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Senior IT and Technology Consultant
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Aon is seeking a Senior IT and Technology Consultant to join our Digital M&A Advisory practice in London.
The team advises private equity investors, infrastructure funds, and corporate clients on technology, IT, cyber, and digital risks across acquisitions, portfolio companies, and strategic transformation initiatives. Our work spans IT due diligence, technology risk assessments, cloud and infrastructure reviews, digital transformation strategy, technology operating models, cybersecurity considerations, and post-transaction value creation.
This role is ideally suited to a technically strong consultant with a background in enterprise IT, cloud technologies, infrastructure architecture, technology operations, digital transformation, or technology risk management. Previous M&A experience is not required.
You will work directly with investors, C-suite executives, technology leaders, and operational stakeholders to help clients understand technology risks, identify improvement opportunities, and make informed investment and business decisions.
This is a fast-paced, client-facing role offering significant exposure to a broad range of industries and technologies.
About Aon
Headquartered in London, Aon Plc is a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement, and health solutions. Our 50,000 colleagues in 120 countries empower results for clients by using proprietary data and analytics to deliver insights that reduce volatility and improve performance.
Aon is an equal opportunities employer. Aon's recruitment and selection policy ensures the best possible skill mix of colleagues and the highest quality candidates are appointed using objective job-related criteria.
About the Role
Your impact as a Senior IT and Technology Consultant:
- Supporting and delivering technology advisory engagements across private equity and corporate clients.
- Conducting technology and IT due diligence assessments to identify risks, opportunities, and value creation initiatives.
- Assessing enterprise architecture, infrastructure, cloud environments, technology operations, IT service management, and digital capabilities.
- Evaluating technology organization structures, governance models, operating models, and IT processes.
- Reviewing technology roadmaps, digital transformation programs, and strategic technology investments.
- Assessing the scalability, resilience, performance, and security of critical IT environments.
- Identifying technology-related operational, financial, and execution risks and communicating findings to senior stakeholders.
- Supporting technology separation, integration, and transformation planning where required.
- Assessing technology and cybersecurity risks across enterprise environments, identifying potential operational, resilience, and security vulnerabilities that could impact business performance, digital transformation objectives, or investment outcomes.
- Collaborating with cybersecurity specialists to evaluate key security capabilities, governance frameworks, cloud security controls, identity and access management practices, and overall cyber resilience as part of broader technology advisory engagements.
- Producing high-quality reports, presentations, and executive briefings.
- Managing project workstreams and supporting engagement delivery across multiple concurrent projects.
- Working closely with colleagues across technology, cyber, M&A, and risk advisory disciplines.
- Supporting business development initiatives, proposal development, and client relationship management.
- Contributing to the continued development of the team's methodologies, tools, and market offerings.
- Supporting client engagements across the UK and EMEA.
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About You
Your knowledge and expertise:
Technical
- Demonstrable experience in technology consulting, enterprise IT, technology risk, cloud engineering, infrastructure architecture, digital transformation, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of enterprise IT environments and modern technology architectures.
- Experience assessing or managing one or more of the following:
- Cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud)
- Enterprise infrastructure and networks
- Data centers and hosting environments
- IT operations and service management
- Enterprise applications and ERP platforms
- Identity and access management
- End-user computing environments
- Technology governance and operating models
- IT resilience, disaster recovery, and business continuity
- Data platforms and integration architectures
- Familiarity with one or more of the following technology frameworks and best practices:
- ITIL
- COBIT
- NIST
- ISO 27001
- Well-Architected Frameworks
- Cloud Adoption Frameworks
- Experience evaluating technology risks, technical debt, and technology investment requirements.
- Solid understanding of core cybersecurity principles and their application within enterprise IT and cloud environments, including security architecture, identity and access management, vulnerability management, incident response, and technology resilience.
- Experience identifying and assessing technology and cyber-related risks within complex IT environments, with the ability to communicate technical findings and business implications to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Commercial awareness and the ability to understand the business implications of technology decisions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
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Team & Client Management
- Experience managing project workstreams and contributing to successful project delivery.
- Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills.
- Ability to engage effectively with both technical teams and senior business executives.
- Experience developing positive client relationships.
- Comfortable working within multidisciplinary and global teams and fast-paced consulting environments.
- Ability to manage multiple engagements and competing priorities.
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and quality.
Highly Desirable
- Experience with cloud transformations, infrastructure modernization, or digital transformation programs.
- Exposure to cybersecurity risk assessments, cloud security reviews, security architecture, or technology control frameworks.
- Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, CIS Critical Security Controls, or ISO 27001.
- Industry-recognized certifications, such as:
- ITIL
- TOGAF
- COBIT
- CISSP
- CISM
- CCSP
- CRISC
- Experience working with private equity-backed businesses or large corporate organizations.
- Experience mentoring junior team members or supporting team development initiatives.
- Interest in business development and market-facing activities.
- Experience or interest in line management.
- Interest in supporting client relationship management.
What Success Looks Like
- Delivering high-quality technology advisory engagements for private equity and corporate clients.
- Building trusted relationships with client technology and business stakeholders.
- Providing insightful, commercially relevant recommendations that support investment and operational decision-making.
- Contributing to the growth and development of the Digital M&A Advisory practice.
- Supporting the development of junior colleagues and enhancing team capabilities.
Salary and Benefits
This role offers a competitive salary and bonus, plus a comprehensive benefits package and 25 days holiday. Through our flexible benefits, you will also have the opportunity to choose additional benefits, including healthcare and additional holiday. We also offer tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
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