Hi , Can anyone please let me know the designation "Associate Consultant " in Advisory (Management Consulting) is equivalent to what ? This role is in IT Advisory .and what is the hierarchy in IT Advisory ? Please help !Thanks and Rrgards ,Ashish

Isn't an associate usually an external freelancer who often works closely with the firm on agreed commercial terms? Might be different in some firms though so not sure about big 4

Thanks for the response .But , I dont think its external freelancer . Its on permament role in KPMG .

That's usually (for a perm hire) an Analyst or Consultant level position, and one more usually associated with Audit and Assurance than Advisory..What's your current experience level? That should clarify this.

Hi , I am having experience of 3.9 years in IT and I have been offered a role Associate Consultant in IT Adisory (Management Consulting) .Thanks and Regards ,Ashish .

ok sounds to me like they have offered you a consultant level role, ie one layer above analyst which would be about right.

Its a analyst / consultant role but probably at the higher end of the grade, typically consultants grade are whose with 1 - 3 years of experience.Then you have senior consultant, manager, senior manager, director and partner.

I do not think so. In KPMG, you have analyst as the lower end level of the hierarchy. Then you have Associate Consultant and then Consultant. KPMG do not have Sr. Consultant profile and therefore, you move to Assistant Manager right after Consultant. Therefore, an Associate Consultant in KPMG is similar to Consultant in Deloitte.