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Consultant

Position Summary

Consultants work on project teams, usually with one to three other team members, led by a Senior Consultant, Manager or Principal. Consultants conduct research, develop and execute analyses, interpret results and develop data-driven recommendations for clients. Consultants have opportunities to develop deep client relationships, formulate meaningful hypotheses and construct complex strategic solutions. Consultants work on one or two projects at a time and carry high degrees of responsibility within case teams, including mentoring and guiding the structure of junior team members' activities.

Responsibilities

  • Working through complex and ambiguous problems to arrive at solutions that are insightful and actionable
  • Developing deep and broad knowledge of products, companies, industries and cultures with which you may have little or no familiarity
  • Creating insights and fact-based conclusions and incorporating them into a broader series of recommendations in client-ready format
  • Managing workload to allow sufficient time to anticipate and structure analyses, perform analyses, develop hypotheses and provide guidance to junior colleagues
  • Working with varying levels of oversight and proactively seeking guidance and feedback
  • Being part of a team that advocates change (sometimes radical change) in organizations that may be hesitant or averse to it
  • Staying focused, productive and enthusiastic when project objectives, deliverables and/or timelines change
  • Drawing broader lessons and insights from projects and sharing them colleagues

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science or Arts with outstanding academic credentials
  • Minimum of two years consulting experience (strategy formulation, market analysis, or business process improvement preferred)
  • Ability to work independently and leverage other team members' time
  • Ability and desire to learn quickly about companies, industries and analytic techniques
  • Proactive, detail-oriented communicator who can drive conversations with supervisors and client personnel at multiple levels
  • Professional verbal and written communication skills and the ability to quickly augment these skills with training
  • Strong analytic capabilities and experience with a variety of analytic techniques
  • Ability to work an average of 50-60 hours per week, including some weekends, and to be available by phone or e-mail as necessary
  • Welcomes business travel as an opportunity to broaden horizons and explore other cultures

Accountability
We take responsibility for our actions and the actions of our colleagues. We believe in an "all for one and one for all" approach to our work. We keep our commitments.