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Business advisor requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in business advisor job postings.
Sample business advisor requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in a business advisory role.
  • Knowledge of financial and accounting principles.
  • Proficient in spreadsheet, presentation and word processing software.
  • Knowledge of business process improvement techniques.
Sample required business advisor soft skills
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision.

Business advisor job description example 1

Workday business advisor job description

Do what you love. Love what you do.
At Workday, we help the world's largest organizations adapt to what's next by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. We work hard, and we're serious about what we do. But we like to have fun, too. We put people first, celebrate diversity, drive innovation, and do good in the communities where we live and work.

About the Team
Workday is forming a high-performance Revenue Operations organization to steer us toward our goal of growing from $4B to $10B in revenue. The Business Insights Advisory Team is a key player in fuelling this growth by empowering their business partners to make more informed decisions, helping drive actions from insights, and ensuring they are getting maximum value from our broader Analytics organization.

About the Role

As a BI advisor you will combine your passion for analytics and problem solving as you help teams to drive long term revenue growth. Key responsibilities will be analysing business performance and Go-To-Market strategy changes, supporting annual planning, and delivering new insights to leadership. This role will provide the creativity to tackle problems and find new ways to help sales leadership understand the dynamics of their business.

You proactively serve up insights from BI solutions along with interpretation and recommendations to drive-long term business growth. In addition, you will provide recommendations for new analytics and dashboards to further strengthen our analytics infrastructure.

We have a fantastic team culture that blends fun with high performance and professional development and career growth! We are looking for someone who is energised by collaborating with others and is a strategic problem solver who can interpret data to help the organization make better decisions.

About You

8+ Years experience in Sales or Marketing Analytics/Operations or FinanceStrong data/business analysis experience ideally in the B2B space Excellent problem solving and analytical reasoning skills Proven experience in evaluating business cases, program effectiveness and/or investment decisions Strong interpersonal, presentation, and relationship building skills Problem-solver capable of translating issues into simple terms to facilitate discussions and decisions.Interact effectively across all levels of the organization Takes initiative and pursue challenges with passion

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!
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Business advisor job description example 2

Reveal Group business advisor job description

Transforming the Status Quo...One Supply Chain at a time…

We provide a unique combination of skills and expertise to transform organizations and optimize the performance of their business. Unlike traditional consultants, we do not simply interview clients' employees; instead, we take a data-centric approach to interrogate their SAP systems. After optimizing their business, we educate our clients on how to sustain the transformation we catalyze.

Do you have a passion for SAP?

Do you get energized by making a difference in people's lives? At Reveal, you will convert your passions and your experience into engines of change! In turn, this change will generate quantifiable value to clients. You will have a hand in shaping our clients to become an everyday hero who delivers on their promise to their customers around the world. As an international advisory firm, Reveal helps companies fulfill their promises to deliver the right products, at the right place, at the right time. We bring a rare comprehensive and proprietary consultative and educational approach. After working with Reveal, clients are able to take a breath knowing their tools are finally working for them. Whether the client is delivering food to the hungry or deploying supplies to our military, Reveal helps them do so in an optimized and sustainable way.

You can be a part of the lasting impact at Reveal's clients and the incredible growth trajectory of the Reveal team. Led by knowledgeable practitioners (read: people who “get it”), the team is one you can learn from - and grow with - along the way. Dedicated to giving back to the community, including paid “giveback” days, you can tell that when you're part of Reveal you're part of something bigger than yourself.

