Business Strategy Consultant - BFS

Bi-Lingual Business Strategy Consultant

Key Responsibilities:

Structured Problem Solving and Business Assessment:

- Help identify and structure key issues into an issue-tree and set of hypotheses and plan and conduct research and analyses that address the most appropriate issues

- Understand client issues and structure the problem in order to develop hypotheses around possible solutions; understand company's key strategic/operational issues (market definition, industry trends, client issues)

- Structure and create business/market assessments and identify appropriate tools to be used and analyses to be done

- Compile data, conduct analyses of data to prove or disprove the hypotheses

Business Acumen:

- Ability to conduct primary and secondary research to unearth facts and generate actionable insights/ ability to translate findings into actionable insights

- Develop and utilize industry knowledge to be able to make implementation-oriented recommendations

- Develop business case elements to highlight the financial implication of recommendations

- Identify industry specific operating metrics and link them to relevant financial metrics to identify the key value drivers for a client

- Develop knowledge of prevailing trends, financials and operating drivers across multiple industry segments

Financial Analysis and Value Creation:

- Understand, describe and apply corporate finance concepts, interpret company annual reports, prepare data for analysis and identify relevant financial adjustments pertaining to a specific industry

- Build financial models to back up a business case

Strategy Development:

- Help develop innovative, fact-based and achievable strategies and operating models after evaluation of multiple strategic options

- Describe and assess advantages/ disadvantages of strategic options, including implementation readiness

- Define criteria to evaluate appropriateness of options to the client situation

- Prioritize options based on defined selection criteria

Communication and Presentation:

- Plan and deliver well-structured oral and written communications

- Leverage data and information to develop a well-structured, cohesive presentation; apply strong PowerPoint/ document creation skills to structure and create client-ready deliverables

- Communicate clearly and effectively with the client and the project team to convey ideas and understanding of the deliverable and schedule

- Contribute to formulation of main message/ storyline

- Structure arguments to support message

- Apply clear, concise, and compelling written skills to help advocate a point of view

- Confidently communicate data and findings to enable insight development-develop clear supporting evidence in charts and graphs

Should have prior experience in one or more of the following areas:

- Corporate Transformation; Mergers & Acquisitions; Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA); Organization Strategy; Pricing and Profit Optimization; Growth and Innovation.

Key competencies and skills:

- Should be fluent in Japanese language in order to drive written and verbal communication with stakeholders from Japan

- The individual must have outstanding, consistent academic performance

- Have good financial acumen and financial analysis and diagnostic skills

- Have an eagerness to contribute in a team-oriented and collaborative environment

- Should be able to work creatively and analytically to strict deadlines in a problem-solving environment

- Should be comfortable working at the highest levels of client organizations and interacting closely with "C" level executives in a range of environments

- Should be comfortable functioning in a broadly positioned and highly diverse consulting firm

- Should have good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

- Should possess excellent presentation skills

- Should possess and demonstrate high integrity and credibility as perceived by all those with whom s/he will work

- Should have strong intellect coupled with proficient commercial instincts

- Should be mature, flexible, and have a good team approach.