CONSULTING ANALYST SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Updated: Dec 26, 2024 - The Consulting Analyst role includes experience in attack and penetration testing, strategic planning, and tool development. Responsibilities cover facilitating workshops, managing discussions with senior leaders, and implementing change management strategies, backed by PMP and CCMP certifications. Proficiency in data analytics and Excel further complements the capability to manage performance and evaluate programs effectively.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Consulting Analyst Resume
- Penetration Testing
- Strategic Planning
- Tool Development
- Data Analytics
- Excel Proficiency
- Performance Management
- Project Management
- Change Management
- Workshop Facilitation
- Program Evaluation
- Leadership
- Communication
- Adaptability
- Problem Solving
- Conflict Resolution
- Critical Thinking
- Negotiation
- Persuasion
- Team Collaboration
- Decision Making
Summary of Consulting Analyst Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BA in Business Administration with 3 years of Experience
- Adaptable communication ability to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of customers
- QA Management experience across multiple projects
- Demonstrate knowledge of the client’s business to design effective processes, organizations to drive real business benefits.
- Be able to work on complex SQL
- Experience in Agile methodology for day to day quality operations & controls
- Basic understanding of banking domains like Customers, Accounts, Relationships between customer and account, account classification for CRA
- Understanding of Financial Crimes Compliance
- Experience with SharePoint and WordPress, Tableau or PowerBI
- Deep understanding of Network Intrusion Detection engines and methodologies.
- Strong analytical and research skills
2. BS in Computer Science with 2 years of Experience
- Professional security consulting experience
- Attack and penetration testing experience
- Able to plan and confidently facilitate workshops
- Experience facilitating discussions with senior leaders
- Experience developing tools, guidance documents, and trainings
- Experience developing and implementing strategic plans
- Able to facilitate workshops on the following topics, project management, process improvement, strategic planning, and change management
- Experience with performance management and program monitoring and evaluation
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Change Management (CCMP) certification
- Data analytics skills and strong excel skills
3. BA in Economics with 4 years of Experience
- Past project experience: UI/UX Design, Web Content Management, Service & API Development, Cloud Deployments & Migrations and related technologies & tools.
- Outstanding analytical capability & data modeling skills, with the ability to synthesize and visually present findings.
- Foundational understanding of strategy and operations within targeted industries.
- The ability to effectively operate independently and in a team environment.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, proficient with MS Office & Google Suite for collaboration.
- Motivated, self-starter, quick learner, innovative, awareness & evangelism of the latest solution & technology adoption trends.
- Working knowledge of firewalls, networks proxies and endpoint security
- Advanced proficiency with packet capture tools, PCAPs and analysis
- Scripting skills (preferably Python or Powershell) highly desired.
- Understanding of modern malware construction techniques and the cyber-criminal ecosystem
4. BS in Data Science with 3 years of Experience
- Previous experience in Supply Chain/Procurement
- Previous supply chain, procurement, or consulting experience with a Fortune 1,000 company
- Experience in Sourcing Procure To Pay platform experience (Ariba, Coupa…etc.)
- Expert level skills with financial analysis, data analysis, MS Excel (including pivot tables), creating charts and graphs, and creating MS PowerPoint presentations
- Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem solving environment
- Ability to work comfortably with all levels of the organization
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment
- Self-starter, multi-task, flexible, demonstrating initiative and confidence
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) including formal presentation skills
- Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time management skills
- Self-motivated and a quick learner. High attention to detail.
5. BA in Management Information Systems with 5 years of Experience
- Polished written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to collaborate in a team setting and be passionate about high quality client delivery
- Experience in worked in client/customer facing environment
- A strong bias for action and a passionate customer focus
- Financial services, healthcare, energy/utilities and retail industry experience
- Innate problem solvers who want to grow in a flexible, collaborative, hands-on culture
- A high aptitude to deliver solutions in ambiguous business scenarios
- Ability to develop and maintain strong client relationships individually or in a team setting
6. BA in Business Administration with 4 years of Experience
- SAP certification
- Proven demonstrated skills in delivering SAP project
- Good understanding of SAP implementation methodology
- Strong interest to learn new things; be it understanding client's business, a new technology, or a different way of working
- Good communication and presentation skills in English to build relationship and work closely with client stakeholders
- Ability to analyze ‘As Is’ and ‘To Be’ business processes, complete complex business design for gap / interfaces and configure system to user requirements.
- Excellent problem solving skills, ability to think out-of-the-box, work under pressure and tight project timelines
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in the leading language of location applied to, in addition to any other languages as required depending on home office location.
- Ability to work well in teams and with clients
- Ability to balance and prioritize multiple tasks / work well under pressure to deadlines