9 types of consulting
Strategy Consulting
What you do: Help CEOs make big, high-stakes calls.
Typical Projects: Market entry, Merge and Acquisitions strategy, pricing, growth plans, turnarounds.
Where it leads: Corporate strategy, Private Equity and Venture Capital, chief of staff.
Top firms: Ernst&Young, McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Bain.
Management Consulting
What you do: Strategy and Execution across the whole business.
Typical projects: Cost cutting, transformations, operating model redesign, programme management.
Where it leads: Business leadership, operations, general management.
Top firms: Delloitte, EY, KPMG, Accenture, PwC.
Operations Consulting
What you do: Make the business run faster and cheaper.
Typical projects: Supply chain, manufacturing, procurement, lean processes.
Where it leads: COO office, ops strategy, plant leadership. Top firms: Boston Consulting Group, Bain
Technology Consulting
What you do: Use technology to achieve business goals.
Typical projects: CRM, ERP, E-Commerce, digital products, cloud migration,
Where it leads: Leadership, IT Strategy, Product management, tech programme.
Top firms: IBM Consulting, Capgemini, Delloitte, InfoSys.
Functional Consulting
What you do: Go deep in one business function.
Typical projects: Sales and marketing, HR, Finance.
Top firms: ZS (sales and marketing), Grafton (HR),
Where it leads: Speacialist leadership, Head of function, leadership roles.
Transaction advisory
What you do: Support companies and investors through deals
Typical projects: Financial and commercial due dilligence, vlauations, merger integration, carve outs.
Where it leads: Investing, Private equity, corporate development.
Top firms: big 4 deal advisory teams
Risk and forensic
What you do: Find fraud, manage risk and handle investigations.
Typical projects: cyber risk, compliance, fraud and forensic audits.
Where it leads: Compliance and risk heads, internal audit.
Top firms: Kroll, Big 4 risk and forensic teams.
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