
Consultant
About Alpha Group
Alpha Group is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry. Founded in 2003, Alpha has spent over 20 years bringing together specialist, sector-focused strategy, management consulting, and technology expertise to support the entire client transformation lifecycle. Having partnered with more than 1,200 clients worldwide across the asset and wealth management, alternatives, and insurance industries, Alpha is a trusted advisor for complex change programs.
We now have over 1,180 consultants working with clients across North America, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC. In 2024, in recognition of our successful track record and strong growth prospects, Alpha was acquired by Bridgepoint, one of the world's leading quoted private asset growth investors.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Many of our team have built long and fulfilling careers with us, often staying for over a decade. Alpha offers a genuinely rewarding place to work: a meritocratic environment where your career can flourish, and a welcoming culture where you can be yourself, connect with others, and thrive.
As we look to the future, we’re excited to be looking for new Alpha colleagues—individuals who are collaborative, innovative, and ambitious. We hope you will join us and help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.
Why join Alpha?
- Established yet entrepreneurial – with over 20 years of success and a proven record on the London Stock Exchange, Alpha offers the stability of an established consultancy with the energy of a fast-growth business.
- Backed by Bridgepoint – as part of one of the world’s leading growth investors, Alpha benefits from strategic investment that fuels innovation, expansion and new offerings – creating even more opportunity for our people.
- Exposure to senior leadership – whether you are in an internal or a client-facing role, you will have the opportunity to work with and learn from the best of the best – high performers at the top of their game.
- Learning and growth opportunities – we run tailored training to help you be successful, provide you excellent mentorship, and offer up to 5 days paid training time per year. Perhaps the best training though is the experience on the job – as everyone at Alpha has high responsibility and autonomy, you can develop your skillsets quickly.
- Performance-driven culture with real impact – advancement at Alpha is based on impact and capability, not tenure or quotas. You’ll have autonomy and see the tangible difference your ideas and decisions make.
About Alpha Alternatives
Alpha Alternatives, part of Alpha Group, is a fast-growing global consulting practice focused on leading digital and operational transformation projects for the alternative investment industry, encompassing private equity, real estate, private debt, credit, and infrastructure.
We are known for our expertise, innovation, and commitment to delivering exceptional value to our clients. Our people work side by side with clients to identify, address, and resolve key operational and technology challenges within alternative investments and financial services firms.
We often find that the best innovation comes from within—our role is to help empower client teams to drive the change required. Collaboration and support are at the heart of what we do, and we look for consultants who embody these values and bring firsthand experience in the challenges and enabling technologies that drive success in alternatives.
The Opportunity
As a Consultant, you will take a leading role in driving our change programs. You may be leading a work stream within a larger program or helping to drive projects and produce deliverables for smaller projects alongside a small team of other Alpha Alternatives resources. You will be responsible for identifying and implementing solutions for some of the highest profile projects at leading private equity, credit, and real estate investors globally. Our work is varied, but on typical project you can expect to be capturing and analyzing data, working with our industry experts to propose innovative solutions, and helping drive forward some of the most exciting projects in the industry. Many of our projects give you the opportunity to engage with clients from day one, as part of a small Alpha team supporting them with some of their most complex business challenges
Responsibilities
- Engaging with stakeholders to drive & lead execution against effective project plans, anticipate potential issues, and provide structured solutions to ensure a successful client engagement
- Leading a work stream or component of a project, taking responsibility for the creation of client deliverables by facilitating client interviews and workshops, performing analysis in Excel, synthesizing clear insights from complex information, and developing content that clearly articulates recommendations
- Developing meaningful and successful relationships with clients and vendors by understanding the different needs of stakeholders and establishing a high degree of credibility internally and externally
- Supporting Alpha Alternative’s broader business evolution, including co-authoring whitepapers and performing market research to identify opportunities for Alpha
- Maintaining a broad understanding of the challenges facing the industry and knowledge of relevant issues and trends within one or more of Alpha Alternative’s practice areas
Qualifications and Skills
- At least 2 years of proven experience at a recognized consulting firm or through an ‘in-house’ consulting / business analyst role at a leading financial institution
- Familiarity with private markets (credit, equity, or real assets) or the wider investment management industry preferred
- Excellent consulting and problem-solving skills, and familiarity with recognized project/change and consulting frameworks
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; the ability to articulate complex problems and solutions in a simple, logical, and impactful manner
- Proven track record of building and sustaining lasting relationships with team members
- Appetite to support clients across our practice areas
- Intellectual capacity and ability to think in new, innovative ways to understand complex issues and develop creative solutions
- Ability to comfortably multi-task and engage in multiple initiatives concurrently
- Flexibility to travel if required
Compensation and Benefits
- Learning and development: Vast opportunities to self-development, unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
- Flexible working: Work-life balance with flexible schedule
- Community events: We offer a range of social events and meetups
- 25 days’ holiday in addition to public holidays
- Supplemented medical, dental and vision coverage
- 401(k) with employer match
- Wellness initiatives to promote healthy working, including a gym reimbursement for those enrolled in our medical plans and an allowance for remote working technology
- Access to discounted travel, tickets, events, and more through our benefit partner
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