Professional Services & Consulting.Operated by AB7.
Consulting + law + accounting firms bill for time but lose 30-40% of it to admin. Remote staff reclaim it.
The argument, in one page.
- 30-40%of partner / consultant time lost to admin
- 60-70%cost savings via remote ops
- 20%utilization lift typical
Professional services lives on utilization. AB7 raises utilization without raising headcount cost.
Consulting + law + accounting firms bill for time but lose 30-40% of it to admin. Remote staff reclaim it.
We'll map your specific professional services & consulting ops gaps to the bench AB7 can deploy in 7–14 days.
Book the briefingFive fires inside Professional Services & Consulting ops.
What we hear from professional services & consultingoperators isn't a strategy gap — it's an execution gap. The roadmap is fine. The spreadsheet is fine. What's missing is the bench required to actually run it. That's what we built AB7 for.
Below: the five fires we keep finding inside this category. Each one maps cleanly to one of AB7's six service pillars — which is the point of the rest of this brief.
“Most professional services & consultingbuyers don't need more advice — they need staffed seats.”
- .01
Partners + consultants doing admin work
Senior consultants drafting decks instead of advising. Senior accountants doing data entry.
- .02
Research + secondary research at scale
Market research, financial modeling, secondary research specialty work.
- .03
Deck + report production
PowerPoint + Word production specialty needs dedicated designers + writers.
- .04
Billing + project accounting
Time + expense + project billing specialty accounting.
- .05
Client intake + matter / engagement management
Intake coordinators free up partner time.
The six pillars, mapped to your fires.
One MSA covers all six. Add or drop pillars without re-papering the engagement.
- 01Pillar
BPO / KPO
Research analysts, deck production, intake coordSolvesFree partner time for billable work
- 02Pillar
Finance & Accounting
Project + matter accountant, time-billingSolvesProject accounting + utilization tracking
- 03Pillar
Sales · Marketing · HR-Ops
BD + content writers, thought leadershipSolvesPipeline + thought-leadership content
- 04Pillar
IT, Software & Tech
CRM admin (HubSpot Pro Services), systemsSolvesPractice systems + CRM hygiene
- 05Pillar
Cybersecurity
Client confidentiality + data securitySolvesConfidential client data security
- 06Pillar
Recruitment
Professional-services recruiterSolvesSource consulting + legal talent
Roles you can deploy this quarter.
A typical Professional Services & Consulting engagement opens with 2–3 seats and expands. All seats sit under a single MSA.
- Part-time (20 hrs/wk)
- Full-time (40 hrs/wk)
- Fractional (executive)
- Project-based / RPO
- No.Role · PillarFrom
- 01Research AnalystBPOFrom$1,200 / mo
- 02Deck / Report Production SpecialistBPOFrom$1,000 / mo
- 03Project Accountant + Time BillingFinanceFrom$1,200 / mo
- 04Client Intake CoordinatorBPOFrom$850 / mo
- 05Paralegal / Legal ResearcherBPOFrom$1,200 / mo
Indicative monthly rates. Final pricing varies by seniority, geography (India / Philippines) and shape. Add headcount any time without re-papering the MSA.
What changes, and when.
Outcomes tracked weekly inside your shared dashboard — not promised in a deck.
The first 14 days are setup and absorption. Real movement on metrics begins around Day 30. By Day 90, the bench is steady-state and you're measuring outcomes — not the engagement.
Most professional services & consulting operators recoup setup cost by Day 60 from a combination of savings + uplift on the metrics below.
- MilestoneDay 14
Partners reclaim 30-40% of time for billable work
- MilestoneDay 30
Utilization up 15-20% typical
- MilestoneDay 60
Deck + report turnaround 24-48h
- MilestoneDay 75
Project accounting + billing clean
- MilestoneDay 90
60-70% cost savings vs local admin hires
Compliance and tools, the quiet way.
No surprises at audit time. We sign your DPA, follow your stack, document everything in your dashboard.
- Client confidentiality + IP
- ABA / SRA / state-bar compliance for legal
- ICAEW / AICPA for accounting
- Microsoft 365 Office
- Salesforce / HubSpot Pro Services
- Clio · MyCase (legal practice mgmt)
- QuickBooks / Xero with project accounting
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An engagement, in case-file form.
A composite drawn from real Professional Services & Consulting deployments. Names redacted, structure intact.
Mid-size law firm — paralegal + research pod
10-partner law firm losing partner time to legal research + document review.
AB7 placed 4-FTE paralegal + research pod.
Partners reclaimed 35% of time. Client utilization up 22%. $560k/yr saved.
What Professional Services & Consulting buyers ask before signing.
Need a remote Research Analyst
for professional services & consulting?
One MSA. Six pillars. A bench that already speaks professional services & consulting. Your first hire goes live in 7–14 days.