Strategy Consultant
$480,000–$480,000 year
RemoteSouth Africa
South AfricaRemoteFull Time$480,000–$480,000 yearSmall
Full TimeSmall
Job Summary
Deliver client advisory work streams and projects, including strategy development, business planning, and commercial due diligence. Lead selected initiatives by coordinating resources, shaping high-quality deliverables, and serving as the primary point of contact for clients. Support business development through market research, opportunity identification, and the creation of blogs, discussion papers, and proposals. Contribute to meetings and workshops to drive engagement while enhancing the firm's brand through relationship building with existing clients. Share best practices to support team learning and development.
Required Qualifications
- 3 - 5 years' experience in strategy consulting, corporate strategy, or a comparable analytical/strategic role
- Strong strategic thinking and conceptual thinking skills
- Strong research and analytical skills
- Able to communicate effectively via written media
- Understands the principles of commercial strategy and strategic marketing including target business models and target operating models, market segmentation and proposition development, drivers of customer behaviour and market disruption
- Must be adept in use of MS Office, particularly Excel, Powerpoint and Word
- Demonstrates fluency in the application of AI tools (e.g. generative AI, data analysis tools) to enhance research, analysis and content development, with an understanding of their strengths, limitations and appropriate use in a consulting context
- Able to understand profit and loss calculations and basic business finance, e.g., gross margin percentages and calculations, depreciation, capital and revenue expenditure, cash-flow, overheads, etc
- Must be a very competent writer of presentations and proposals
- Must be available for UK hours
- Must be based in South Africa
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in Financial Services
- Experience in Technology
- Experience in FinTech
- Experience in Higher Education
- Experience in Consumer & Retail
- Experience in Property
- Experience in Professional Services
- Experience working with organisations with a turnover of typically £10m-300m
- Experience working with private sector service industry companies and professional advisers
- Experience in strategy and marketing disciplines
- Strong business mind-set
- Tendency towards strategy development and strategic marketing
- Strong desire for personal development and continued learning through project work
- Self-driven
- Results-oriented
- Positive outlook
- Clear focus on high quality and business profit
- Natural forward planner
- Ability to critically assess their own performance
- Mature
- Credible
- Comfortable in dealing with senior executives
- Reliable
- Tolerant
- Determined
- Empathic communicator
- Able to see things from the other person's point of view
- Well-presented
- Business-like
- Keen for new experience, responsibility and accountability
- Able to work effectively alone when required
- Able to get on with others and be a team-player
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