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

Onsite Business Consultant role in Atlanta, GA (onsite) focused on improving operations, financial controls, and profitability for owner-led private businesses, with 100% domestic travel.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage the client relationship from initial engagement to measurable outcomes, ensuring operational and financial improvements.
• Deliver quantifiable value for clients reflected in the income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and overall quality of life improvements.
• Oversee the scoping and communication of work to be completed on behalf of the client.
• Maintain clear and concise communication with the assigned Assistant Director or Senior Project Director.
• Perform hands-on, on-site transformation work that requires a practical, roll-up-your-sleeves leadership approach.
• Drive enhancements to financial performance across engagements.
• Guide organizational change initiatives within client organizations.
• Coach owners and employees to adopt new ways of thinking, operating, and leading.
• Manage the full lifecycle of the consulting engagement from start to finish.
• Support owners and stakeholders at all levels to ensure changes are understood, embraced, and sustained.

Requirements

• Ability to travel onsite with clients (100% travel requirement).
• Authorized to work in the United States.
• Minimum of five years of consulting experience with a proven track record of delivering value for clients.
• Administrative duties completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ability to communicate in English, both written and verbal.
• Valid state-issued driver’s license and current auto insurance.
• Advanced computer skills (Microsoft Suite, financial software, dashboards, CRMs, and PM software).

Technologies

• Microsoft Suite
• Financial software
• Dashboards
• CRM software
• PM software

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits after transitioning to full-time W-2 employment.
• Travel is covered by the company.

Cultural Expectations

• Cogent Analytics strives to always put our clients first, choosing to do what is in their best interest even if that choice may not be the easy or popular path.
• Cogent Analytics maintains the highest professional standards and pledges to operate with integrity and honesty in all that we endeavor to do.
• We believe in a collaborative environment between the administrative staff, Leadership (AD and MD), and Project Directors.
• We understand and embrace the Obligation to Challenge, realizing that the status quo can be improved upon based on our unique and diverse capabilities and insights.
• We embrace diversity, realizing the benefit of working together and sharing individual exceptional insights with the group. Through these insights discovered in the pursuit of solving problems, we will improve results both for our clients and ourselves.

All New Project Directors Begin on a 1099 Contractor Basis for a Minimum of 90 Days

• This serves as a mutual evaluation period.
• Upon successful completion, you will have the opportunity for review to transition into a full-time W-2 employee role with comprehensive benefits.
• Compensation is based on billable client work, with significant earning potential tied directly to performance and project engagement.
• Travel is covered by the company.

ZR

• We may use artificial intelligence tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses.
• These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment.
• If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.