Below is our list of the best Vault Top 50 Consulting Firms Right Now to work for.

1 – 25

#1
Bain & Company
Arguably the most employee-focused of the Big 3 strategy players, Bain is a name that will open doors for the rest of your career. That’s if you’re interested in leaving, of course: the firm invests a lot of time and energy in training and development, with the goal of growing its future leaders from within. Couple that with a glittering client roster and top-of-the-market compensation, and it’s easy to make a case for staying at Bain for the long term.

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SCORE 9.3832022 Ranking
#1

Bain & Company
#2
Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group is the second largest consulting firm by revenue and consistently ranks high in our top consulting firms. The firm’s diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise to organizations, helping them to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. Purpose-driven, the firm strives to drive lasting impact for its employees, clients, and society. “You will be challenged… and rewarded,” say insiders.

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SCORE 9.2422022 Ranking
#3

Boston Consulting Group
#3
McKinsey & Company
McKinsey consultants work in collaborative teams, have opportunities to make meaningful impact, and engage in challenges to stretch their abilities and further their expertise. McKinsey provides a culture that is distinctive and inclusive, focused on a personalized, flexible, dynamic environment that delivers high-performing and sustainable results. The firm is creating conditions for its colleagues to author their own journey and advance based on individual skills and impact.

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SCORE 9.0852022 Ranking
#2

McKinsey & Company
#4
EY-Parthenon
EY-Parthenon—the strategy consulting arm of professional services giant EY—is one of the largest global strategy consultancies, with more than 700 offices worldwide. By harnessing the infrastructure of its parent organization and its international network of talented professionals, EY-Parthenon offers a near-unparalleled learning experience for jobseekers looking to deepen their expertise while expanding their skillsets.

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SCORE 8.2772022 Ranking
#5

EY-Parthenon
#5
The Bridgespan Group
Formed as a social sector-focused offshoot of Bain, The Bridgespan Group has emerged as the leading provider of services in its field. And with good reason: top talent from both the consulting and nonprofit worlds beat a path to Bridgespan’s door every year, hoping to join its ranks. While it can’t take them all, it does ensure that the firm continues to go from strength to strength.

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SCORE 7.9972022 Ranking
#4

The Bridgespan Group
#6
ghSMART
CEOs seek ghSMART’s advice for their most high-stake leadership challenges. And often, ghSMART’s clients see them as the most influential professional relationships they have. Those who aspire to be a trusted advisor to CEOs, Boards and Investors of the world and are equipped with experience at one of the big three strategy firms or a PhD in Psychology should take a closer look at ghSMART.

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SCORE 7.9592022 Ranking
#15

ghSMART
#7
Kearney
Kearney is one of the original global management consulting firms that has long specialized in operations and supports clients through large transformations.<span> </span>The firm works with more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, as well as governmental and nonprofit organizations. A solidly midsize firm with a strong international reputation, Kearney is poised to offer consultants the best of both worlds: the flexibility and opportunities for exposure of a boutique supported by the infrastructure of a much larger firm. The result is a great balance of collaboration of independence—the benefits of scale with the ability to individualize.

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SCORE 7.7972022 Ranking
#8

Kearney
#8
L.E.K. Consulting
L.E.K. Consulting is a global management consultancy with clients ranging from small startups to major private equity firms. Headquartered in Boston, the firm’s reach spans four continents, touching almost every major market around the globe. That—coupled with deep industry expertise across a breadth of clients and capabilities—creates a wealth of “big firm”-like opportunities at a relatively midsize firm that can offer its employees a more personalized experience than some of its larger competitors.

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SCORE 7.7722022 Ranking
#9

L.E.K. Consulting
#9
Analysis Group
As a hub for economic and litigation consulting specialists, Analysis Group is a rare creature in the consulting world: a firm that is all but immune to the vagaries of the business cycle. As long as there is a need to estimate economic losses and damages and conduct statistical analyses (among other things), there will be a demand for Analysis Group’s services. As a result, it maintains a very stable employee base and recruits at all levels of educational attainment, from those fresh out of undergrad to Ph.D. holders—provided, of course, that you have the analytical chops to cut it!

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SCORE 7.7302022 Ranking
#21

Analysis Group
#10
Alvarez & Marsal
A company that is best known for turnaround and end-of-life services for failing companies, as well as a thriving M&amp;A practice, A&amp;M is perfectly positioned to prosper during uncertain times. Among consultants, its lucrative bonus model makes it a top choice for mid-career switches, as this is a firm with a LOT of upside come bonus season.

