If you’ve spent the last few years deep in the world of BPS (Banking Payment Systems or Business Process Services), you might look at a career in SMC (Strategic Management Consulting) and think, “I don’t belong there.”
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. bps to smc
Why your back-office experience is the secret weapon for a career in management consulting. If you’ve spent the last few years deep
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. Why your back-office experience is the secret weapon