Deloitte, Senior Consultant, Capital Programmes, Programme Leadership, Human Capital, UK
Role description
The Human Capital practice works with colleagues across Audit, Tax, Consulting and Financial Advisory to provide innovative and integrated people-focused solutions to clients from a diverse range of industries.
Our practice has three distinct go-to-market capability teams:
- HR Transformation;
- Organisation Transformation & Talent;
- Programme Leadership.
As part of one of these teams, you will have the opportunity to work with one or many elite clients in:
- Consumer Business
- Technology, Media and Telecoms
- Energy and Resources
- Healthcare and Life Sciences
- Public Sector
- Financial Service industry
Programme Leadership (PL) is a dedicated team of high calibre project and programme management specialists. PL is currently one of the largest programme leadership Consulting capabilities in the marketplace and we are renowned for our critical involvement in our clients’ largest and most complex change programmes: We specialise in providing a full range of advisory, delivery and information services to clients who are planning or undertaking major transformations, delivering portfolios of projects or one-off mega investment programmes.
A role model and a recognised leader in our business
Within the UK alone, there are tens of billions of pounds of Private and Public Sector spend allocated to the successful delivery of major capital infrastructure projects and programmes, all of which are facing increased demands and pressures to deliver maximum returns on investment. Deloitte has a dedicated PL Capital Projects service area focused on being the client-side, trusted advisors of choice on large-scale investment programmes such as Crossrail and major infrastructure programmes within (although not limited to) the Oil and Gas, Transport, Utilities, Energy and Mining industries.
Deloitte also has a global network and presence and plans to capitalise on the emergence of large-scale infrastructure spend in emerging economic markets such as Africa, China, Russia and India.
Deloitte are currently recruiting professionals with Capital Projects experience to join their PL practice. The PL practice has a unique blend of business and technical skills able to deliver advisory, design, assurance, project management and technology implementation services to clients within Public and Private sector.
As a result you will work with and learn from some of the key players in this field. You'll broaden your skill set and develop quickly, gaining access to the highest levels of client liaison and working on complex, high-profile projects across a range of clients. Not only this, but Deloitte have a dedicated internal training capability which will allow you to continue to develop and build upon your existing technical skills.
As a senior consultant for Deloitte UK, extensive travel within the UK is likely with potential for projects outside the UK as well.
Responsibilities
As a senior consultant you will have responsibility for:
- Assisting with the design and development of large scale capital programme management initiatives covering business and technology implementation propositions.
- Business case definition of approach and preparation and assisting in the development of client bids across public and private sector.
- Working with clients in capital intensive industries across public and private sector covering mining, oil and gas, government infrastructure, rail & transport, energy and utilities.
- Defining and supporting business transformation on large-scale capital programmes
- Undertaking programme assurance and review of management practices along with defining and supporting programme recovery
- Supporting the development of business case and commercial structures for client’s largest capital investments
- Designing and implementing delivery and governance mechanisms including controls and contract/commercial management
- Mentoring and managing Analysts and Consultants
- Development of markets, offerings, propositions and pioneering thought leadership focused on capital programmes
Requirements
To qualify for the role you must have:
- Experience of working with clients in capital intensive industries across the private and public sector to include oil and gas, rail & transport, energy, mining and utilities
- Robust knowledge and understanding of the full capital projects life-cycle from inception to decommissioning and including ongoing management of assets
- Previous experience of managing and delivering projects, either working for an institution in one of the above sectors, or for a consulting firm
- Experience of assisting with the design and development of a programme or project initiative
- Development and deployment of project control mechanisms including progress reporting and key control themes such as schedule, cost and risk
- Understanding and experience of using project management methodology (such as PRINCE 2)
- Mentoring and managing others in a project team
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), problem solving and analytical skills
- High degrees of personal motivation and drive
- Confidence in interacting with senior clients and quickly grasping their challenges and thinking creatively to propose impactful solutions
We are Consulting
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- Technology
- Strategy & Operations
- Human Capital
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We often work hand-in-hand with our clients to help find the right solution and to help apply that solution. Our aim is to leave behind ambassadors who are equipped to continue the transformation we began. For us, it’s about embedding sustainable change, allowing the impact of our insight to be felt for a long time to come.
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About Deloitte
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