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3 ways financial advisory consulting bests strategy consulting

Management Consulted

In compliance work, or on finance-focused projects, the broad-sweeping projections of strategy consulting don’t cut it. In general, financial advisory consulting firms look for strong, well-rounded candidates with a demonstrated interest in business, train them, and treat them well throughout their career.

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Consulting as a Contractor: The Rise of Self-Employment

Tom Spencer

They also need to manage their own training, resource development, and financing. Thanduxolo Love Mtsweni is a Management Consultant Analyst at Accenture in South Africa. The relationship that a contractor has with a company will differ significantly from the relationship that an employee has with the same organisation.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms in Boston

Management Consulted

Accenture: Located at 800 Boylston St., Suite 2300, Boston, MA, 02199, Accenture boasts an 800+ employee headcount at its Boston abode. The projects are interesting but work-life balance (as it is across Accenture) is tough to maintain. Mercer : Mercer’s Boston office is located at 99 High Street, Boston, MA 02110.

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Networking 102: It’s Never Been More Important – And It Truly. Does. Work.

Management Consulted

And by “times like these”, I mean “economy-in-trouble, big-firms-like-BCG-tightening-hiring, even-bigger-firms-like-Accenture-cutting-people” times. Say it’s May and there’s only one month left before Analyst training which effectively closes the window of opportunity. Finance-Specific Networking.

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8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes

Harvard Business

Automating finance. This lets organizations reduce the amount of work outsourced to service centers and frees up finance staff to focus on strategic tasks. Machine learning makes it possible to detect anomalies in the temperature of a train axel that indicate that it will freeze up in the next few hours. Sponsored by Accenture.

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2016 Top 10 U.S. MBA programs for Management Consulting

Management Consulted

But more than just teamwork, Kellogg also knows how to train you up in problem-solving skills. Tuck is also very strong in its technical skills training, especially regarding Excel modeling and executive presentations. In addition, 5 graduates went to Accenture, and 4 each landed positions at A.T. Median signing bonus: $25,000.