Associate Director - Business Advisory

London, England, United Kingdom

4/10/2025

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our Values Shape The Way We Consult And Define The People We Want To Join Us On Our Journey, They Are

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel
  
  

A senior management role responsible for supporting and leading major sections of HMT Greenbook five-dimension business cases (strategic, outline and full). The applicant should have 5-10 years of experience in the Business Case development of high value projects, and the planning of regulatory compliance and governance – preferably within the public healthcare sector (NHS trusts, or department of health & social care) although other government regulated services will be considered (for example, transport, water, defence, energy).

A specialism in one or more business case dimensions/areas would be useful, as well as a full appreciation across all five dimensions and associated documentation.

The applicant should have the ability to provide constructive guidance and mentoring of the necessary inputs in their areas of specialism, assurance of outputs, and be able to lead tranches of business case delivery works unsupervised for review/presentation to Mace directors and the Client, when needed.

You’ll Be Responsible For

• Planning business case inputs, activities, governance and assurance reviews.
• Providing business case guidance or gap analysis to client delivery teams.
• Delivering key aspects of the strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management dimensions for the strategic, outline and final business cases.
• Supporting or managing financial and economic inputs, analysis and outputs.
• Supporting project design options, proposal developments and stakeholder workshops, associated procurement requirements and benefits management.
• Drafting, reviewing and finalizing documents to present to Mace, consultant or client teams, or in preparation for government reviews.
  
  

You’ll Need To Have

Basic analytical skills - use of Excel and external data sources.

Working towards technical qualification or chartership Use of standard document software.

One technical skill related to property or infrastructure Basic experience of applying technical skills in a consultancy environment.

Experience of stakeholder management skills on less complex projects.

Some experience of conducting structured or semi structured interviews relating to general and a specialist subject matter.

Good presentation skills and ability to produce quality reports and visuals.

Ability to work on one or more projects or subject matter concurrently.

Ability to work under pressure to achieve tight deadlines outside of the control of the project team.

Ability to structure own work programme and support a senior consultant producing output in a specialist subject area.

Good level of technical specialist capability and ability to explain to other team members in an accessible way Ability to work as part of a team, taking on tasks to achieve commission milestones.

Basic understanding of or experience in the capabilities required to undertake specialist/technical consultancy at a strategic level.

Some experience (<2 years) of working in a dynamic or complex environment with a high degree of uncertainty.

You’ll Also Have

• Apply technical knowledge to emerging technology and processes.
• A desire to acquire a high level of capability in a specialist subject matter.
  
  

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.