Onsite Business Consultant — Operations, Business Development, & Financial Performance

Business Operations Consultant/Project Director
POSITION OVERVIEW
Work directly with privately held, owner-led businesses to materially improve operational performance, financial controls, and long-term profitability.
 
What sets Cogent Analytics apart is also the defining expectation of this role: we are a client-centric, hands-on consulting firm, and our Project Directors operate as the owner’s boots-on-the-ground co-owner and partner. 
This is not a traditional consulting role built around recommendations and presentations. Our consultants work alongside business owners and their teams to implement change, improve performance, and deliver measurable results.
Because our consultants work on-site with clients across the country, this position requires 100% domestic travel.
IMPORTANT FIT NOTE
This is not a traditional project management role.
If your experience is primarily centered on project coordination, Agile/Scrum methodologies, workflow boards, timeline management, PMO leadership, or status reporting, this position is unlikely to align with your background.
Successful Project Directors typically bring experience in one or more of the following areas:
Business ownership
Operational leadership
Consulting
P&L management
Organizational development
Change management
Process improvement
Hands-on implementation
                                                                                                                                                                                               
ROLE SUMMARY
Business Consultant Project Directors work directly alongside business owners and leadership teams to install the operational, financial, organizational, and accountability systems required to run effectively and scale sustainably. Just as critical, they coach owners and stakeholders at every level to adopt new ways of thinking, operating, and leading, ensuring changes are understood, embraced, and sustained.
 
This is hands-on, on-site transformation work that demands a roll-up-your-sleeves mindset and active leadership, not project oversight.
 
The Business Consultant leads the client relationship from initial engagement through measurable outcomes, ensuring operational and financial improvement. Key responsibilities include driving financial performance, guiding organizational change, coaching ownership and employees, and managing the full lifecycle of the consulting engagement.
 
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to succeed in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.