Associate Business Consultant

Aderant is a global industry leading software company providing comprehensive business management solutions for law firms and other professional services organizations with a mission to help them run a better business. We are motivated by a collective desire to drive the legal industry to the forefront of innovation. With over 2,500 clients around the world, including 95 of the top AmLaw 100 firms, we are changing the outside perception of the legal sphere;

where there was once resistance to modernization, we are creating a culture that embraces new ideas and technology.

At Aderant, the “A” is more than just a letter. It is a representation of how we fulfill our foundational purpose, serving our clients. It embodies our core values and reminds us that to achieve success, every day must start with the “A”. We bring the “A” to life by fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and personal growth. We encourage our diverse teams to bring their whole selves to work – ideas, experience, and passion – to drive our mission forward.

Our people are our strength.

Job title

Associate Business Consultant Function Professional  Services, EMEALevel Associate Reports  to Manager, Business Consulting (EMEA)
Location United Kingdom, hybrid, with travel across EMEAContract

Permanent, full time About Aderant Aderant is a global leader in legal technology. Our software runs the business of law for many of the world’s largest and most respected law firms, covering practice management, time and billing, matter pricing and the data that partners use to run their firms. Professional Services is the team that puts that technology to work: we lead the implementation, configuration and adoption programmes that turn a software purchase into a change in how a firm operates.

The role

The Associate Business Consultant is the entry point into the business consulting career path  role exists so that we can build consulting capability deliberately rather than only buying it in: delivery discipline, client confidence, product depth and fluency with AI assisted ways of working, all developed inside live client engagements under the direction of our senior consultants and architects.

This is a structured role, not a sink or swim one. You will join with a defined 90 day ramp, a named mentor, phased chargeability expectations and clear checkpoints. The expectation is progression to Business Consultant within 18 to 24 months.

We are not looking for someone who already knows our products. We will teach you that. We are looking for someone who works to deadlines, is comfortable being in front of a client, and treats new tools as an opportunity rather than an inconvenience.

Key responsibilities

Delivery

Deliver defined configuration, data and documentation tasks on live client implementations, to agreed dates and quality standards, under the direction of the engagement architect

Build and execute test scripts, support system and user acceptance testing cycles, and manage defect logging and triage through to resolution

Produce and maintain engagement documentation: configuration workbooks, process definitions, training material and handover packs

Work to the estimates and plan dates set for each task, flagging slippage early rather than at the deadline

Record time accurately and daily, and understand how your time converts into client value and practice revenue

Client engagement

Support requirement and design workshops, initially capturing decisions and actions, progressing to facilitating discrete sessions independently

Deliver client training on defined product areas

Communicate progress, blockers and risk clearly and early to the engagement lead Represent Aderant professionally on client site and remotely, in an environment where our…