Company Description
About PA Consulting: PA Consulting is a global consulting firm that combines innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to help clients achieve enduring results. We bring ingenuity to life by delivering world-class solutions in various industries, including pharmaceuticals.
Job Description
As a Managing Consultant in Financial Operations and Improvement, you will lead strategic projects to enhance financial and operational processes, optimise operational efficiencies, and drive performance improvements for our clients. You will be responsible for delivering high-impact solutions that align with our clients' business objectives and regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Client Engagement and Relationship Management:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior clients, understanding their strategic goals and operational challenges.
- Serve as a trusted advisor, providing expert guidance on financial operations and improvement initiatives.
- Maintain and extend your existing network
Business Development and Sales:
- Develop and execute sales strategies to identify and secure new clients and projects.
- Leverage your network and industry knowledge to generate leads and close deals.
- Prepare and present compelling proposals and presentations to prospective clients.
- Identify new market opportunities and develop associated PA offers
- Achieve and exceed sales targets, contributing to the growth and success of the practice.
- Project Leadership and Delivery:
- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver complex financial operations and improvement projects on time and within budget.
- Develop and implement strategies to enhance financial and operational processes, improve efficiency, and reduce costs.
- Ensure high-quality project deliverables, leveraging best practices and industry standards.
- Specific experience of large clinical cost reduction programmes, and subject matter expertise in a range of relevant areas, for example:
- Endoscopy
- Cath Labs
- UEC
- Outpatients
- Imaging, Pathology, Pharmacy Services
- Operating theatres
- Corporate Services & Estates and Facilities Management
- Clinical workforce optimisation
- Able to train, develop and oversee PA teams in the above (or similar) aspects of large scale NHS cost reduction programmes
- Financial and Operational Process Optimization:
- Assess and analyse current operations to identify areas for improvement.
- Design and implement streamlined processes and controls to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and compliance.
- Utilise data analytics and technology to drive operational improvements and decision-making.
- Performance Improvement:
- Develop and execute performance improvement plans, focusing on key financial metrics and operational KPIs.
- Monitor progress and adjust strategies as needed to achieve desired outcomes.
- Provide training and support to client teams to sustain improvements and build internal capabilities.
- Risk Management and Compliance:
- Ensure all financial operations and improvement initiatives comply with relevant regulations and industry standards.
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with financial processes and operational changes.
- Provide expert advice on regulatory requirements and best practices for financial operations.
Qualifications
- Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. Advanced degree (MBA, CPA, etc.) preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in financial operations, process improvement, or management consulting.
- Proven track record of leading and delivering complex financial improvement projects.
- Skills and Competencies:
- Deep understanding of financial processes, operations, and best practices.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and drive actionable insights.
- Excellent client management skills, with the ability to build and maintain executive-level relationships.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts to diverse audiences.
- Proven leadership and team management skills, with a commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive work environment.
What We Do
We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.
As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.
Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.
We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.
Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.
PA. Bringing Ingenuity to Life.
