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

• 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.