A Day In The Life Of A Business Analyst At A Big 3 Management Consulting Firm
As a Business Analyst at a Big 3 management consulting firm, Prince's days are highly variable and client-dependent, ranging from remote work with nonprofits to "traveling Monday through Thursday" for onsite engagements with corporations, which involves gathering data through interviews across all levels of the organization and collaborating with internal and external experts to deliver insights and recommendations. Prince also coaches clients on capability-building to ensure sustainability after the consulting engagement ends.
Client Management, Data Analysis, Communication, Consulting, Business Acumen
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Prince Acheampong
Business Analyst
Big 3 Management Consulting Firm
American University, 2019
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Communications
Consulting & Related Professional Services
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Pell Grant Recipient, Student Athlete
Video Highlights
1. Days vary depending on the client type: Work for nonprofits/social sector actors may be remote, while work for corporations is more likely to be onsite and involve travel.
2. The role involves gathering data through interviews with various stakeholders (executives, ground-level employees, customers) to understand historical data and forecast future trends.
3. Collaboration with internal and external experts is crucial for developing robust recommendations and insights for clients, followed by meetings to share these insights and coach clients on sustaining improvements.
Transcript
What does a day in the life of your role look like?
I wouldn't say no two days look the same, but my days look different depending on the type of clients I'm serving. If I'm doing work for nonprofits or social sector actors, I might be working remotely.
If I'm doing work for corporations, it's more likely to be onsite. Typically during the week, for onsite studies, I'll be traveling Monday through Thursday at the client site. This means I'm able to interview client counterparts, whether that's people in the executive suite or people on the ground level, to get insights and perspectives.
Sometimes I'm talking to their customers for insights. I'm gathering the right data from these companies to do analysis and help them understand not only their historicals, but also where things could be forecasted. There are a lot of conversations between experts internally and externally.
I'm talking to some of the experts across different practices or within the area that I'm working in to make sure that I have the most robust thought around recommendations and insights for the client. Then there are obviously the meetings that you have with these clients to share out insights, provide recommendations, and coach them on how they can build their capabilities to sustain things once we leave.
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