Consulting Analyst (EDI - 2024)

Valentia Partners recruits ambitious and driven individuals who share our commitment to support our clients’ most compelling challenges. We are always looking for talented, motivated individuals, and actively look to hire people who will one day lead our firm. For nearly fifteen years we have delivered projects tackling our clients’ most complex and business-critical issues.

Clients choose Valentia for our straightforward approach to consulting, deep industry knowledge, and relentless delivery focus. We work with clients across the Financial Services sector, who range from Retail and Institutional Banks, Wealth and Asset Managers, to Fintech and Cryptocurrency Exchanges. We work across Business Advisory, Technology Consulting, and Transformation Delivery. Some of our recent projects include design and proof-of-concept of a Fintech cloud platform, US Retail Banking proposition development, and re- design and delivery of a Treasury function.

We do not believe in a specific model for the candidates that join Valentia. Our people have broad interests, and equally broad academic backgrounds including geography, foreign languages, computer science, and architecture. This brings varied perspective across our teams and enhances our delivery capabilities.  

However, it is not all work and no play! Valentia value team activities and regularly organise social events to bring the team together and chill out. Socials have included an escape room, ziplining, a wine tour, watching the rowing at Henley and of course plenty of team dinners! 

Valentia are currently hiring for the role of Consulting Analyst. This is the entry level role at Valentia Partners. Our key skills and entry requirements for the role are:

• Academic / professional experience
• 1st Class Bachelor’s (in any subject) and relevant experience in industry, or
• 2.1 Bachelors (in any subject) and some experience in Financial Services or Consulting, or
• Master’s degree in a relevant subject, and a relevant internship.
• Must have a minimum of 6 months experience
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• Ability to work with significant autonomy within certain deliverables of a wider project / client engagement
• Ability to critically analyse problems and identify suitable solutions
• Interest in the Financial Services sector and eagerness to learn
• Ability to broaden and strengthen relationships with clients and across the industry

On joining Valentia, our Consulting Analysts typically work directly with a Consultant, Manager or Senior Manager to deliver large initiatives, and as part of a project team to deliver specific outputs. Tasks can include gathering and analysing information, identifying solutions to problems, defining requirements and operating models, and of course creating compelling slide decks to communicate with the project team and stakeholders. We also encourage our employees to get involved in company-wide initiatives to further their skills and knowledge. We have a flat structure and encourage collaboration across the firm.

Valentia is a strong advocate of continuous staff development. We offer employees mentorship opportunities from our leadership team, and flexibility to work towards specific qualifications or take on training & development courses to support them in their career development. Courses that employees have enrolled in include Prince2 Foundation & Practitioner, CFA Level 1, Public Speaking courses and the CBI Certificate in Green and Sustainable Finance. 

·        £33,000 to £44,000 base salary based on experience

·        Performance bonus Company and Performance-based bonus

·        Private medical insurance

·        22 days flexible holiday leave plus bank holidays and 3 days festive closure.

·        Company pension

·        Training & development budget to support in career development

·        Volunteering opportunities through Valentia Partners charity partner

·        Cycle to work scheme 

We are always working to promote and implement higher standards of good practice within Valentia on issues relating to diversity and equality of opportunity.  It is our belief that our core strengths lie in our differences not our similarities. Starting this year, we have partnered with The Girls’ Network to support their mission of empowering young women, with the goal to inspire the next generation to take on a career in Management Consulting and Financial Services. We launched the Carbon Neutrality Project, a collaborative effort among colleagues here at Valentia to address our carbon footprint and ultimately become carbon neutral using an approach focused on ways we can reduce, eliminate, or offset our emissions.