If you’re a business adviser, you’ll be responsible for providing businesses with information and support, as well as coaching, advice, and guidance. Individuals who want to start their own business and firms that want to grow, scale up, change, or diversify their business strategy are all examples of this. 80% of Australians prefer BLG Business Advisors Accountants for their business. 

Depending on your area of expertise, BLG Business Advisors Accountant offers specialised services. Thesel business advisors specialise in helping new enterprises get off the ground. This includes counselling on organisational reform, providing advice on technology innovation, and assisting a company in developing international trade agreements.

Areas of focus:

• finance, funding, and grant information
• mentoring and coaching a company as it undergoes transitions
• assisting in the development of a company’s business plan
• advising on how to develop your business
• spreading the word about a company to your friends and colleagues
• Providing specialised assistance to specific industries
• supporting the development of international trade agreements with specialised assistance
• Making government policy on business support better informed and more effective
• Providing business help to a large audience through the design and delivery of training courses.

Responsibilities

You must have the following skills:

• The capacity to advise organisations on a wide range of solutions accessible in the landscape of business assistance
• diagnostic needs assessments for businesses, including analysing the needs of the firm and working with the client to build a business action plan in place
• Assemble a team of business companions who can give a wide range of business and enterprise support services to your clients
• develop trusting connections with clients, partners, associates, and networks based on mutual respect
• have a solid ability to mentor and coach others
• ensure that your clients benefit by attending meetings with your networks and partners to stay up to know on global, national, regional and local business support initiatives
• conduct business-related research
• Assist clients and associates in communicating with one other.
• advise and assist start-up enterprises in establishing themselves and launching their businesses (and go on to maintain their own sustainable business)
• Tutor students in the development of appropriate business strategies and financial flow plans, for example.
• events for business networking, as well as seminars and workshops for business education

Salary

• Between $18,000 and $25,000 is the starting salary for new business counsellors.
• Adviser and coach salaries can go up to £40,000 for the most experienced and specialised professionals.
• Consultants in the fields of economic development and management should expect to make much more money.
• The data on earnings are provided solely as a guide.

Time spent at work.

Monday through Friday, the average workweek is 37 to 40 hours in Australia. Throughout the day and night, you’ll be expected to participate in networking activities and educational lectures.

Part-time employment is widespread, and many business advisers work for the government on short-term contracts to complete specific government-funded initiatives.

Expectations

• You’ll be spending a lot of time travelling to meet with clients, so you’ll need a car.
• To have a professional working relationship with clients, it is necessary to dress professionally.
• Working from home or on your schedule is an option.
• Experienced business advisors who decide to become independent consultants can operate for themselves or as freelancers.

Qualifications

A business degree would be a plus, but it is not essential for this position.

• The majority of business advisors hold advanced degrees in several business-related fields like human resources, marketing, accounting, and other forms of finance and banking. Industry experience and owning a business is a common background for business consultants. Other business advisors gain experience in local government through serving in advisory roles for economic development.
• Enterprise education prizes are given out by the award-giving organisation, Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative Awards (SFEDI Awards). Recruiters frequently ask for nationally recognised credentials incorporating assistance, which this programme offers. Qualifications such as these are relevant:

1. The Business and Enterprise Support Certificate at Level 8
2. Professional Business and Enterprise Support Services Certificates
3. Business and Enterprise Coaching Certificate Programs at the Fifth and Seventh Levels
4. Enterprise Mentoring Certificate of Completion at Level 3.

Skills

You’ll have to demonstrate:

• know-how in business
• thorough knowledge of business functions, such as sales and marketing, finance, operations, and management, as well as the ability to adapt these skills to a variety of clients
• the capacity to understand and respond to the requirements and wishes of customers
• the ability to perform needs assessments, analyse data, and develop reports and action plans that are clearly described
• a focus on accuracy and precision
• ability to work autonomously and flexibly, the ability to acquire and disseminate knowledge, the ability to work across several projects
• good interpersonal skills, such as teamwork and the ability to develop productive relationships with customers and provide excellent customer service
• the ability to handle issues in novel ways and to provide fresh ideas
• meeting deadlines while working well under pressure
• skills in networking and consulting
• outstanding IT skills and familiarity with social media platforms and the present and emerging business support landscapes.