Small Business Consultant

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🎸 Mississippi – Remote

🎸 Mississippi – Remote

💵 $61.8k - $63.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

💼 Consultant

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Communities Unlimited

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2014

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $92.5k Grant - Communities Unlimited on 2024-08

Non-profit • Social Impact

Communities Unlimited is a nonprofit organization that builds rural capacity to create stronger economies, local agency, and prosperous communities across a seven-state service area. It provides technical assistance, training, and innovative lending for small businesses and water/wastewater systems, and supports housing, broadband, healthy foods, and community sustainability initiatives. Communities Unlimited focuses on eliminating persistent poverty in rural America through human-centered economic development, blended financing, and partnership-driven programs.

📋 Description

• Provide direct, one-on-one management and business skills consulting services to startup and existing small businesses • Work with small business owners, mostly in rural and underserved communities, on cash flow, pricing, hiring, record-keeping, and getting ready to borrow • Develop content for trainings and facilitate webinars and workshops related to small business start and growth • Build relationships with local community leaders to facilitate economic development activities related to small business growth and development • Conduct financial and operational assessments for small business clients • Identify growth challenges and recommend strategies to improve business performance and sustainability • Develop scopes of services, financial projections, and actionable plans • Deliver consulting services and financial literacy education to business owners • Analyze financial data, including ratio analysis, to support decision-making and guide clients toward positive business growth outcomes • Build and maintain relationships with community leaders, business owners, and partners • Promote economic development resources and identify new funding or partnership opportunities • Maintain accurate client documentation, reporting, timekeeping, and communication • Support team collaboration, staff training, and organizational initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• Master’s degree in business, management, finance, administration, or a related field and at least 1 year experience in business ownership, startups, business development, operations, finance, consulting, or leadership roles supporting business growth or turnaround efforts (Option A) • Bachelor’s degree in business, management, finance, administration, or a related field and at least 5 years' experience in business ownership, startups, business development, operations, finance, consulting, or leadership roles supporting business growth or turnaround efforts (Option B) • Strong facilitation, writing, and communication skills • Comfort with everyday business software • Ability to develop workshops related to small business management consulting • Ability to reach out and build new and existing partnerships in the target communities • Ability to work one-on-one with entrepreneurs with the goal of building their business skills and management capacity as business owners • Ability to work independently, with accountability for results • Ability to assist in training other management consultants • Must maintain a valid driver's license • Reliable transportation • Acceptable driving record • At least the state minimum personal liability auto insurance coverage • Must be authorized to work in the USA • Must currently reside in Central Mississippi

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions • Flexible Spending Accounts • Company-paid Short-Term & Long-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance • Employer 401k Match • Paid holiday, vacation and sick time • Work from home arrangement