Technology and Systems Consulting Firms
• American Management Systems
• Accenture • BearingPoint • Cap Gemini Ernst &
Young • CSC • EDS • IBM • PeopleSoft • Oracle • SAP
Topics for discussion
▪ Overview of consulting industry
– Consulting Industry landscape – Key trends in consulting
▪ Organization of consulting firms and career paths
▪ Overview of consulting industry
– Consulting Industry landscape – Key trends in consulting
▪ Organization of consulting firms and career paths
– Matrix structure – Levels, roles, career paths and expectations
▪ Questions and Answers
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Types of consulting firms
Elite Management Consulting Firms
• Accenture • AT Kearney • Bain & Co. • Booz Allen Hamilton • BCG • Mercer • McKinsey • Monitor
▪ Recruiting Process
– Current trends impacting recruiting process – Key requirements of a candidate – Recruiting process and the case interview
IBM EDS CSC Deloitte
CGE&Y Accenture BearingPoint
Deloitte & Touche PWC Ernest & Young KPMG
Breadth of Offering
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Key industry trends
Key Trends
▪ Significant consolidation of major players in industry
– Matrix structure – Levels, roles, career paths and expectations
▪ Recruiting Process
– Current trends impacting recruiting process – Key requirements of a candidate – Recruiting process and the case interview
Big Four- Affiliated Consulting Firms
• BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting)
• Deloitte & Touch/ Deloitte Consulting
• Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
• KPMG • Ernst & Young • Pricewaterhousecoopers
▪ Consulting firms’ cost structure has changed to support separate infrastructure
▪ Opportunities to exist in audit firms
▪ Increased focus on quarterly profitability
▪ Increased emphasis by clients of “experienced” consultants (especially in industry)
Implications
▪ Overcapacity of consultants and support staff/ less choices
▪ Firms are expanding their offerings/ jobs are more difficult to find
▪ Increased need to have existing industry or consulting experience
4Leabharlann Topics for discussion
▪ Spin-off of consulting from major Audit Firms
▪ Rebuilding of consulting capability within Big Four
▪ Increase in public consulting firms
▪ Softness throughout industry, especially in technology and pure strategy
• The Hay Group • Hewitt • Mercer • Towers Perrin
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Consulting industry landscape
Strategy Firms
Strategy vs. Technology
McKinsey BCG Bain & Co Booz Allen Mercer.
Opportunity Space
BearingPoint
IBM Cap Gemini EDS Experio CSC Accenture
Size
Systems Integrators
Size vs. Breath of Offerings
McKinsey BCG Bain & Co Booz Allen Mercer.
Boutique Consulting Firms
• Cornerstone Research • Gartner Group • Frank Lynne and
Associates • OceanTomo
HR Consulting Firms
• Accenture (Change Management)