Are you passionate about building a career in management consulting? Do you want to work as part of an exceptional and genuinely supportive team? Oaklin is an award-winning management consultancy that delivers complex solutions for clients in every sector, and we are currently looking for business analysts to join us in October 2025.
Oaklin is proud to be recognised by the #GreatPlaceToWork as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces in 2024™, UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing™ and one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women™ in 2024. Additionally, for the fourth year in a row, we have been awarded, as one of the UK’s Leading Management Consultancies by the Financial Times and Statista.
If you would like to join a team where diversity and collaboration are celebrated, and where everyone is empowered to succeed then, apply today! Applications will open on Monday 11th November and close on Sunday 1st December 2024. We look forward to hearing from you. Apply here.
Why join Oaklin?
From designing new business models to implementing new systems, you will be delivering value to clients from day one. As a business analyst you will have the opportunity to work on multiple different types of projects across a variety of different companies and be supported through structured training and mentoring.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Work with a ‘Great Place to Work’ employer and one of the UK’s Leading Management Consultancies as recognised by the Financial Times and Statista.
- Work with FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies across multiple industries.
- Work with exceptional people in an incredibly supportive and genuinely meritocratic environment.
- Participate in a programme of training and development to develop the foundation skills required for management consulting.
- Benefit from a dedicated career mentor who will offer guidance, expertise, and feedback.
- Contribute to the wider community and environment, through our charitable partnerships and more.
- Participate in our ‘Not At Work Or At Home Days’ focused on our business strategy, training, and team building.
- Join all our social events, including events with your ‘Oaklin Family’ our small supportive employee groups; bring your real family to our Family Days; and monthly all-firm social events.
You will be based in our London office or working at client sites around the UK and abroad.
As a business analyst you will benefit from:
- A starting salary of £36,000.
- The opportunity to earn a discretionary bonus linked to performance.
- 6% matched contribution pension.
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and have the option to purchase up to 5 days extra annual leave.
- Competitive maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
- Life insurance, group income protection and private medical insurance (which includes mental health support and access to a Private GP service).
- Wellbeing benefits including discounted gym memberships.
- A range of options to support your relocation from within the UK to London.
About You
The quality of our people is what makes Oaklin brilliant. Our business analysts are no exception, and we are looking for you to:
- Have achieved, or be on course to achieve, a degree in any discipline.
- Be genuinely excited about a career in management consulting and demonstrate a natural curiosity and passion for helping businesses improve and change.
- Show self-motivation and adaptability, to work on different projects and build new skills.
- Bring energy and proactivity to everything you do, taking ownership for driving outcomes.
- Take responsibility for holding yourself and others to the highest standards in the pursuit of quality.
- Have a pro-active and creative approach to problem-solving.
- Bring excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, that will enable you to build great relationships with clients and colleagues.
- Really want to contribute to enabling us to grow Oaklin, beyond the delivery of client engagements. This could include getting involved in internal initiatives to improve our business, to support our CSR work or to organise social events for the team.
Inclusion and Diversity
Oaklin welcomes applications from all sections of the community and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We treat all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, or belief. We harness the range of views and backgrounds found within Oaklin for the good of our work, our clients and, most importantly, each other.
The Application Process
Round 1: Online Application
When you register your details and submit your CV to Oaklin, you will be asked to complete our application questionnaire. You will receive a link to the questionnaire via email. Your application will only be considered completed once you submit the questionnaire.
These questions are designed to give you the chance to tell us why you could be brilliant at Oaklin.
The deadline for applications is Sunday 1st December 2024 and early application is recommended. Please make sure you have put your CV through a spellcheck and have proofread it before uploading.
Round 2: Online Assessment
If you’re shortlisted after the online application, we will invite you to complete an online assessment where we will evaluate capability and behaviours.
Round 3: Video Interview
If you’re successful in the online assessment, you will speak about your skills and experience with our recruitment team at some point between Monday 6th January – Friday 17th January 2025.
Round 4: Assessment Day
The final stage is to attend an assessment day at our office in London on either Thursday 6th February 2025 or Tuesday 11th February 2025.
All applicants must hold the ongoing and permanent Right to Work (unrestricted) in the UK.
