Management Consulting Manager - Public Sector (Business Case & Financial Modelling Specialist) in London

Location: London, Manchester, Newcastle

Mobility: Up to 100%

Career Level: Manager

Due to the nature of client work you will be undertaking, you will need to be willing to go through a Security Clearance process as part of this role. This requires at least 5 years residency in the UK and not having left the country for more than 30 days consecutively.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next‑generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity.

The Public Sector Strategy & Consulting team are working at the centre of high‑profile transformations across the UK government and healthcare sectors. Within the practice, you will work on innovative projects with colleagues and clients to drive excellence from strategy through to implementation, making changes that directly impact citizens. You will be using the latest technologies and methodologies with clients to help them achieve tangible outcomes and accelerate value.

In our team you will learn:

• How to develop and deliver solutions to real world problems, partnering with clients to achieve positive outcomes through collaboration
• How to maximise the use of data in everything you do, using this data to drive solutions and tell meaningful stories to our clients
• How to lead with user‑centricity at the heart of our work
• To obsess about driving value for your clients
• How to advise our clients on major transformations and reinventions, via the development of HM Treasury Green Book‑compliant business cases and supporting analysis

As a Strategy & Consulting Manager in H&PS, you will:

• Work on projects across a range of clients delivering services to the public, including central government departments, the NHS, arms length bodies, private health clients, research and regulatory and integrated care systems.
• Be the face of Accenture to the client in your engagements, working with senior stakeholders to advise, challenge and coach as needed
• Develop detailed understanding of your client’s business and drive issue‑based discussions grounded in a clear understanding of client challenges and barriers.
• Cultivate trust‑based client relationships
• Identify and address client business issues through root cause analysis and by applying pragmatic, results‑driven problem‑solving techniques and creative insights.
• Use a human‑centred approach to solve problems, frame opportunities, and achieve innovation through collaboration and co‑creation.
• Own streams of complex work that meets client expectations on delivering value‑centric, data‑driven outcomes
• Lead teams to deliver excellence to the client
• Be a people leader, creating an environment your people want to work in, and managing the day to day work of your team

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• The most important thing for us is that you display the right attitude. We would like you to actively contribute to our community and clients as a practitioner, think logically to tackle problems and engage others.
• We want you to be driven to develop yourself and others, an ability to see and articulate the bigger picture of how individual projects and deliverables create value for citizens and a passion for innovation and the latest technology trends.
• This role will require creative thinking, excellent client communication skills and the ability to identify new innovative ways to apply our skills and services to solve a wider set of client problems.
• Specific to this role, we are seeking experienced consultants who can credibly lead and deliver business cases and financial models for public sector clients, supporting senior decision‑makers on complex investment, transformation and policy choices.
• You will combine strong analytical and quantitative capability with the ability to structure problems, develop clear strategic narratives and work confidently with senior stakeholders in government and health settings.
• As a Manager in this area, you will be adept at leading teams (often blended, across Accenture, client personnel, and other suppliers) to synthesise high‑quality business cases and lead them through formal governance and approvals.
• This could involve direct liaison with departmental economists and scrutineers.
• When dealing with high‑value business cases (in some cases securing multi‑billion pound investments) you will need to demonstrate a high degree of credibility and resilience to defend our work to robust challenge and scrutiny.

As well as the above, you should have experience/expertise in one or more of the following areas:

• Creating and/or managing complex business cases
• Building and reviewing financial, economic or analytical models, ideally aligned to HM Treasury Green Book principles
• Experience translating analysis into clear recommendations and decision points for senior stakeholders
• Analytical problem solving skills and continuous improvement techniques
• Strategic thinking skills and the ability to bring insight to complex problems
• Designing and/or implementing operating models
• Designing or delivering supply chain transformation
• Working with data in the design or delivery of consulting services in the public sector
• Working with technology to design or deliver transformation of public services
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the capability to influence senior stakeholders
• Experience of working with public sector clients, either in government departments or health & care clients
• Experience driving new business in terms of strategy, relationships and identifying growth opportunities
• Experience in project & programme management methodologies and governance - including best practice industry techniques and frameworks (e.g. PRINCE/ MSP)
• Experience of delivering projects using Agile techniques and frameworks and the ability to lead Agile teams
• Ability to operate at all stages of a project/programme lifecycle, from proposal through to full programme delivery, and experience managing risks and working with senior client partners.

Set yourself apart:

• In‑depth understanding of the specific government or healthcare landscapes you have worked in
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, with confidence working in Excel and interpreting complex data sets
• Direct experience developing or assuring Green Book business cases (including Five Case Model)
• Exposure to spending reviews, investment committees or assurance processes (e.g. IPA, departmental investment boards)
• Professional qualifications or training in financial modelling, economics, appraisal or related disciplines
• Experience working on complex, ambiguous policy or transformation problems where evidence is contested or incomplete
• Experience with data science or data architecture
• Experience in owning and managing relationships with leadership (either with your clients or internal stakeholders)
• Trained in Agile methodologies, programme or project management techniques (e.g. Prince 2, Managing Successful Programmes) and/or a Design Thinking practitioner
• Experience of using data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Qlik, etc) to support analytical storytelling
• Exposure to current technologies (e.g. Cloud, Agentic / Generative AI)
• PowerPoint skills, specifically in terms of communicating complex topics and messages to aid decision‑making

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance, a generous Shared Parental Leave policy, and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first‑class services we are known for.