The Role of a Professional Business Consultant

Certified Business Consultants are engaged by individuals or groups who are considering setting up a small business enterprise or by an enterprise already in existence. The principal role is to help the establishment and expansion of innovative and sustainable businesses. 

The Certified Business Consultants work intensely with businesses to help them understand management principles and functions, providing sound advice across a range of business functional areas. They undertake specific assignments to support the business activities.
 

Key Relationships in the Role

To effectively carry out their role Business Consultants will need to develop and maintain a network of relationships. These include business owners, entrepreneurs, financial institutions, key government agencies, economic and business development agencies and industry associations.

In order to be of real value to a Business Owner, Consultants will be able to demonstrate a broad range of successful experience, knowledge and skills. In particular they will have:

• Hands-on experience in a number of business functions, for example finance, marketing, production etc.
   
• First-hand knowledge of business best practice in several areas that are directly relevant to business management, such as business operations, financial planning, legislation and compliance.
   
• A range of professional business skills that include business analysis, business planning, problem solving and risk analysis.

In addition successful Business Consultants will be able to create a client-focused environment by understanding and providing the service that the Client needs. This includes the ability to recognise personal limitations and when it is appropriate to refer issues to a more qualified resource.