Consultant

Consultant – Business Transformation, Milan

Who We Are 

FTI Consulting is the world’s leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.  

At FTI Consulting, you’ll work side-by side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You’ll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you. 

Are you ready to make your impact?

About The Role

In Business Transformation at FTI Consulting, we focus on our clients’ strategic, operational, financial and capital needs by addressing the full spectrum of performance, financial and transactional challenges faced by corporations, boards, private equity sponsors, creditor constituencies and other stakeholders. Our services include strategic and business planning, profitability improvement, merger, integration and carve-out and pre-deal commercial and operational due diligence, including interim management. Our demanding customer base relies on small, experienced senior teams.

Business Transformation sits with the FTI Corporate Finance practice and works alongside colleagues in the Restructuring, Transactions Services, Tax and Digital Science teams, providing a holistic offer for our clients and a rewarding experience for our staff.

What You’ll Do

You will work within small projects teams, supporting clients across a broad range of engagements. Key activities include:

• Delivering high quality and insightful financial and operational reviews and modelling
• Analysing market trends and company financials for new insights
• Identifying how to improve operational performance and create upside potential
• Identifying risks, potential downsides and mitigating actions
• Building pragmatic and implementable strategies and business plans, underpinned by solid analyses 
• Driving client implementation including programme management across multiple initiatives
• Contributing to reports and presenting our work to clients
• Working in the FTI London office, with frequent working in FTI offices across EMEA and on client sites

How You’ll Grow 

We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development and we have developed a range of programs focused on fostering leadership, growth and development opportunities. We aim to promote continuous learning and individual skills development through on-the-job learning, self-guided professional development courses and certifications. You’ll be assigned a dedicated coach to mentor, guide and support you through regular coaching sessions and serve as an advocate for your professional growth.  

As you progress through your career at FTI Consulting, we offer tailored programs for critical professional milestones to ensure you are prepared and empowered to take on your next role.

What You Will Need to Succeed 

Basic Qualifications

• Experience of consulting engagements within a top tier management consultancy
• Additional industry experience an advantage
• Educated to degree level. Additional qualifications such as CFA or MBA an advantage
• Project experience in high paced environments focused on impact and rapid results (e.g. rapid performance improvement, turnaround, business plan review/development, due diligence, carve-out, integration, implementation
• Experience of short, high intensity projects with tight deadlines
• Industry experience (e.g. consumer goods, retail, TMT, chemicals, pharma, transportation and logistics, financial services, or travel and leisure)
• International exposure and experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Consulting skills with ability to gather data, perform research, execute analyses and visualise conclusions
• Communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing, to clients and teams
• Highly organised and structured, with excellent problem solving skills
• Experience at dealing with uncertainty and problem solving with incomplete data
• Team player, open-minded, possesses cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, builds good professional and personal relationships with client teams at all levels and across the firm
• Combines business sense and financial understanding with commercial capabilities
• Quickly gains comfort with content areas which are unfamiliar and drives content leadership
• Flexible to accommodate frequent travel
• Mature demeanour and positive attitude, as well as sensitivity when dealing with clients
• Fluent English speaker and writer
• Continental languages, especially Dutch, German, Italian, French, Spanish, and Arabic highly preferable to open greater opportunities to work with our international offices