Senior Consultant – Asset Management & Regulatory Advice – Water Sector

Overview

As a Senior Consultant in Regulatory Advice, you help clients in regulated sectors navigate price controls, performance frameworks and assurance. You will lead workstreams on regulatory issues, delivering evidence-based guidance and building relationships with principals and directors. You’ll identify opportunities to reduce risk and improve client performance while mentoring junior colleagues. This role offers hybrid UK-based work across multiple offices and a chance to shape advisory solutions within a collaborative, growth-focused firm.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid/flexible working
• competitive salary
• bonus schemes
• enhanced pension plan
• private medical insurance
• life assurance

Responsibilities

• Lead workstreams within larger engagements or manage smaller assignments independently
• Produce clear, evidence-based regulatory analysis and advice on requirements, price controls, performance frameworks, and assurance
• Collaborate with Principals and Directors and support junior colleagues’ development
• Identify wider improvement opportunities to reduce risk and improve efficiency for clients
• Build internal and external relationships to influence client strategy and raise the Advisory Services profile
• Support business growth by delivering exceptional client solutions in a fast-paced environment

Key requirements

• Experience in a regulated sector or regulatory consulting (utilities preferred)
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks, price controls, and performance/incentive regimes
• Experience supporting price reviews or revenue-setting processes
• Familiarity with assurance, audit, or governance concepts
• Knowledge of benchmarking or performance measurement
• Experience facilitating workshops or supporting senior stakeholder discussions
• Strong analytical skills with data and evidence
• Excellent written communication for regulator- or board-facing documents
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams and priorities
• Strong stakeholder engagement and collaboration skills

• Stakeholder engagement
• Collaboration
• Workshop facilitation
• Regulatory frameworks
• Price controls
• Performance/incentive regimes

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