Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding.
The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation.
Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors.
Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms.
Expectations of value have changed. Driving revenue growth, optimising margins & costs, and maximising ROI remain pivotal but the opportunity is bigger. The EVC team drives sustainable P&L improvements by realising cost and revenue growth strategies that address short-term financial challenges and long-term shareholder expectation. We bring a PE mindset to enterprises, balancing the need to be cost-efficient whist maintaining a ruthless focus on profitable growth. We differentiate ourselves through the rigour of our thinking and the humanity of our execution, generating compelling insights from deep data and analysis combined with market knowledge, ensuring maximum value realisation is delivered and sustained longer-term. As a member of our team you will help clients identify value rapidly as well as shape and drive a breadth of exciting & transformational work across all our industry sectors (Financial Services, Products & Services, Energy & Resources, Pharmaceutical & Life sciences and Central Government.
What you will be doing- You will be responsible for helping clients address complex strategic, operational, and organisational cost, margin and value-creation issues
- Programmes will range anywhere from setting EVC strategy and vision tailored to client's needs, to mobilizing and leading multi-disciplinary cost and margin improvement programmes
- Capability Building: Empower clients to sustain improvements through effective knowledge transfer and capability building
- You will be a key member of the Enterprise Value Creation team responsible for building out the Enterprise Value Creation team to become the “Go To” brand in the market
- You will be responsible for bringing together our cross-functional Baringa team to bring the best in class to the client
- Support initiatives focused on pricing strategy, monetisation opportunities, profitability analysis, pricing analytics, and commercial performance monitoring to help clients set and achieve ambitious KPIs and targets
Your skills and experience
We are seeking motivated and enthusiastic consultants with 2 to 5 years of relevant work experience and a passion for delivering impactful results in dynamic environments. Ideal candidates will have:
Must have:
- University degree in Economics, Econometrics, Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field; Master’s degree is a plus
- Ideally, ACCA/CIMA/CFA qualified, with an Accounting or Finance degree
- Advanced skills in financial modelling and quantitative analysis to generate actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making
- Experience in profitability and monetisation analysis, cost optimisation, pricing strategy development, pricing analytics, or KPI/target setting for sustainable commercial success
- Comfortable working with ambiguity in a very fast paced environment
- Ability to break down complex problems into small, digestible set of challenges
- A high level of applied thinking and intellectual curiosity
- An ability to assess information and distil into key strategic insights, as well as convey these clearly and succinctly in both oral and written form
- Candidates should be comfortable with international travel, which may be required for up to 30% of the time. Candidates must be able to travel and work within the EU/UK.
Preferred Qualifications and Experience:
- Experience working in a leading strategy house, Big 4 firm (or similar), with a cost focus, investment banking, audit, M&A advisory or similar field
- Experience in providing expert commercial and strategic advisory services, leveraging financial and operational analytics to drive client profitability and business growth
- Experience in financial and cost transformation initiatives, identifying opportunities for cost efficiency and strategic value creation.
- Working in a Deals environment is a plus
What a career at Baringa will give you
Putting People First. Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:
- Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
- Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
- Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
- Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
- Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.
An award-winning workplaceYou can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.
Using business as a force for good.We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.
We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have.
All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.
Baringa Privacy Notices
For UK & EU
Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our UK Recruitment Privacy Notice / EU Recruitment Privacy Notice, to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at [email protected]
For the USA
Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact [email protected]
For Australia & Singapore
Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at [email protected]
Skills Required
- University degree in Economics, Econometrics, Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- Two to five years of relevant work experience
- Advanced financial modelling and quantitative analysis skills
- Experience in profitability or monetisation analysis, cost optimisation, pricing strategy, pricing analytics, or KPI and target setting
- Ability to work comfortably with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to break down complex problems into manageable challenges
- Ability to distil information into strategic insights and communicate them clearly in writing and verbally
- Ability to travel and work within the EU and UK, including international travel up to 30%
- ACCA, CIMA, or CFA qualification
- Master's degree
- Experience at a leading strategy firm, Big Four firm, investment bank, audit firm, M&A advisory firm, or similar
- Experience providing commercial and strategic advisory services using financial and operational analytics
- Experience in financial and cost transformation initiatives
- Experience working in a Deals environment
What We Do
We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector. You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their businesses tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges. We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world – from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there’s a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.
