Consultancy
Consultants (often referred to as management consultants) help organisations manage change and solve problems so they operate more efficiently and therefore profitably.
Consultants offer advice and expertise to client organisations to help them improve their business performance. Their work can focus on operations, strategy, management, IT, finance, marketing, HR and supply chain management across a wide range of industries and specialisms. As they work closely with clients, they may have to work on site or meet representatives from client organisations regularly.
Typical duties include:
- working with clients to understand their needs and to agree the scope of each consulting project
- conducting research, surveys and interviews and analysing data to gain insights into the business
- detecting issues and investigating ways to resolve them
- assessing the pros and cons of possible strategies
- exploring business problems and modelling different solutions
- attending meetings and compiling and presenting information orally, visually and in writing to keep clients up to date on progress
- making recommendations for improvement and presenting these to clients implementing agreed solutions