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SCORE 7.7212022 Ranking
#13

Alvarez & Marsal

#11
Putnam
Beyond Putnam’s commitment and expertise to revolutionizing life sciences consulting is a determination to “bring out the best in each other.” Putnam’s commitment to development makes it a great choice for anybody looking to acquire practical knowledge of the industry by training alongside an enthusiastic team of like minded professionals while delivering exceptional value to clients.

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SCORE 7.7182022 Ranking
#10

Putnam
#12
PwC Advisory/Strategy&
PwC Consulting Services integrates functional knowledge across the globe to help clients address their most challenging business problems. The firm has the opportunities, mentorship and technology to help take your career to the next level. Becoming a consultant at PwC will allow you to develop deeper expertise in your area of focus and establish yourself as a leader.

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SCORE 7.6912022 Ranking
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PwC Advisory/Strategy&
#13
Roland Berger
As the first consultancy native to Europe to expand internationally, Roland Berger’s identity is deeply entwined with the concept of global community. The firm operates on the idea that businesses must focus on the long play: sustainable economic, environmental, and social change on a global scale instead. Jobseekers who lead with heart and future-forward priorities should seek out a firm working actively to bring meaning to the consulting industry.

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SCORE 7.6782022 Ranking
#14

Roland Berger
#14
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Deloitte is a global provider of audit, tax, risk and financial advisory, and consulting. Services include everything from technology transformation and implementation to corporate strategy; marketing and sales growth solutions (also known as Deloitte Digital); mergers and acquisitions; human capital change management; manufacturing operations including supply chain; financial management; and sustainability, climate, and equity solutions.

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SCORE 7.6712022 Ranking
#11

Deloitte Consulting LLP
#15
The Cambridge Group, LLC
The Cambridge Group is a boutique strategy consulting firm that helps clients identify profitable new growth opportunities, optimize portfolios of products or services, unearth breakthrough innovation, reinvent categories, enhance brand equity, and optimize pricing. Services include mergers and acquisitions, corporate and business unit strategy, go-to-market activation, digital strategy, marketing strategy, innovation and design and pricing and promotion.

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SCORE 7.6612022 Ranking
#12

The Cambridge Group, LLC
#16
Cornerstone Research
Cornerstone Research occupies a rare niche in the consulting world as a firm that specializes in<br />economic and financial analysis for law firm clients. As a Cornerstone Research consultant, you provide support for expert testimony in commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings—this allows consultants to work closely with experts in diverse fields. While much of the financial work mirrors what you’d find at traditional economic consultancies, it’s the intersection of the legal and consulting worlds that makes Cornerstone Research an exciting and enriching opportunity.

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SCORE 7.5692022 Ranking
#18

Cornerstone Research
#17
The Keystone Group
The Keystone Group provides services related to growth strategy, operational improvement, turnaround, and M&amp;A, across a wide range of industries. Beyond its consulting work, the firm is also committed to giving back in its communities, while also hosting a firm-wide bi-annual service trip to build homes for families in need.

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SCORE 7.5422022 Ranking
#16

The Keystone Group
#18
Publicis Sapient
Publicis Sapient is a digital consulting firm that specializes in digital business transformation for clients across a wide range of industries. Insiders love its reach, rapid career progress, and the ability to work on challenging projects for interesting clients.

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SCORE 7.5082022 Ranking
#43

Publicis Sapient
#19
Simon-Kucher
Simon-Kucher is a global pricing, sales &amp; marketing consultancy. Growth is at the center of everything Simon-Kucher does. As a consulting partner, the firm harnesses its people’s specialized, state-of-the-art monetization skills to sustainably grow clients’ profitability. As an employer, Simon-Kucher invests heavily in growing its people’s skills and providing myriad development opportunities.

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SCORE 7.4842022 Ranking
#26

Simon-Kucher
#20
Kaiser Associates
Kaiser Associates is a global growth consulting firm with deep expertise across six practice areas. Since inception in 1981, the firm has grown substantially while continuing to stay to true to its founding ethos of ‘fact-based’ strategy. The firm’s global client portfolio, collegial community, and opportunities for rapid advancement make Kaiser a great place to work.

