Economics & Investment Strategy Consultant

Economics & Investment Strategy Consultant

PA Consulting – London, United Kingdom

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity. Our teams of interdisciplinary experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster. Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results. We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists.

Our deep expertise spans consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport. Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Operating at the leading edge of consulting, our multi‑disciplinary teams combine deep economics expertise, industry knowledge, and a structured decision‑making approach to help clients understand the potential impacts, benefits and return on investment of strategic decisions.

• Economics – We apply economic principles and analysis to support policy development, economic regulation and benefits appraisal, helping clients to understand long‑term impacts on various markets.
• Investment Strategy – We specialise in securing investments in public sector services, infrastructure, and technology, from developing high‑level strategies through to authoring business cases.
• Modelling – We develop operational, economic and financial models to help understand the impact of various transformation options and, ultimately, guide and evidence strategic decision‑making.

Our clients choose us because we challenge convention to find the solutions that really work – in practice, not just on paper. We define success as achieving exceptional results that have a lasting impact on businesses, communities and team members. It’s a principle that underpins everything we do. Hybrid working – our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week.

However, the actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

• One or more of the following specialisms:
  • Economics
    • Familiarity with econometric principles
    • Economic appraisals, impact assessments, policy development or economic regulation
  • Investment Strategy
    • Familiarity with the HM Treasury Green Book and business case approach
    • Development of large (>£100m) business cases in the public sector
  • Modelling
    • Development of decision‑support models (operational, economic or financial)
    • Strong technical skills and proficiency in common modelling tools (e.g. Excel)
    • Organising ambiguous requirements to structure model frameworks
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to simplify and present technical complexity in an accessible way.
• The ability to balance strategic, big picture problem solving with detailed analysis.
• The ability to apply sound logic, backed up with appropriate analysis, to support decision‑making and recommendations.
• Proactive, collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in multi‑disciplinary teams to deliver tangible outcomes.

• Health and lifestyle perks, including private healthcare.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives.
• Annual performance‑based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

Life at PA encompasses our peoples’ experience ’s about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose‑led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We’re focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse…