Economic Consulting Senior Manager

We’re BDO, an accountancy and business advisory firm providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world. We work with companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.

BDO UK is expanding its Economic Consulting capability. We aim to provide lasting value by advising businesses on key commercial and strategic decisions and producing expert evidence for commercial disputes. We combine microeconomic theory, logic, and analytical techniques with BDO’s deep industry knowledge and broad network to deliver clear, candid, and concise advice. Economic Consulting is a growing capability area for BDO in the UK, established 2.5 years ago. Our mission is to provide tangible and lasting value, both by helping businesses succeed through our advice on their key commercial and strategic decisions, as well as through the expert evidence we produce in connection with competition litigation and commercial disputes.

As a Senior Manager, you will lead in applying economics to real-world problems, develop a new business line, and play an active role in recruitment and development. You will manage client engagements, develop proposals, and build internal and external networks.

• Leadership and Intellectual Curiosity: Experienced economist with a knack for devising bespoke solutions and developing robust methods.
• Commercial Mindset: Deep understanding of the economic consulting business model, thriving in a deadline-driven environment.
• Technical Skills: Strong modelling, analytical, presentation, and writing skills.
• Consulting Skills: Excellent communicator with a track record of delivering engagements on time and within budget.
• Team Leadership: Experience in managing and developing staff, including mentoring, appraising, and recruiting.
• Qualifications: Postgraduate degree in a relevant economics field or significant equivalent experience and professional learning following a graduate degree.

You’ll be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. We’re committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams, and the task at hand. At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions. We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.