Senior Consultant, Business Performance

Senior Consultant — MAC Consulting

Focus: Mining | Manufacturing | Financial Services

Experience: 3–5 years (strong preference for consulting background)

MAC Consulting is hiring a Senior Consultant with strong analytical capability to deliver high-impact client work across mining, manufacturing or financial services. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, building robust models, and turning data into clear recommendations and high-quality client deliverables.

What you will do

1. Deliver analytics-led workstreams across strategy, operational improvement, and performance diagnostics.

2. Build and review complex models and analyses, including scenarios, value cases, and implementation tracking.

3. Translate data into practical insights and implementable recommendations.

4. Produce client-ready outputs (Excel models, slide decks, dashboards, and concise written packs).

5. Support engagement leads with structured problem solving, work planning, and quality assurance.

6. Contribute to proposals, including analytical approach design and workplans.

Requirements

What we are looking for

1. 3–5 years’ experience, ideally in management consulting (or a similar delivery-focused, problem-solving environment).

2. Strong quantitative and structured problem-solving skills, with the ability to clearly explain assumptions and logic.

3. Proven ability to deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines.

Technical requirements (critical)

1. Advanced Excel (complex modelling, scenario analysis; Power Query is an advantage).

2. Python for analytics and automation (for example pandas, NumPy, data cleaning, reproducible analysis).

Advantageous skills and experience

1. Power BI (data modelling and dashboarding).

2. SQL and experience working with large operational or financial datasets.

1. Experience in one or more of: Mining (operations, engineering, maintenance, supply chain analytics)

2. Manufacturing (performance improvement, OEE, throughput, quality, cost)

3. Financial services (process optimisation, productivity, controls, operating model)

Benefits

Why MAC Consulting?

1. Impact: Transform industries that matter to South Africa’s economy

2. Growth: Career advancement from technical expert to trusted client leader

3. Learning: Exposure to diverse industries and complex business challenges

4. Balance: Hybrid working with 50 - 60% travel

5. Purpose: Build sustainable operational excellence across Africa

6. Culture: Collaborative, high-performance environment

7. Network: Build relationships with industry leaders and decision-makers