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Management consultant CV example

A consultancy reads your CV for the problems you have been brought in to solve and what changed because of your work.

Name the kinds of client, show how you found the facts, give each project a number, and show that you stayed to help put the plan in place. This example is a senior consultant applying for a manager role.

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Ravi Menon
Senior Consultant
London · 07700 900274 · [email protected] · linkedin.com/in/ravi-menon-example

Profile

Management consultant with six years at a mid-sized consultancy, the last three leading workstreams on operations and cost reviews for NHS trusts, councils and retailers. Interviews staff and customers, models the options in Excel and presents recommendations to boards, then stays to help put them in place. Looking for a manager role in an operations or public sector practice.

Experience

Senior Consultant, Calderbrook Consulting, London 2023–present

Lead workstreams of two to four consultants on reviews of 8 to 16 weeks, for 11 clients so far.

Interviewed 60 ward, pharmacy and transport staff for an NHS trust’s discharge review and mapped each step from the decision to discharge to the patient leaving.

Built an Excel model of bed days and staffing that showed £1.4 million a year of savings; the trust adopted four of our six recommendations.

Present findings and options to client boards and write the final reports.

Spent six months with a council’s waste service while it brought in a new rota, tracking missed collections each week; they fell by a third.

Analyst, then Consultant, Calderbrook Consulting, London 2020–2023

Collected and analysed sales, stock and staffing data for retail and logistics clients in Excel, SQL and Power BI.

Wrote the survey and analysed 2,300 customer responses for a garden centre chain’s review of its store formats.

Operations Graduate, Pemberton Home Retail, Milton Keynes 2018–2020

Education

BSc (Hons) Economics, 2:1, Aldermoor University 2015–2018

A levels: Maths A, Economics A, Geography B, Northfield Sixth Form College 2015

Skills

Interviews, workshops and surveys

Process mapping

Excel modelling, SQL and Power BI

Board papers and presentations

Working with client teams through a change

Managing a workstream and its budget

Additional information

Member of the Institute of Consulting. Conversational Spanish. Full UK driving licence; happy to travel and to stay away during the week.

Fictional example for a management consultant. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What consultancies and strategy teams look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Speak to staff, managers and customers to understand issues60 staff interviews for an NHS trust; 2,300 customer survey responses
Collect and analyse data to pinpoint areas for improvementSales, stock and staffing data in Excel, SQL and Power BI
Create computer models to test possible business solutionsExcel model of bed days and staffing: £1.4 million a year
Prepare reports and present recommendations to the clientFindings and options presented to client boards; final reports
Support businesses as they put plans into actionSix months with a council’s waste service as its new rota went in

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a management consultant. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Average pay: £27,000 a year for a starter and £60,000 for an experienced management consultant, working 37 to 42 hours a week (National Careers Service, checked 17 October 2026).

Facts checked against National Careers Service: Management consultant on .

Skills to list for this job

The skills the National Careers Service lists for a management consultant, in CV wording. Put down only the ones you can show, each with where you used it.

  • Clear spoken communication
  • Business management
  • Analytical thinking
  • Flexible and open to change
  • Using initiative
  • Customer service
  • Judgement and decision-making
  • Working well with others
  • Thorough understanding of computer systems and applications
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From the National Careers Service profile, checked 17 October 2026.

A profile if you are starting out

This CV's profile is written for someone with experience. Here is the same job at the other level: copy it, or open it in the editor with this CV and write over it.

Economics graduate looking for a first analyst role in a consultancy. A summer internship with a council’s transformation team, a final-year project modelling a bus company’s routes, and two years as a shift leader in a supermarket. Confident with Excel, SQL and presenting to a room.
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Inside this example
  • Profile: 59 words here
  • Experience: 165 words here
  • Education: 20 words here
  • Skills: 29 words here
  • Additional information: 22 words here

How to write yours

01

Name the clients’ problems

Say which kinds of client you have worked for and what you were brought in to fix: costs, waiting times, a new service.

02

Give every project a number

The size of the review, the saving or change you found, and what the client did with it.

03

Show you stay for the change

Firms want consultants who help put a plan in place, not only write it. Give that its own line.

04

Describe clients you cannot name

If your contract keeps a client confidential, describe it instead, as this CV does with “an NHS trust”.

Questions about a management consultant CV

Which degree suits a management consultant?

You could do a degree or postgraduate qualification in business studies, finance, maths, science or management, and a postgraduate qualification like an MBA may also be helpful (National Careers Service). Give your degree with its class and year.

Can I become a consultant through an apprenticeship?

You could apply for a Junior Management Consultant Level 4 Higher Apprenticeship or a Chartered Manager Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship, which take between 2 and 4 years (National Careers Service). List yours under Education with the year you finished or expect to.

Can I move into consulting from another job?

You can apply directly if you have relevant experience in business management or finance, human resources, project management or IT (National Careers Service). Lead with the projects from that work that look most like consulting: a problem, the facts you found and what changed.

What do graduate schemes look for on a consulting CV?

Competition for graduate places is strong, so it may help to have a good degree, evidence of analytical, planning and communication skills, and work experience from placements, internships or temporary jobs (National Careers Service). Give each its own line with a result.

Should I list the Institute of Consulting or a language?

You can join the Institute of Consulting for career support and professional development, and foreign language skills could be useful because many firms work with international clients (National Careers Service). Put both under Additional information.

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