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SCORE 7.4362022 Ranking
#27

Kaiser Associates

#21
Back Bay Life Science Advisors
“The culture at Back Bay is one like I have never experienced in my professional career; the willingness to support one another as well as the opportunity to grow professionally and personally is one that truly sets Back Bay apart as the premier life science strategy and transaction advisory firm.”Back Bay Life Science Advisors is a multiyear top-ranked boutique consultancy offering a unique mix of life science consulting and investment banking—an intersection that appears to be proving particularly lucrative, judging by the firm’s recent growth rates. Back Bay’s company culture is dedicated to long-term support for both for client relationships and career development. “The firm continues to outpace its peers in size and impressively ‘punches above its weight’ with respect to clients and impact,” is the overall sentiment.

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SCORE 7.3602022 Ranking
#24

Back Bay Life Science Advisors
#22
ClearView Healthcare Partners
ClearView is a boutique consulting firm in the life sciences field. The firm recently opened two new offices in Europe, formalizing its global footprint and underlining its experience across a variety of therapeutic areas and technologies. ClearView supports strategic decision-making and growth at the product, franchise, or corporate level across pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and diagnostics. ClearView’s clients include a broad range of operating companies in the life sciences, from medical device and pharmaceutical companies to investors in the life sciences fields.

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SCORE 7.3522022 Ranking
#17

ClearView Healthcare Partners
#23
Arthur D. Little
It may boast the oldest name in consulting, but Arthur D. Little is a firm that feels fresh and vital, with a growing footprint in every major global market. While its work product and client list rival the biggest consulting shops, ADL’s focus on retaining and developing employees for long-term careers sets it apart as an employer and seems set to equip it for success in the years ahead.

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SCORE 7.3252022 Ranking
#19

Arthur D. Little
#24
The Brattle Group
The Brattle Group answers complex economic, regulatory, and financial questions for corporations, law firms, and governments around the world. The firm serves numerous focus areas and industries, including energy, financial institutions, IT, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, sports, telecom, and media. In addition, they offer expert testimony and are known for the credibility of their experts, which include leading international academics and industry specialists.

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SCORE 7.2952022 Ranking
#37

The Brattle Group
#25
OC&C Strategy Consultants
OC&amp;C Strategy Consultants is an international consulting firm that advises management of major multinational corporations and leading national companies, as well as governmental and other public institutions. OC&amp;C also supports world-renowned private equity firms in areas including potential investment scoping, vendor and buyer due diligence, and post-acquisition strategy. The firm brings a deep knowledge of sectors and the churn of demand to their work with clients.

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SCORE 7.2812022 Ranking
#23

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OC&C Strategy Consultants
#26
The Chartis Group
Chartis provides comprehensive advisory services to the healthcare industry. Chartis combines human experience and judgment with cutting-edge data, analytics and technology to bring a depth of expertise in strategic planning, performance excellence, informatics, and technology and health analytics, clinical quality and safety, and health equity to achieve transformative results. Clients include leading academic medical centers, integrated delivery networks, children’s hospitals, healthcare service organizations, payers, and private equity firms.

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SCORE 7.2802022 Ranking
#35

The Chartis Group
#27
Kenway Consulting
Kenway Consulting specializes in technology solution delivery, enterprise program leadership, and information insight. In keeping with their vision “to transform business by doing what is right,” their stated focus is helping businesses achieve their objectives through the enablement / enhancement of process and technology … by providing clients the right skills at the right time in the right volume for the right duration, resulting in the best possible solution for the lowest cost. The “doing what is right” vision permeates the company culture; the firm is often included at the top of the ranks of best companies for work-life balance.

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SCORE 7.2622022 Ranking
#40

Kenway Consulting
#28
Eagle Hill Consulting
Eagle Hill is a family-run, woman-owned firm. The firm prides itself on “unconventional consulting”: an outside-the-box, “living lab” approach to client engagement. Innovative ideas and creative solutions are tested out within the firm before being brought to market, which puts people at the heart of the process and measures the real impact of business strategies before they are proposed to clients. The result is a sandbox working environment that encourages boldness and experimentation.

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SCORE 7.2172022 Ranking
#24

Eagle Hill Consulting
#29
Altman Solon
Altman Solon has a track record of successful consulting projects for its clients in various TMT sectors, including telecommunications, media and entertainment, internet, software and IT services, and technology-enabled services.

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SCORE 7.2132022 Ranking
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Altman Solon
#30
Charles River Associates
A storied name in the consulting industry, Charles River Associates provides specialist economic, financial, and management consulting services. Clients engage CRA for their litigation- and regulatory-related cases, as well as for its strategic advice and problem-solving capabilities.

