Consulting Job Description
Consulting Duties & Responsibilities
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Consulting Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Consulting
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Education for Consulting
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Employers hiring for the consulting job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Business, Engineering, Finance, Technical, Computer Science, MBA, Economics, Accounting, Education, Management
Skills for Consulting
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Consulting Examples
Consulting Job Description
- Manage changes in scope identified by project team including estimating extent of change(s), and documenting and securing client approval
- Build and foster project teams to deliver business solutions in client-driven and focused manner in response to market needs
- As applicable, supervise others' work based on pre-defined project and work plan
- Plan for and conduct client status meetings, prepare/review deliverables, obtain client sign-off, escalate issues and communicate client opportunities for additional work, where appropriate
- Monitor project budget to actual analysis, using client invoices and expense information
- Review/approve team project reports, timesheets and expense reports
- Prepare/lead client training sessions/webinars/presentations
- Document and deliver "end of project" written performance reviews for all team members and provide substantive and timely feedback
- Perform code reviews of direct reports and pull requests from other teams
- Ensure code quality through Behavior / Test Driven Development
- Runs segments of solutions/services business
- Strong knowledge of routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, ISIS, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, Multicast, Security, QoS and VLANs are required
- Experience in designing virtualized datacenter security including solutions such as virtualized firewalls, security gateways, multi-tenant architectures such as VMDC (Virtual Multi-tenant DC)
- Minimum of 3 years of government accounting experience (city, county, special purpose or state) required
- 10+ years telecommunications and consulting
- 5+ years continuous project management in wireless, financial modeling, business planning, market research or related field
Consulting Job Description
- Manage and review technical work performed by actuarial analysts
- Supervise a team to execute overall project plans that meets schedule, budget and expected value
- Increase the level of Business Consulting at our top tier clients, in terms of Digital Banking Consulting revenue and profit
- Lead some of the CBC BFS teams engaged across various accounts and leverage the required skills from across the broader CBC organisation to build the Retail and Digital Banking business accordingly
- Build and expand the existing team of Digital Banking consultants within our CBC BFS UK team, to enhance our overall capabilities and brand
- Play a leadership role within CBC BFS UK and with our global Digital Banking Practitioners to help our continued growth trajectory
- Engagement Management and Delivery - Manage and deliver defined scope of engagement plan including oversight of related activities, timelines, staff scheduling, deliverables and outcomes
- Communication - Communicate effectively (written and verbal) to a variety of audiences
- Develops and executes project plans
- Maintains high billability, with a focus on delivery and identification of opportunities for follow-on work high member satisfaction
- Bachelor’s degree together with an Enrolled Actuary designation
- Minimum of five years of direct pension consulting experience
- Extensive practical experience with traditional Defined Benefit plans, Cash Balance plans, Floor Offset and other combination plans, non-qualified plans regulated by 409A and all types of Defined Contribution plans is strongly preferred
- Track record of effective client management Strong client contact skills are essential
- Solid knowledge of the functionalities and client leveraging capabilities of ProVal is required
- Attainment of professional society credentials is desirable (ASA, MSPA, FSA, FSPA or similar)
Consulting Job Description
- Receive information on a push and pull basis, therefore involving direct contact with 500+ field consultants in different countries (English is the working language) to obtain information that is required to ensure accurate records
- Get involved in reporting and other ad-hoc tasks
- Timely, accurate forecasting of our consultant time drives insight into our consultant availability revenue projections
- A world-class consulting environment
- The opportunity to work on cutting edge IT strategy engagements with a tier one client portfolio
- Structured bonus based on individual and corporate performance
- Opportunities for promotion with a clear defined career development structure
- Management of successful consulting engagements
- Project Management/Management of human resources
- National exposure/relationship development
- Must possess excellent ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with superiors, colleagues and individuals inside and outside the company
- Must be willing to travel potentially up to 50% to meet business needs
- Background in solution and/or consultative selling to include implementations with significant interactions at the executive level (presentations, proposals, documentation of current versus desired state)
- ACAS designation working towards FCAS
- Minimum 5 years of casualty actuarial experience, with a focus on commercial lines, Workers’ Compensation, preferably in a consulting environment
- Project management experience, including managing the analysts on projects
Consulting Job Description
- Update and maintain database for external and internal surveys ensuring the highest possible level of data accuracy
- Support associates and act as a liaison for resolving issues
- Respond to ad-hoc requests for project information and reports
- Complete additional ad hoc projects as defined by management and/or Worldwide and EMEA Operations, working autonomously to manage the project to plan and maintaining communication with all stakeholders
- Independently manages a small project or leads a work stream on a larger project
- Supervises a project team or individually responsible for significant project work streams or initiatives
- Initiates and maintains senior level client relationships, including periodic interaction with the C-suite
- Maintains high billability target, with a focus on delivery and identification of opportunities for follow-on work high member satisfaction
- Copyedit, proofread, and provide a light content edit on a variety of consulting documents and presentations, including graphics
- Make minor layout and formatting corrections
- BS in MIS, Computer Science, or Accounting
- Minimum of 7+ years professional experience in public accounting/professional services, preferably for a "Big 4" firm
- CISA designation a MUST (or working towards)
- CISSP, CPA designations preferred
- Strong understanding of information systems risk assessments and controls review, and cybersecurity
- Knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley and Model Audit Rule (MAR), COBIT and NIST frameworks, SSAE16 / SOC 1,2,3 Reports
Consulting Job Description
- Coordinate document workflow and edit consultants' documents
- Contribute to and help to maintain the consulting style guide
- You will build, retain, and maintain customer relationships and serves as trusted advisor
- As a trusted advisor, you will articulate the business value of the offering (transformation, managed services, or third party solutions) through the consultative sales process and guides the client to program initiation to address the complex issues they are facing
- You will provide guidance, management, and advisory support to executives within the customer’s organization, with respect to existing and future programs
- You will be responsible for driving sales opportunities for a sustained sales pipeline
- Monitor budgets and profitability targets oversee billing and fee management operations in the Consulting studio to ensure all financial activities are consistent with Gensler policies and procedures.Within 12 months of start date, candidate should be at 50% billability
- Typically an individual Contributor and may act in a capacity of a "lead person"
- Develops and implements business plans specific to a practice’s objectives and goals
- Defines, creates and maintains the required IP and artifacts that support a standard delivery of solutions within the practice to our clients
- Knowledge of accounting/ERP software
- Working knowledge/familiarity with data extract software such as ACL or IDEA preferred
- PC skills, including experience in using software for producing presentations, spreadsheets, and project planning (skills in TeamMate, databases such as Access and SQL, Visual Basic, Microsoft suite of products, and other applications)
- Ability to interact with all levels of management, including executives and senior managers
- Must be self-motivated, have a strong work ethic and possess a sense of urgency
- Flexibility to travel 50%-75% (depends on location)