Strategy & Commercial Excellence Senior Consultant / Manager

Job Title: Senior Consultant / Manager – Strategy & Commercial Excellence 

We are looking for: 

• People with direct experience in the energy industry 

• Within the industry, you may have worked in: strategy; pricing & propositions; commercial finance; or a combination of these types of areas with a minimum 5 years’ collective experience 

• We’re less interested formal finance qualifications, but more interested in your commercial acumen and experience in energy retail. You’re more likely to have calculated the benefit of delivering a project than working out how to account for it 

• You might have experience modelling customer lifetime value; developing a commercial strategy; understanding payback on running retention campaigns; or maybe the economics of customers buying and installing solar panels and a battery 

• You will always have one eye on the wider market. Your natural curiosity and horizon scanning means you always know what is likely to become a future challenge or opportunity and how to leverage this for clients in finding, creating and presenting solutions. 

Requirements

We are recruiting for a specialist Senior Consultant / Manager. Whilst this is a client facing role with expected travel/mobility, the nature of this role means there could be less travel than we would expect in our other lines of business. Nonetheless, we understand that everyone’s circumstances are different and are committed to supporting your work life balance. Please let us know if you have any flexible working requirements. 

We need you to have had at least 5 years direct energy experience as detailed above

As a Senior Consultant / Manager you will be a trusted client advisor and partner.  Leading and implementing the delivery of significant strategic decision making, problem solving, planning and implementation of client solutions. Leveraging advantage for our clients from industry wide challenges and opportunities on the horizon. You may also be involved in leading and implementing transformational change in a project environment for our clients. 

We need people who are passionate about high quality output, have a strong work ethic and take pride in their work. Be able to communicate, influence and engage with confidence. Adapt listening and respond to challenges instantly. 

We want people who can contribute to building a high performing team who feel empowered to deliver exceptional work for our clients. Be able to lead and inspire others around them to deliver exceptional client outputs. Fully embodying our BFY values and consistently setting the standard. 

We’re looking for people who have a growth mindset and are who are committed to their continuous personal development, understand capabilities, development areas and have a plan. 

If the role is not right for now, there may be other more suitable roles available in the future, which you can stay updated on here. 

Location: Hybrid, some travel will be required to client sites and Nottingham Head Office 

Hours: Our results focus allows us to be really flexible on hours. We have successfully been able to accommodate part time, flexible working, compressed hours, variable hours etc. 

Total Package: For an exceptional candidate our package could be between £80k - £95k, including competitive salary, bonus, private medical, pension, initial 33 days Holidays including bank holidays (increasing with length of service, see below) + holiday purchase scheme 
 
Job Closing: 11/12/2024 

Who are BFY group? 

BFY Group was founded in 2004 with the mission of delivering exceptional work for our clients by being specialists in energy. As we’ve grown, that specialism has extended to other Utilities and FS. 

We have been recognised as a Great Place to Work since 2022, also featuring in GPTW Best Workplaces list for Small Organisations, Wellbeing, Women and Learning and Development in 2024. 100% of our people say that people are offered training or development to further themselves, with our overall employee experience rated 96% by our team. 

Our clients trust us to solve their most challenging problems across Strategy & Commercial, Customer Operations and Business Transformation. 

We’re a high performing team that looks after each other and we put 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. 

If you find yourself wanting more out of your career, then it is worth considering Consulting. Have a look at the details below. 

Benefits

What’s on offer? 

• Competitive salary, in line with your capability and experience. Package up to £80k - £95k for an exceptional candidate 

• 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 Plumm Health and Mintago 

• Option for additional pension salary sacrifice 

• EV salary sacrifice scheme 

We embarked on a journey a few years ago to ensure we created a growing, sustainable consulting firm that would give people meaningful work, be a great environment for development, while preserving our culture of "we're a bit different". 

• We deliver exceptional work for clients, as part of a high performing team 

• Our results focus allows us to be really flexible on working location, and hours. We have successfully been able to accommodate fully remote working, flexible working, compressed hours, variable hours etc 

• You will be given huge amounts of trust, freedom, and support where you need it to deliver in your role 

• We have great fun. We do a company wide check in twice a week, a team quiz on a Friday, regular social events and we have an awesome selection of memes for all occasions. 

What do our people say about working here? 

BFY really focuses on the employees and understand that the majority of the job is learned whilst working for clients. They teach you the essentials of the business and provide learning material to start your consultancy journey to ensure everyone has the same initial level and then you start consultancy work within a week or two. It's really incredible to see the level of trust they place in you to allow you to work with clients so early on, rather than have you sat watching from the sidelines. - Tom Deen, Consultant, joined BFY December 2023. 

 
“When you join a new company, it can be daunting, am I good enough? Will I be able to do it? Imposter syndrome can be a real worry, joining BFY is a genuinely awesome experience. Through the process you get to speak to everyone on the team and what is amazing is how open and readily available to help EVERYONE is! The culture here is fantastic and you get to make your own decisions within an incredibly supportive framework." – Kev Brown, Senior Manager, joined BFY September 2022 

How To Apply – Important 

If you feel like we’re a great fit based on what you’ve read, we’re looking forward to receiving your application. Please include your CV and a cover letter telling us more about you and why you think we’d work well together. We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different and are committed to supporting your work life balance. Please let us know if you have any flexible working requirements. 

To get to know you a bit better and just a for a bit of fun, tell us what your favourite pizza topping is and why! 

Please be aware that currently we can only progress applications from those who do not need Sponsorship or a Visa to work in the UK 

Our interview Process 

We take your next career move very seriously and want to fully understand your needs and expectations from a role at BFY. Our hiring process consists of 3 stages of interviews, where you will meet members of our team and have the opportunity to ask as many questions as you like and get a real understanding of BFY Group and how we work. We are asking you to commit to completing a few additional assessments as well as a short presentation. Communication is key during this time, so we promise to keep you updated and give you feedback as we go.