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BETHANY WARING

Summary

Proactive, driven management consultant with a looking for a new challenge in the sports consulting space at an organisation in which I am able to add value as part of a dynamic team. UK national, currently seconded in Chicago, returning to the UK in June.

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager

CIL Management Consultants
01.2024 - Current
  • Seconded to the firm's US office, to drive business growth and help instill best practice
  • Managing complex due diligence and strategy projects, conducting and overseeing rigorous analysis and delivering report-based strategic insight, often working within tight transaction-related deadlines
  • Providing strategic advice to range of clients including management teams, private equity firms and asset managers, in the form of reports, read-outs and bidder meetings
  • Stakeholder management (with clients, management teams, and the CIL team)
  • Contributing to business development by creating and attending formal pitches and attending networking events
  • Supporting and developing junior colleagues

Senior Analyst

CIL Management Consultants
01.2023 - 01.2024
  • Preparation of reports for due diligence (CDD and VCDD) and strategy engagements (such as growth prioritisation, market mapping and board workshops) for a range of mid-market clients
  • Delivery of complex business data analysis and presentation of resulting insights in a digestible format
  • Delivery of complex excel-based market modelling and business plan analysis (and identification of growth opportunities and upsides beyond the plan)
  • Management of junior analysts and freelance analysts
  • Engagement with client management teams throughout project processes to understand businesses processes, identify and solve process-limiting problems and provide regular progress updates
  • Close collaboration with the wider deal teams (including private equity, corporate nance and FDD) and presentation of findings to external stakeholders
  • Contributing to business development by creating and attending formal pitches

Analyst

CIL Management Consultants
03.2021 - 12.2022
  • Largely responsible for competitive positioning and market analysis
  • Managed large-scale interview programmes (including questionnaire preparation) and conducted interviews with market experts and client customers
  • Non-client facing responsibilities included leading accountancy training for junior analysts and mentorship roles.

Audit Associate

BDO
11.2020 - 03.2021
  • Performed substantive and controls testing for audit clients
  • Analysed the trial balance, general ledger, cash accounts, payables and receivables, as well as income statement FS lines to identify anomalies.

Education

BSc Economics and Psychology within the Natural Sciences Programme (2:1) -

Durham University
06.2019

A Level and GCSE -

The Crossley Heath School
08.2016

Skills

  • Project management
  • Complex financial analysis (including market modelling and business plan analysis
  • Stakeholder management
  • Presenting to clients

Extra Info

Football player, FA qualified referee, and coach (formerly Burnley Ladies FC).

References

Available on request.

Timeline

Manager

CIL Management Consultants
01.2024 - Current

Senior Analyst

CIL Management Consultants
01.2023 - 01.2024

Analyst

CIL Management Consultants
03.2021 - 12.2022

Audit Associate

BDO
11.2020 - 03.2021

BSc Economics and Psychology within the Natural Sciences Programme (2:1) -

Durham University

A Level and GCSE -

The Crossley Heath School
BETHANY WARING