Qualifications

A successful Advisor would have started their career in a supply chain role (Materials Planner, Procurement Specialists, Inventory Managers, etc.) for a company that used SAP, so they have knowledge of how SAP works for the business. Next, our Advisors have very strong configuration experience and have been on several projects and environments so they have vast experience within Materials Management (MM). They will be responsible for educating and guiding our clients on MRP, exception monitoring, LIS, and other standard SAP ECC Best Practices in the client's environment.
Business SkillsMust possess a passion for standing up in front of a group of people and educating them on how SAP works in a business role Advanced understanding of supply chain principles (best practices) in an SAP environment Proven experience with change management at all organizational levels Effective facilitation skills that leads to team buy-in and sustainability with the client The ability to challenge teams (internal and external) and hold people accountable Strong Excel and PowerPoint skill
Soft SkillsMust be personable and confident and be able to leverage and navigate relationships strategically Advocate for customer, ensuring customer is obtaining support they require Should quickly connect with people and be able to coach clients and teams to success Must have strong problem-solving skills and be able to respond to situations with a sense of urgency Ability to handle change and make mid-course corrections when needed
SAP Experience10 years' experience with SAP MM configuration (Purchasing, Inventory Management, Material Master, LIS, Logistics and MRP) Extensive and in-depth functional knowledge, along with knowledge of SAP with a good amount of implementation and delivery experience Experienced with IMG configuration Experienced with SAP change control processes and procedures (CTS) Experienced with SAP best practices Experienced with one of more; SAP ASAP methodology, agile methods, ITIL, Solution Manager or other project management tools SAP certification a plus
Reveal is a business advisory company that educates SAP-centric supply chain-driven businesses to transform how SAP is used. Through our proprietary ongoing VALUE optimization (oVo ) methodology, we combine wisdom, business smarts, technical expertise, and artful precision to uncover exciting opportunities in clients' supply chains. Our approach is to assess the opportunity, and then transform the people, processes, and technologies to ensure a sustainable organization. Not only are we SAP business partners, we are members of the SAP Partner Advisory Council for Innovation.

Reveal offers its full-time employees generous compensation and a robust benefits package that includes: medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; 401(k); Unlimited PTO, including time to volunteer in your community; a bonus structure; professional development reimbursement; cell phone allowance, airport lounge membership.

Reveal is an equal opportunity employer.

“When I was interviewing with Reveal I considered myself a Supply Chain and SAP guru. When they started showing me their oVo methodology, they had me surprised; I've learned a great deal. Here you must bring your A-game as a supply chain SME!” - Reveal Employee
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Business advisor job description example 3

Key Services Inc business advisor job description

We are looking for a knowledge Consultant to join our growing Commercial team. At 3E, we are on a mission to establish a safer world! Our award-winning solutions have helped customers to ensure safety, compliance, and sustainability for 35 years. With recent incremental capital investment and a new leadership mandate, we are on a path to accelerating growth and significantly expanding the breadth and depth of our customer relationships.

What's in for you? In this position, you have an opportunity to help uncover and solve our customers complex regulatory problems in Chemicals, Pharma, Oil & Gas, Food & Beverage, Retail, and Consumer Products segments. In addition to competitive salary and bonus, you will have access to our benefits package, which includes: 401(k), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Vision Insurance, Disability Insurance, Paid time off, Paid Holidays, and Maternity and Paternity Leave, and much more!
Strengthen 3E's relationships with our existing clients:

Partner with Account Managers to unlock business value potential of 3E products within the Enterprise book of business. Drive product adoption and usage growth.

Guide Business Development and Solutions Engineers to successfully navigate client's org and regulatory landscape during new sales and cross-sell sales process. Serve as regulatory, EH&S SME and guide solution design.

Serve as an industry expert and assist in analyzing a client's business needs, challenges and objectives to design relevant solution/service package that enables client's business performance.

Execute and Deliver on Consulting Engagements

Manage successful execution of Consulting engagements; help clients manage regulatory requirements and design end to end solutions to drive desired business objectives.

Prioritize 3E's Consulting Engagements as it relates to opportunity size. Assist in RFI/RFP/SoW preparation.

Structure Process Auditing processes as part of Consulting engagements. Complete pre-assessments, stakeholder interviews, and gap analysis as it relates to our clients processes and product compliance/stewardship workflows

Create and manage project plan with various internal and external stakeholders.

Go to Market responsibilities:

Proactively stay abreast of latest major global chemical regulatory updates.

Influence our product roadmap and go to market strategy by sharing client feedback with our Commercial leaders and Product teams.

Create and maintain industry point-of-view presentations and client-facing collateral.

Attend industry events and tradeshows. Publicly represent and promote 3E's industry expertise on relevant topics.
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Updated March 14, 2024

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