Remote Business Consultant jobs

About the Business Consultant role

What the work looks like

• Interview client stakeholders and map current processes to find where time, money or information is lost.
• Build spreadsheet models and analyses that size a problem and compare the options for fixing it.
• Write slide decks and reports presenting findings and recommendations to client managers and executives.
• Gather and document business requirements when the engagement involves selecting or configuring a software system.
• Support implementation by running workshops, tracking action items and reporting progress against the project plan.

What employers ask for

• Excel modeling and data analysis
• PowerPoint and structured written communication
• Process mapping and requirements gathering
• Workshop facilitation and stakeholder interviews
• Industry or functional domain knowledge
• Project management fundamentals

Doing this job remotely

Analysis, modeling and report writing are easy to do from anywhere, and many client meetings now happen by video. Consulting has traditionally involved travel to client sites, and discovery workshops and final presentations are still often done in person. Hours follow client deadlines and the client's time zone rather than the consultant's.

Where it comes from and where it leads

People enter from business or analytical degrees, or from industry roles in operations, finance or IT where they built domain expertise. Consultants move up to senior consultant and engagement manager, or leave for strategy and operations roles inside a company.