Senior Consultant (Financial Advisory & Modelling)

31ten is an agile, independent consultancy and certified B Corp. Trusted by our clients and partners, we’ve been named as one of the UK’s Leading Management Consultancies by the Financial Times every year since 2020.

We work in partnership with our clients to make places better for the people that live, work, and learn in them.

Integrity, inclusivity, social and environmental awareness are at the heart of what we do, and we collaborate with our clients to deliver sustainable change, meaningful impact, and better outcomes.

Work-life balance is important to us – we recognise that everyone has interests and commitments outside of their work and so we strongly advocate for working in the way that’s best for you. Whether that’s part-time, condensed hours, or hybrid working between home and our London office , flexible working arrangements are actively supported.

31ten works across Local & Central Government, Housing & Development, Education, Health & Social Care and Blue Light Services.

Our services in these sectors typically take the shape of:

• Placemaking & Regeneration; 

• Finance & Assets; 

• Procurement & Partnerships;

• Customer, Digital & Technology;  

• Strategy & Transformation; 

• People & Change; and

• Business Cases. 

About the role:

We are looking for a Consultant or Senior Consultant to join our growing team, focused on providing financial analysis and modelling to a broad range of clients. The role will involve advising on a mix of projects including property, regeneration, investment, green finance, funding and more.

We are keen to speak to candidates who can work alongside senior colleagues to deliver the following services:

• Robust analysis and financial modelling for a range of projects

• Supporting sound strategic decision-making on projects including property and housing development, regeneration schemes, asset strategy and investment, project procurement and delivery partnerships

• Carrying out development appraisals for our property projects

• Advising clients on the impacts of projects and making strategy recommendations

• Developing business plans, as well as HMT Green Book business cases and options appraisals

• Developing a strategic approach to securing investment by developing public-private partnerships, such as joint ventures and setting up trading companies

• Supporting 31ten’s wider projects and teams with specialist analysis and modelling expertise

Recent example work includes:

• Creating the funding strategy for a 10,000-home garden village

• Assessing the risk level of c.£500m of debt funding provided by a local authority to local capital projects

• Working on business cases for new care homes

• Developing a strategy for how business rates can be used to fund a major HS2 station regeneration

• Pricing environmental credits to protect water quality

• Supporting a London Development Corporation in assessing the financial performance of its Joint Venture projects

• Auditing the financial model that underpins a district heat network

• Advising on how best to commercialise space on a car park-based arts hub

In this role, we’d expect you to:

• Be a clear and effective communicator, with the ability to flex style to the audience and client context

• Be a confident report writer and happy holding the pen

• Be able to design and complete a range of data analysis and convey key insights clearly and effectively

• Take responsibility for clarifying scope, planning and driving forward delivery of defined workstreams, delegating tasks as required, meeting deadlines and flagging risks

• Confidently present your own work / findings as part of a wider project team, to new and familiar stakeholders

• Have a good understanding of the sector and market , and take a proactive approach to further development

• Independently draft business development content, such as case studies, blogs, tender responses and proposals

• Have a good understanding of commerciality – invoicing, margins, budgets and frameworks

• Develop positive relationships with clients through project work and start to influence at a project level with key stakeholders

About you:

A great ‘31tenner’ is a self-starter with drive and ambition. We are looking for people who can build excellent client relationships and work collaboratively within a team environment. But above all else, you must be passionate about social impact and working with the public sector.

We hire the person first, experience second, shaping the role around the individual. We recognise that every candidate's experiences and background will be different. We value a broad, diverse range of perspectives.

We’re keen to hear from values-driven candidates, with:

• A minimum of 4 years' experience in consulting, or a similar client-facing role

• Advanced Excel skills, ideally with experience of financial modelling

• An understanding of accounting principles

• Experience in analysing data

• The ability to work flexibly to deadlines, with a successful track record of contributing to several projects simultaneously

• A growth mindset, regularly seeking feedback and continuous self-improvement

• The ability to deal with ambiguity and to navigate complex or unclear issues

• The ability to think analytically, systematically, and logically, breaking down complex information to enable us and our clients to better understand them

• An active contribution to the development of our company culture, role-modelling our values and engaging with internal initiatives and knowledge-sharing

Even better if...

• You hold a relevant qualification (e.g. CIPFA, ACA, CFA, MRICS)

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

• The option to purchase up to 5 additional annual leave days (per year)

• Flexible working - part-time, condensed hours, home-based or office-based, with no mandatory days in the office

• Annual performance-based bonus (discretionary)

• Private healthcare package with BUPA and the ability to add family members

• Flexi bank holidays - the option to substitute religious holidays for a date that is meaningful to you

• Matched pension up to 6% of gross salary

• Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave

• A friendly and supportive working environment with regular opportunities for collaboration, team socials and modern offices with excellent facilities for staff in a central location

• Annual team away day and Christmas party

• Opportunities to get involved in our social value programme of volunteering and pro-bono support to causes that align with our mission

• Continuous opportunities for career development and training, including support to pursue professional qualifications (that align to our work)

• Salary sacrifice cycle-to-work, tech at home and electric vehicle scheme

• Access to our Payroll Giving scheme, enabling tax‑efficient donations to charities of your choice

Our interview process:

• 1st stage - Initial call with our People Lead (30mins, virtual)

• 2nd stage - Technical interview - Excel test and competency-based interview with two members of the team (2hrs, in-person)

• 3rd stage - Values & behaviours interview - Final meeting with two members of our Senior Leadership Team (1hr, in-person)