When they tell you, you’ll already know the answer.
Junior strategy consultants often propose beautiful ideas that fail because they ignore settlement times, legacy infrastructure, or regulatory friction. You know exactly where the "rubber meets the road." That makes your strategies actionable. bps to smc
SMC loves frameworks (SWOT, Porter’s Five Forces). BPS lives in raw transaction data, error rates, and throughput. A consultant who can say, "Your strategy is sound, but our payment failure data suggests a 40% drop in Q4" is invaluable. When they tell you, you’ll already know the answer
But when that tech giant needs to figure out how to get paid across 12 emerging markets without breaking compliance? They won't hire a generalist strategist. They will hire —the BPS expert who learned to think like an SMC consultant. SMC loves frameworks (SWOT, Porter’s Five Forces)