringa is seeking a Senior Consultant to join its growing Enterprise Value Creation practice in London. The role focuses on helping clients achieve sustainable profit and loss improvement, addressing short-term financial priorities alongside long-term value generation. Professionals in this team work across multiple sectors including financial services, products and services, energy and resources, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, and central government. Visa sponsorship may be offered for suitable candidates.

What you get

Employees receive five weeks of annual leave available at the start of each year, plus an additional two weeks of paid leave after five years of continuous service through a recharge benefit. The position includes a hybrid working policy, opportunities for flexible working arrangements, and unpaid leave flexibility. Staff are allotted three corporate responsibility days per year for social and environmental causes, an annual wellbeing fund for personal activities, and participation in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme.

Requirements

Candidates typically need three to six years of relevant experience, though applications are also welcome from individuals at the consultant and manager levels. Applicants should hold a university degree in economics, econometrics, business, finance, accounting, or a related field, or possess equivalent experience in cost analysis, cost transformation, financial planning and analysis, or spend analysis gained within consulting or industry. Strong quantitative and financial modelling skills are required, along with background experience in a strategy firm, a Big Four or similar advisory firm, investment banking, audit, or mergers and acquisitions advisory. Candidates must be able to break down complex problems, communicate clearly, and travel internationally up to thirty percent of the time, as well as travel and work within the United Kingdom and the European Union. Preferred qualifications include a completed or in progress ACCA, CIMA, or CFA certification, and familiarity with selling, general, and administrative expenses, third-party costs, zero-based budgeting, operating models, deals environments, or operational due diligence.