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.

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

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.

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.

• Deliver measurable and sustainable client results reflected in improved profitability, cash flow, operational efficiency, organizational effectiveness, and overall business performance.
• Assess business operations and identify opportunities to improve processes, financial controls, accountability systems, organizational structure, and operational performance.
• Develop, implement, train, and evaluate solutions that address client challenges and create lasting operational and financial improvements.
• Work directly with business owners and leadership teams to implement change and improve operational execution.
• Coach owners, managers, and employees through organizational change while building alignment and accountability.
• Lead consulting engagements from implementation through measurable outcomes while maintaining strong client relationships.
• Communicate clearly and consistently with the assigned Assistant Director or Senior Project Director throughout the engagement.
• Document project activities, recommendations, progress, and outcomes accurately and in a timely manner.

• Ability and willingness to travel nationally to client sites (100% travel required; typical travel schedule is Sunday evening through Friday afternoon, approximately 46 weeks per year).
• Must possess a valid state‑issued driver's license, maintain current automobile insurance, and be able to independently rent and operate a vehicle for business travel.
• Authorized to work in the United States.
• Minimum of five years of consulting, operational leadership, business ownership, or…