Operations Business Analyst

About Baringa

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 2000 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 Baringas 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 aGreat 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 Worlds Best Management Consulting Firms.

Our Global Consulting Operations team are looking for an experienced Operations Business Analyst to join the team.

The purpose of our Corporate Team is to help the business grow and make our peoples lives easier.To do this we provide business capabilities and services across Finance IT HRLegalMarketing and Operations.

Baringa prides itself on a high degree of partnershipand collaboration acrossourConsultingand Corporate teams.Corporate isseen as an integral part of the business. For our consultants who spend a lot of time working away from home and in different countries werepresentan important degree ofexpertiseconstancyandsupport.

Baringais at akey inflexion point in its journey from being a small intimatebusiness with high degrees of entrepreneurialism and individual independence to being a bigger international business which needs more consistency and infrastructure but not too much.Wedontwant to lose our pioneering start-up-styleadaptabilityand flexibility but at the same time we want tooperatewith more consistency and predictability.

Corporate is at the heart of navigating this change anditsa demanding challenge.Wedontalways have the best systems and processes in place so we need people who want to create them and can workeffectively as we continue to evolve.We especially like people who are comfortable with change ambiguity and being very hands-on while at the same time ensuring we are delivering to significant strategic goals.

International BusinessManagementOverview

The International BusinessManagementfunction is arelatively newcorporate team with its creation being driven by Baringas increasing international presence and the need for increased corporate support. Its esponsible forensuring that all international offices and teams have the necessary corporate support across the full breadth of the corporate function (i.e. HR Finance Change Management IT Executive Assistance etc.). This includes regular engagement with the leads/nominated resource for each international presence toascertainunderlying issues associated with business service support delivery and managing the delivery of remediation plans across the corporate function in conjunction with colleagues from the respective corporate teams to ensure issue resolution.

The function is also responsible for continued development and deployment of the new Market Entry Framework whichhas beenput in place to provide a standardised structure for Baringa Partners to enter newinternationalmarkets.The Market Entry Framework isdesigned to limit the issues associated with ad hoc market entry decision making.

The main purpose of this role is to support the International Business Delivery Manageracross International Office / Business Engagement and take responsibility for the successful delivery ofa number ofinternational market entry /expansion plansfrom aCorporateperspective enabling operations across multiplestates.

What you will be doing

Transformation Planning and Project Delivery Support

• Provide hands on coordination for transformation operational improvement and planning initiatives ensuring workstreams are well organised and making progress.
• Maintain core project artefacts including plans RAID logstrackersand decision logs keeping informationaccurateaccessibleand up to date.
• Support project meetings and working groups by preparing agendas taking notes capturing actions and following up tomaintainmomentum.
• Contribute to the preparation of materials and documentation for senior stakeholders projectteamsand leadership forums.
• Support planning cycles andmaintainvisibility of key milestones prioritiesinterdependenciesand operational issues across the wider portfolio.
• Work closely with corporate functions such as HR Finance Legal and Compliance to coordinate inputs progress actions and align on risks or dependencies.
• Identifyrisksissuesor blockers early escalating to the Consulting Operations Manager and tracking them through to resolution.

Business Expansion and Market Entry Support

• Support the delivery of entity expansion projects under the organisations Market Entry Framework coordinating activity across corporate functions and business stakeholders.
• Assistwith quality assurance of Market Entry documentation checking completenessaccuracyand alignment with Framework requirements.
  
• Track progress across market entry workstreamsmaintainingvisibility of milestones openactionsand key dependencies.
  
• Work with relevant corporate teams on queries or requirements that arise during expansion activity ensuring alignment andtimelyfollow up.
  
• Support engagement with third party advisors such as legal providers managing queries and tracking responses.
  
• Escalatenon compliance material risks or delays promptly and clearly to the Consulting Operations Manager.
  

Business Improvement Initiatives

• Support the identification and mapping of opportunities to improve how the organisationoperatesacross the Consulting Operations portfolio.
  
• Contribute to developing recommendations and proposals for change working with relevant teams to refine andvalidatesolutions.
• Coordinate the rollout of improvement initiatives tracking progress and supporting engagement and adoption across teams and geographies.
• Work with corporate functions to resolve operational issuesidentifiedthrough improvement activity or raised by international teams.
• Help build andmaintainstandard operating procedures templatestoolsand guidance materials that enable consistency and effectiveness.

Your skills and experience

• Some experience in a project coordination analyst or operational support role gained in a professional services consulting financialservicesor corporate environment.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasksmaintainaccuraterecords and meet deadlines reliably.
• Good written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce clear summaries updates and stakeholder facing documents.
• A numerate analytical mindset comfortable working with data drawing insights and presenting information in a clear and structured way.
• Familiarity with project governance tools and practices such as RAID logs action trackers and status updates is beneficial but not essential. Training and support will be provided.
• Eager to learn and develop motivated to build new skills take on stretchtasksand grow in a supportive environment.
• Curious and adaptable keen to understand how things work quick to grasp new subject matter and comfortable working across a varied agenda.
• Highly organised and detail oriented takes ownership keeps informationaccurateand up to date and follows through reliably.
• Collaborative and proactive a natural team player who communicates well builds strongrelationshipsand looks for ways to add value.
• A clear communicator able to present information simply and logically whether in writing in meetings or through slides and reports.
• Positive and resilient brings energy and a constructive attitude to their work andremainscomposed when priorities shift or workloads increase.

What a career at Baringa will give you

PuttingPeopleFirst.

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 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. Weve 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 companys success.

Diversity and Inclusion

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 workplace

You can be a part of our Great Place to Work with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all.Click hereto see some of our recent awards and how weve 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 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.

Join us

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.

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