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SCORE 7.2122022 Ranking
#22

Charles River Associates

#31
Bates White Economic Consulting
With a strong reputation in economic and litigation consulting, Bates White is almost immune from the vagaries of the business cycle—a fact that has stood it in good stead over the past few years. Among consultants, the word most often used to describe the firm is “academic”—something that connotes both the type of work it does, and the fact that many of its senior employees are recruited directly out of PhD programs at top colleges. Known for training and development, this is a firm that will appeal to anyone seeking a top-tier economic consulting career.

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SCORE 7.2052022 Ranking
#34

Bates White Economic Consulting
#32
Keystone Strategy
Keystone provides strategy and economics consulting to global brands and law firms. A firm where an entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to collaborate with peers goes a long way, Keystone’s expertise is in strategy, economics, data analysis, product development, intellectual property, and antitrust. The firm works with an array of Fortune 50 technology companies as well as global consumer brands, including Amazon, Facebook, GE, Intel, Roche, Microsoft, Oracle, and Yeti, among others, and has development options aplenty for consultants.

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SCORE 7.2032022 Ranking
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Keystone Strategy
#33
Blue Matter Consulting
A growing life sciences firm, Blue Matter has literally gone from a single office to a global boutique in under a decade. This impressive growth has brought a number of consultants along for the ride, creating leadership opportunities for those with an entrepreneurial mindset. Post-pandemic, quality of life issues—particularly those related to travel—will be something to watch; this firm is clearly going places, which means consultants may be expected to as well!

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SCORE 7.1892022 Ranking
#45

Blue Matter Consulting
#34
DeciBio Consulting, LLC
An agile life sciences consultancy that is far into its growth stage, DeciBio offers employees the excitement and challenge of a startup environment merged with the deep content knowledge and ample, hands-on learning opportunities of a much older and larger consulting firm. The scrappy, entrepreneurial spirit of the firm bodes well for candidates who are self-directed, self-motivated, and intellectually curious. DeciBio is truly a “chart-your-own-path” boutique.

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SCORE 7.1842022 Ranking
#30

DeciBio Consulting, LLC
#35
Health Advances
You don’t have to be a medical professional to advance the healthcare industry. Those passionate about technology and business strategy will find Health Advances an enriching way to make a difference in people’s lives. By specializing exclusively in healthcare, Health Advances has developed a … well … advanced level of expertise and renown, giving values-oriented jobseekers a chance to dive deep and flex their analytic muscles to solve real-world problems for future generations.

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SCORE 7.1792022 Ranking
#28

Health Advances
#36
ScottMadden Management Consultants
ScottMadden is a generalist boutique with deep expertise in the Energy and Corporate &amp; Shared Services sector. The result is a combination of strategic focus and a diversified approach to consulting across a range of capabilities and services—perfect for jobseekers searching for the unique benefits of working at a smaller firm while still leveraging a wide array of skillsets and experiences. If the prospect of working ‘on the ground’ with your clients excites you, then ScottMadden might be a fit for you.

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SCORE 7.1582022 Ranking
#32

ScottMadden Management Consultants
#37
NERA Economic Consulting
NERA provides economic advice, analysis, expert testimony, and regulatory insight for global clients in North America, Latin America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The firm has been advising government authorities and the world’s leading law firms and corporations for over half a century. The firm brings academic analysis and rigor, objectivity, and real-world industry experience to bear on issues arising from competition, regulation, public policy, strategy, finance, and litigation.

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SCORE 7.1392022 Ranking
#31

NERA Economic Consulting
#38
DayBlink Consulting
DayBlink provides strategic execution and operations consulting to Fortune 500 companies, fast-start advisory services to early-stage startups, and pro bono consulting to nonprofits. The firm’s diverse team of consultants provide insights and resources to help business leaders overcome challenges, attain quick wins, and produce sustainable growth. The firm offers competitive salary and benefits, along with a commitment to maintaining a healthy work-life balance that insiders note it follows through on.

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SCORE 7.0892022 Ranking
#49

DayBlink Consulting
#39
The Poirier Group
The Poirier Group (TPG) is a boutique management consulting firm based in Toronto that delivers sustainable process and performance improvements to medium-to-large businesses. TPG hires consultants with backgrounds in industrial engineering, commerce, and general business. Insiders at the firm say they value their flexibility and supportive working environment.

