Hello,

The core responsibilities and skills are broadly similar between the two roles, however more would be expected of a consultant given the fact that they have more experience. For instance, a consultant will likely be given more independence in running their workstream, have more of a forward-facing role with clients, be tasked with mentoring more junior colleagues, and so on. A senior associate will be expected to be reaching up to those roles too, but will generally have less expected of them.

Hi there,

There is not a huge difference to be honest. A Senior associate is going to be 1-2 years away from a consultant.

The more senior you get, the more you are tasked with driving client engagements/presentations, managing your own module of work, etc. Essentially, as you progress you have more autonomy, less oversight, and more responsibility particularly in the strategic thinking + client management/comms side (but still a lot of powerpoint!)

Hi there, 

you are not leading projects yet but the difference is that as a Senior associate you will still work mostly alone, often supporting a consultant on his/her streams, you may also be taking care of a summer associate. 

As a consultant you often take care of Associates and you are responsible for a whole module in the project, support greatly the project leader and you are more exposed to the client interactions. 

Lucie

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