Business Consulting Analyst

As a Business Consulting Analyst on the Strategic Asset Management (SAM) team, you will support strategic recommendations on critical business decisions nationwide. This role provides a unique opportunity to gain real-world experience in end-to-end retail business functions. You will work closely with senior leadership to solve complex challenges that drive results and long-term strategic vision. By addressing a diverse set of business hurdles, you will build deep business acumen and become a well-rounded asset in business management. You will provide foundational analysis and essential delivery support across all team engagements.

• Strategic Execution: Provide analysis and execution support for client engagements, including asset investments, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and business optimization.
• Project Communication: Support the preparation of presentations to track project status, initial findings, and final recommendations.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Participate in presentations to management teams, boards, and external stakeholders, such as bankers, alongside project leaders.
• Data Administration: Provide constant attention and administration to identifying, requesting, and receiving the financial or operational data needed from clients to identify business opportunities.
• Financial Modeling: Employ ag-retail capital and business valuation models to prepare financial assessments with review from senior team members.

What you bring:

• Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in a business-related field
• Experience: 5 or more years of related business experience and a background in analyzing data - required
• Previous consulting experience and knowledge of the retail agriculture industry - preferred
• Technical Skills: Excellence in Excel and PowerPoint is required; experience with PowerBI, Tableau, Snowflake is a benefit. Experience applying AI use cases to business or data challenges is preferred.

• Learning Potential: A curiosity-driven potential to understand industry drivers, disruptors, and environmental challenges.
• Problem-Solving Capability: Proven analytical capability and the capacity to use insight analysis to create hypotheses and recommendations - required
• Core Skills: Exceptional communication, listening, and presentation skills. You must be detail-oriented while focusing on larger strategic themes.
• Collaboration: Ability to collaborate with all levels, including CEOs, functional leadership, and internal team of consultants.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time, primarily for day trips - required

Salary range: $81,200 - $121,800 (in most cases, candidates offered employment can expect to be hired at a pay rate near the middle of our salary ranges) 

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