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SCORE 6.9942022 Ranking
#48

The Poirier Group
#40
LeapPoint
Acquired in 2021 by a Philadelphia-based private equity firm Renovus, LeapPoint is a strategic consulting shop to watch in the years ahead. Providing clients with transformational support to streamline, upgrade, and organize processes, LeapPoint’s enterprise-level innovation and cross-functional expertise covers a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, retail, higher education, government, and more.

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SCORE 6.9862022 Ranking
#44

LeapPoint

#41
Epsilon Economics and Epsilon Life Sciences
Epsilon Economics and Life Sciences provides specialist economics, litigation and governance services, with a strong focus on the life sciences sector. The firm currently operates two separate but connected consulting units in economics and life sciences.

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SCORE 6.9832022 Ranking
#Not Ranked

Epsilon Economics and Epsilon Life Sciences
#42
TriVista
Based in Irvine, CA, TriVista serves companies in two main ways: with transaction advisory services for private equity firms and management teams and through performance-improvement support for operating companies.

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SCORE 6.9752022 Ranking
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TriVista
#43
Insight Sourcing Group
Insight Sourcing Group is a management consulting firm focused exclusively on cost optimization and procurement-related services. The firm advises companies across a multitude of industries, including manufacturing, retail, financial services, health care, commercial services, and telecommunications (clients include lululemon, Aaron’s Inc., Under Armor, among others). But they are considered a market leader in the private equity space, helping PE firms gain cross-portfolio leverage and visibility and driving major cost optimization projects within portfolio companies.

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SCORE 6.9602022 Ranking
#42

Insight Sourcing Group
#44
Insigniam
Insigniam is a management consulting firm that specializes in enterprise-wide transformation, transformational leadership, and managing change. A core value proposition of Insigniam’s organization transformation services is empowering clients to “build a bond and collaboration” among their people. Knowing that culture fuels strategy, Insigniam invests heavily in training and fostering entrepreneurship in the firm’s own employees, so they can bring the most impactful solutions to clients.

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SCORE 6.9012022 Ranking
#Not Ranked

Insigniam
#45
Forrester
As the consulting arm of one of the world’s best-known market research outfits, Forrester enjoys instant brand recognition across large swathes of the business world. True to its parent company’s capabilities, Forrester’s consultants help leaders understand, plan for and react to the trends shaping the global business landscape.

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SCORE 6.8992022 Ranking
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Forrester
#46
Kx Advisors
Kx Advisors is a boutique healthcare strategy consultancy. Growing out of Kaiser Associates’ healthcare practice, the firm was spun off in 2019. The firm brings data-driven analysis at all stages of the product lifecycle to inform the decision making of sales, marketing, and strategy executives. Clients included leaders in pharma, biotech, medical device, health IT, and diagnostics.

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SCORE 6.8732022 Ranking
#38

Kx Advisors
#47
BPM Advisory
Headquartered in the Bay Area, BPM Advisory is a practice area within BPM, a top-50 ranked professional services outfit specializing in Tax, Audit and Consulting. On that latter specialty, BPM Advisory provides services related to business transformation, managed services, and technology solutions.

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SCORE 6.8452022 Ranking
#Not Ranked

BPM Advisory
#48
Censeo Consulting Group
A boutique in the government contracting space, Censeo is known as a work-life friendly company, making it the perfect choice for anyone looking for flexibility in their schedule while not compromising on the quality of assignments they get to work on. The firm offers strong on-the-job training as well as a close-knit, collegial environment.

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SCORE 6.8342022 Ranking
#41

Censeo Consulting Group
#49
Ignyte Group
Tech-savvy jobseekers who live on the cutting edge of digital transformation will spark to Ignyte Group: a fast-paced, DC-based boutique that specializes in the automation and modernization of business processes. At fewer than 100 employees, Ignyte maintains a close-knit and entrepreneurial culture akin to what you’d find in Silicon Valley. The firm lives and breathes its core values of innovation, cross-functional collaboration, ownership, and creativity, all in service of its niche focus on merging traditional management consulting with professional branding.

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SCORE 6.8162022 Ranking
#33

Ignyte Group
#50
Stax
Stax is a management consulting firm that serves corporate and private equity clients across a broad range of industries. It has offices in Boston, Chicago, New York, and Sri Lanka.

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SCORE 6.7732022 Ranking