New York City Business Performance Improvement Consultant - 2027

New York City Business Performance Improvement Consultant (2027)

Location: New York City

About Protiviti

Protiviti’s career experience offers the opportunity to learn, shape outcomes, and grow in a collaborative, inclusive, high-performing culture. Protiviti hires curious individuals motivated by learning and driven to make an impact. By teaming with clients, consultants solve business challenges and discover and implement innovative business solutions. The mission is: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver.

Protiviti emphasizes integrity, inclusion, innovation, and a commitment to success, enabling high-quality, client-focused outcomes and supporting the vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

Position Highlights

Business Performance Improvement consultants help clients in the areas of finance, operations, people, and change. Consultants collaborate with client teams (typically among the world’s leading companies) to deliver high-quality, client-focused solutions to complex business problems.

Protiviti develops interns across the business so you can gain experience in different industries, grow technical and professional capabilities, and build leadership qualities for future success.

In this role, you can expect:

• To contribute ideas, learn through real work, and collaborate closely with others.
• To participate in Passport to Protiviti, an award-winning onboarding program.
• To attend The Consulting Challenge, an experiential learning course designed to build confidence and connections for your transition into the consulting role.
• To be part of Foundations, Protiviti’s approach to equip consultants with knowledge, skills, technical aptitude, and coaching to become future leaders.
• To experience a variety of projects designed to build capability, drive meaningful impact, and prepare you for the next career level.
• To compile and analyze data, document findings, and communicate insights that contribute to client engagements.
• To develop professional relationships grounded in trust by interacting with clients and project team personnel.
• To manage time and priorities effectively, take ownership of assignments, and contribute to collective team results.
• To receive hands-on training in a supportive, high-performance environment and interact with leaders across the practice.
• To work with Talent Managers who assign project experiences supporting career growth, skill development, and business needs.
• To engage with a network of advisors who help you navigate challenges and celebrate milestones.
• Opportunities to join committees, participate in employee network groups, and take part in social, civic, and networking activities to strengthen relationships within the firm and community.

Capability Areas

Business Performance Improvement consultants are hired into one of four areas:

• Finance Performance Management: Provides custom solutions to help finance leaders address current challenges and explore opportunities for continuous growth. Aligns people, processes, and technology to drive efficiency, productivity, and transformation—enabling change and creating value across the client organization.
• Financial Reporting Remediation & Compliance: Supports companies in navigating complex financial reporting situations to reduce risk of non-compliance and limit exposure to financial restatements and other costly non-routine situations (including restatements, mergers, and IPOs). Proactively monitors new accounting rules, alerts clients to changing requirements, and assists with complex accounting or reporting challenges.
• People & Change: Focuses on the human side of transformation by helping companies with people, talent, and skills components. Assists organizations in developing differentiated employee experiences to attract, retain, and engage talent, and enables sustained behavior changes to support large-scale initiatives.
• Supply Chain & Operations: Supports companies in driving outcomes by reducing cost, improving efficiency, reducing risk, and executing operations across complex business functions from Engineering, Source, Make, and Deliver through industry-leading practices and innovation.

Meaningful Onboarding and Training

• Meaningful onboarding
• Impactful training
• Foundational learning

Together, these experiences define the Protiviti Career—where clear expectations and meaningful support build capability, confidence, and a career you’re proud of.

Degree and Eligibility Requirements

• Degree: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Project Management, Supply Chain, or other business majors).
• Visa Status: All applicants applying for U.S. job openings need authorization to work in the United States for Protiviti without sponsorship now or in the future.
• Graduation Status: Must be within one year of final graduation at the time of internship.
• Experience solving problems using AI-powered productivity and collaboration tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, GenAI, etc.).
• Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to apply critical thinking and innovation to client engagements across various industries.
• Technical proficiency aligned to the assigned capability area.

What Makes You Successful

• Works effectively in teams and independently.
• Is creative and analytical.
• Is passionate about evaluating, synthesizing, organizing, and interpreting data and information.
• Embraces challenges with a growth mindset and contributes to meaningful outcomes.
• Seeks feedback and guidance to strengthen performance.
• Drives toward obtaining professional certifications and has a strong academic background.
• Relevant experience with specific skills:
  • A foundation in accounting and finance processes and objectives.
  • Documenting findings and sharing recommendations.
  • Entry-level knowledge of organizational operations processes and objectives.

How We Work

Protiviti practices a hybrid model that combines in-person work with purpose and remote work to support excellent work, connection, and collaboration. Requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Employees may work in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on project and client requests and commitments.

Application Process

Apply at www.protiviti.com/careers.

Compensation

• Starting salary range: $75,000 - $92,000
• Bonus target opportunity: $2,000
• Estimated total cash range: $77,000 - $94,000

Benefits (Summary)

Employees may be eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverage; FSA and HSA healthcare accounts; life and accident insurance; adoption and fertility assistance; paid parental leave up to 10 weeks; and short/long term disability. Protiviti offers a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of contributions. Paid time off includes Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time (up to 20 days per calendar year for new hires), and Protiviti recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

Job Location

NY PRO: New York City