Consultant - Performance Improvement (Strategic Performance Solutions)

Key Project Areas

Cost Reduction & EBITDA Improvement
Operational Transformation
Network & Footprint Optimization
Revenue & Growth
Working Capital & Cash Improvement
Performance Management & Implementation

Role Expectations

• Lead and contribute to client engagements focused on cost reduction, EBITDA improvement, SG&A optimization, and operational transformation
• Analyze financial and operational data to identify performance gaps, trends, and improvement opportunities
• Contribute to working sessions with COO/CFO and other executives, private equity sponsors, and other stakeholders
• Build financial models, scenario analysis, and KPI reporting to support strategic and operational decision-making
• Develop clear, actionable recommendations and help implement process improvements across finance and operations
• Prepare high-quality presentations, analyses, and executive-ready deliverables
• Manage workstreams and junior team members, ensuring quality execution and timely delivery
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate data-analysis, research, and data visualization
• Contribute to practice development efforts, including recruiting, training, client pitches, and thought leadership initiatives

Who We Are Looking For

• Experience 3-8 years of experience in management consulting, operational improvement, corporate strategy, or a related field
• Prior experience in strategy & operations consulting, banking, corporate strategy, private equity portfolio operations or private equity backed portfolio company
• Exposure to PE-backed companies or private credit environments is a plus
• Experience in restructuring or turnaround contexts (e.g., A&M, AlixPartners, FTI) doing performance improvement work is a plus
• Sector experience in manufacturing, business services, consumer products, industrials, healthcare, or logistics and supply chain preferred but not required

Skills & Capabilities

• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities, including advanced Excel financial modeling
• Solid understanding of operational drivers across manufacturing, logistics, services, or consumer businesses
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present clearly to senior stakeholders
• High energy, intellectual curiosity, and comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving client environments
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate data-analysis, research, and data visualization

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, Finance, Operations Management, or a related field required
• MBA or advanced degree a plus
• Leverage Lean, Six Sigma, or supply chain credentials a plus

Other

• Willingness to travel to client sites as needed based on project requirements
• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States without company sponsorship

Pay

$90,000 to $160,000 per year.

About BRG

BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-class business expertise and purpose-built emerging technologies. Our culture centers on agility and connectivity which sets us apart and gets you ahead. At BRG, our professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of real-world experience, data, and human and artificial intelligence, to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges facing organizations across the globe. Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking. When paired with our global reach and resources, our diverse perspectives and technical capabilities make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world. At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen.

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.