Senior Director

About BFY

BFY Group is one of the UK's fastest-growing management consultancies, trusted by leading organisations in Energy, Utilities, and Private Equity. We build strong partnerships with our clients, working practically to tackle their toughest challenges, realise opportunities, create value and achieve lasting results.

At BFY, you'll find us working as trusted advisors with our clients. We work with a wide range of organisations, including leading energy retailers as well as emerging firms. We also support companies throughout the broader energy value chain and utilities sector, covering water, energy services, infrastructure, and more.

What sets us apart is our team's blend of industry experience and consulting expertise. We've hired leading experts from the sectors we serve to become trusted advisors for clients, who drive lasting change and solve our clients' problems from strategic / big picture issues to operational details.

We understand the complexities our clients face, we bring empathy and a commitment to drive transformative change in every project we deliver. Our focus is on practical, effective solutions that bring lasting results and inspire new ways of thinking and working.

We're proud to have been named one of the UK's Leading Management Consultants by the Financial Times, featured in  The Sunday Times Hundred as one of the fastest-growing private companies, and earned multiple Great Place To Work awards. Our Private Equity clients voted us as one of the 50 most ambitious businesses and leadership teams in the UK

We set out to create a business that would be an exciting and meaningful place to work, deliver sustainable growth, be a great environment for development, while preserving our culture of "we're a bit different".

• We deliver exceptional work for clients
• Our results focus allows us to be really flexible on working location, and hours
• Our people enjoy huge amounts of trust, freedom, and support where needed
• We have great fun
  
  

We are looking for a seasoned Senior Director, who can shape and influence the strategic decisions we make, as well as someone experienced in winning, shaping and leading consulting engagements across the energy sector, delivering results by exceptional leadership.

As part of our Senior Leadership Team, we are looking for an exceptional individual with extensive experience of operating in a senior consulting position, with significant experience of the utilities industry. Someone who can add strategic value to our business in terms of impact with clients and thought leadership on strategic business decisions. We need someone who also understands the utility industry, including the trends, risks, challenges and future opportunities.

As part of the Senior Leadership Team, you will use excellent stakeholder management, influencing and leadership skills to quickly establish yourself as wise counsel within our own business as well as building a strong client portfolio.

We want to hear from people who have established themselves as a ‘go to' person with clients who are seeking support, as such you will be highly motivated and skilled in winning and delivering new business. You will have developed extensive experience at influencing and managing stakeholders at C suite level and the drive, motivation and resilience required to deliver exceptional results.

You will also be an inspirational leader who will lead from the front and deliver results through our consulting teams

Winning and delivering exceptional quality for our clients by:

• Establishing yourself as a key member of our senior Leadership Team, you will be responsible for strategic decision making including future business strategies, people, technology or financial decisions. As such you will be well versed in strategic decision making, risk management and have great commercial and financial acumen
• Acting as the trusted adviser, wise counsel or ‘go to' person with senior / C suite clients, identifying, creating and winning new business through new and existing clients. You will be responsible for identifying and developing new clients to partner with BFY
• Motivated and driven to continue to build on our brand reputation and engage with clients through networking, industry conferences, social media, and relationship building
• Act as a true thought leader, builds credibility adding exceptional client value with input based on solid industry knowledge, research, analysis, economic trends and understanding of the clients' business. Demonstrates a desire to continue to develop and broaden industry knowledge
• Responsible for financial planning and budgetary decisions affecting BFY in line with chosen future business strategy. Actively owns and manages strategic and operational risk within the business
• As a senior member of our Leadership Team collectively responsible for all decisions affecting our people, chosen markets, future business and business processes and responsibilities
• Provides exceptional leadership to our consulting Teams, nurturing talent, maximising potential and managing performance to lead and deliver high quality client projects
• Scoping, shaping, leading and delivering projects. Ever resourceful and pragmatic, will always find ways to deliver despite resource or operational challenges
  
  
  

Requirements

Your Skills And Experience

• An experienced leader who can add value to strategic company decisions and positively contribute to the running of our business, ranging from future business strategies to people, financial and risk management
• Client Development is a key part of this role. You will be able to demonstrate your track record of success in partnering with clients and developing their accounts to become a trusted partner.
• Exceptional Consultancy skills developed through experience of operating at a senior level within a consultancy firm. You will be an expert practitioner and a brilliant coach and leader to upskill our teams knowledge and skills to successfully deliver high quality client solutions.
• We are less interested in qualifications - a degree is not a prerequisite for the role, but you will need to understand the tools of client development, change management, and project delivery
• Exceptional leadership skills to motivate consulting teams to deliver and sustain results, maximising talent and performance within the teams
• Stays abreast of emerging technology and how to leverage to add client value
• Deep experience, knowledge and relationships in the Energy sector
• Well connected with a strong existing network at a senior level
  
  
  

Benefits

What's on offer?

We're a high performing team that looks after each other, putting a huge amount of effort into creating an environment that offers meaningful work, the opportunity to develop and grow, and the ability to have fun whilst doing it.

• Competitive salary, in line with your capability and experience.
• Route to equity shareholding
• Biannual bonus scheme (in line with performance reviews)
• 33 days holidays (25 days plus 8 bank holidays) and a holiday purchase scheme
• 1 additional day of holiday per year after 2 years of service (up to 5 extra days)
• Private medical insurance for you, your cohabiting partner and children under 18
• Access to high-quality support through our wellbeing partners
• Option for additional pension salary sacrifice
• EV salary sacrifice scheme
  
  

The chance to be part of a great team, the freedom and empowerment to do a great job and to continue to learn and develop.

If you have some of the attributes needed for this role but not all, please write a covering letter as we may have an alternative role for exceptional talent.