Assistant Consultant (Commercial/Technical Due Diligence)

WSP USA; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

A little more about your role…

We are currently recruiting an Assistant Consultant to play a significant role in the future success of our due diligence and wider advisory team. You should be keen to develop a broad understanding of infrastructure projects and as part of this role you will be working with infrastructure investors, lenders, international finance corporations and financial advisors.

• Supporting the delivery of projects and advising clients to provide integrated commercial and technical advisory assignments in the Transport, Mobility and other emerging sectors. Supporting the production of business plans and due diligence reports, ensuring consistency and quality.
• Supporting the development and management of relationships with existing and new clients.
• Alongside experienced team members you will be representing WSP at client meetings.
• Preparing analysis and high quality reports, conveying complex commercial and technical issues in a simple form.
• Coordinating project teams and assisting with management tasks within the team.
• Leveraging the 79,000 strong internal domain experts and specialist consultants to find answers to complex problems.
• Possibility of travel overseas for projects (typically we undertake 2 or 3 day client trips, for kick-off/site visits and/or final client presentations).

The Investor Advisory team has a strong track record of supporting clients at the early stage of projects such as feasibility plans, market forecasts as well as technical assessment of complex projects. Our key clients cover a wide range of different organisations in the private and public sectors. Key clients include financial institutions (pension funds, investors and financiers), operators (ports, rail, buses, highways and mobility) and wider industry.

The Advisory team is currently diversifying from a strong transport client base and has successfully developed its expertise into new sectors, namely industrial clients, major government programmes (e.g. Port Infrastructure Fund, UK Freeports) as well as mobility and core+ sectors.

We are regularly involved from project origination through to completion, as well as during asset optimisation and modernisation and/or expansion of existing facilities. Our front-end consultancy is supported by 79,000 technical specialists globally. Our offer includes transaction services (including PPP), investment advisory, market studies, demand forecasting, technical and financial feasibility and management consultancy services.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

• Analytical skills, and ability to work with lots of quantitative data.
• Advanced excel modelling skills and working according to best practice excel modelling principles.
• Experience in preparing and writing good quality reports.
• Interest in understanding the wider business context in which our clients operate.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member and sharing knowledge to support continual process of learning and improvement.
• Willingness to travel overseas for projects (typically we would undertake 2 or 3 day client trips).

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

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