Business Strategy Consultant The Business Strategy Consultant will be aligned to a business domain and/or function. The role of the Business Strategy Consultant is to help shape and define the change agenda for the Line of Business / Function they support. Senior Business Consultants will often play a people/team management role within the projects/programmes they work on.
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking
Business Analysis and Design
Innovation and Idea Management
Delivery at Pace
Resource and Team Management
Planning and Plan Management
Commerciality
Leading Self and Others
Impactful Communication
Knowledge
Requirements
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Identifying and defining problems related to change delivery for the wider business; Delivering structure and discipline to an unstructured problem; Using logic, creative and innovative thinking to devise solutions to business challenges
Business Analysis and Design: Gathering, analysing, and tracking business requirements and translating these into business solutions and structures; Understanding the Group Strategy, imperatives and vision and translating these into a business model; Understanding the impact of change against the target operating model; testing and refining designs with stakeholders and change audiences
Innovation and Idea Management: Challenging existing thinking, generating new and creative ideas; Engendering an innovative, learning-oriented culture where all employees feel able to contribute new ideas and approaches as well as involving change audiences in generating new ideas; Willing to experiment, take risks to consider new and untested approaches and learn from the results; Looking outside of the organisation at technical and social trends and applying these to idea generation
Delivery at Pace: Prioritising the work and that of others effectively; Managing and understanding your capacity and that of your team(s)
Resource and Team Management: Identifying resourcing gaps and sourcing appropriate resources to close gaps; Defining responsibilities, objectives, and task allocation
Planning and Plan Management: Developing the overall change effort into a series of projects, workstreams and/or component activities understanding the effort, schedule, dependencies, and critical path; Managing material changes to scope, schedule, resources or budget e.g. through a change request process
Commerciality: Understanding the purpose and priorities of the organisation, both now and in the future; Thinking and acting commercially within the day-to-day operations; Identifying short, medium and long-term opportunities to develop business and/or revenue from new or existing Group customers, and responding appropriately
Leading Self and Others: Leading at all levels to ensure the right results are achieved, in the right way; Developing yourself and others to bring out the best in everyone in an inclusive way; Challenging established processes and inefficiencies
Impactful Communication: Influencing senior stakeholders; Being open, honest, clear, and inclusive in communications; Listening well, checking the messages delivered are understood and inviting feedback appropriately to individuals and/or groups in different situations
Knowledge: Have a good working knowledge and relationships with one or more areas within the lines of business the Senior Business Consultant is aligned to; Be able to demonstrate strong business knowledge and sound business sense; Demonstrate effective financial skills to develop a detailed business case, including investments, detailed benefits (financial, non-financial and strategic) and link to overall finances of the business.