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Strategic Advisory / Intelligence | Senior Associate | London | Base Salary £75k-£100k + Bonus + Commission
About the Company:
Our client is a boutique, intelligence-driven strategic advisory firm supporting senior executives, investors and businesses with high-stakes strategic decisions across the Americas and Europe.
The company combines rigorous research, deep market understanding and a carefully developed international network to help clients assess opportunities, test assumptions, navigate risk and make better-informed commercial decisions. Their work is focused across areas such as M&A support, strategy development, value creation planning, market entry, stakeholder mapping, competitor intelligence and regulatory risk.
They are now looking to expand their London team with a commercially minded Senior Associate who can take ownership of client delivery, strengthen project governance and contribute to business development.
About the Role:
They are currently seeking a highly motivated Senior Associate to lead client engagements from initial scoping through to final delivery. This is a hands-on, client-facing role suited to someone from management consulting, investment banking, strategic advisory or another high-performing commercial environment.
You will be responsible for managing complex projects, overseeing multiple workstreams, producing high-quality client outputs and working closely with senior stakeholders. Alongside delivery, you will also contribute to business development through market insight, relationship building, structured sales intelligence and commercial opportunity mapping.
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This role would suit someone who is analytical, organised, commercially sharp and confident operating in a boutique, fast-paced advisory environment.
Responsibilities:
- Lead client engagements end-to-end, from scoping and work planning through to execution and final delivery.
- Manage multiple workstreams across concurrent projects, ensuring clear priorities, timelines, accountability and quality control.
- Produce clear, commercially relevant analysis, reports, recommendations and presentations for senior clients.
- Work closely with senior executives, investors and decision-makers across a range of sectors and geographies.
- Support business development activity through relationship building, outreach, market insight and client engagement.
- Build and maintain sales and revenue intelligence, helping the firm identify pipeline opportunities and client priorities.
- Bring structure, consistency and oversight to project planning, staffing, delivery processes and internal governance.
- Support and develop junior team members, providing guidance in a collaborative and high-performing environment.
- Turn complex commercial, operational and market information into clear conclusions and actionable recommendations.
Requirements:
- 8+ years’ experience in management consulting, investment banking, strategic advisory, corporate intelligence, private equity advisory or a similarly high-performing environment.
- Strong end-to-end project delivery experience, with the ability to lead complex client work from brief to final output.
- Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to bring pace, structure and accountability to delivery.
- Strong analytical judgement and the ability to assess commercial and operational issues quickly.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting complex ideas clearly to senior stakeholders.
- Commercial awareness and business development ability, including the ability to identify opportunities and contribute to revenue growth.
- Strong relationship-building skills and a credible professional network.
- Comfortable working independently while collaborating closely with senior leadership and wider teams.
- High attention to detail and a strong standard of written output.
- Strong working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint or equivalent tools.
- Additional language skills are a plus.
- Experience across M&A, strategy, value creation, investor advisory, market entry, political risk, regulatory risk or commercial due diligence is a plus.
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Compensation and benefits:
- Competitive salary (£75k-£100k)
- Performance-based bonus.
- Commission opportunity for originating new business.
- Hybrid working arrangement.
- London-based role within a growing boutique advisory firm.
- Direct exposure to senior executives, investors and decision-makers.
- Opportunity to work across sectors, geographies and high-stakes strategic situations.
- High level of responsibility and ownership from an early stage.
- Close collaboration with senior leadership.
- Strong learning and development opportunity within a specialist advisory environment.
- The chance to contribute meaningfully to both client work and wider business growth.
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