Healthcare Operational and Financial Improvement Consultants in Manchester

Company: PA Consulting – a leading management and technology consulting firm.

Location: Manchester, United Kingdom. The role can also be based at London Victoria.

Working Arrangement: Hybrid working – a minimum of 2 days per week in the office or on client site, up to 5 days per week on a client site depending on the assignment.

Role Level: Consultant or Senior Consultant.

Primary Areas of Focus:

• Operational and financial productivity
• Acute care collaboration
• Organisational PMO design and deployment
• System financial modelling

Key Qualifications:

• Experience delivering tangible improvement in healthcare operational environments, from patient‑facing roles to corporate and commercial roles.
• Experience in large‑scale cost improvement and productivity projects using project‑management principles.
• Core experience working in the healthcare sector – essential.
• A track record of realising business benefits and improved outcomes in a healthcare setting.
• Knowledge of advanced techniques such as digital technologies, change management, operational risk management and supply‑chain management (advantageous).
• Leadership skills in large, diverse project teams.
• Ability to work in partnership with clinical and operational teams to deliver improved performance.
• Confidence to influence senior stakeholders and navigate challenging discussions.
• An aptitude for delivering creative and ingenious solutions.
• Core consulting skills such as presentation, stakeholder management and building rapport quickly.

Ideal Candidate Additional Strengths:

• Strong consulting skills, including structured problem‑solving, data‑driven analysis and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience working in public or private healthcare sub‑sectors (e.g., NHS Trusts, DHSC, etc.).
• Strong interpersonal and team‑working skills, comfortable navigating across finance, care‑model design, governance, capacity and workforce modelling.
• Drive for personal and professional progression.

Benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives.
• Annual performance‑based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax‑efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or Accommodations: Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us.