Junior Business Analyst

About the Role

Olive Tree Consulting Group seeks a Junior Business Analyst to join a remote team supporting a major client in Saudi Arabia. This position focuses on transforming complex project dialogues into clear, actionable documentation ensuring seamless project progress. The role bridges high-level strategic decisions and everyday operational tasks, improving how accountability and tracking are recorded across teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in remote meetings and working sessions to document critical decisions, unresolved issues, and assign task owners.
• Create succinct summary notes that translate technical and strategic discussions into understandable language for the project team.
• Track project timelines to clarify and communicate handoffs between departments.
• Maintain a centralized, written log of project updates accessible to all team members to minimize repeated status meetings.
• Identify inefficiencies in management practices such as meeting formats and reporting methods that may impede project momentum.
• Update documentation to mirror changes in project scope or priorities as agreed by leadership.
• Support senior advisors by collecting fundamental data and organizing it into simple, clear reports.

Candidate Profile

• Excellent written communication skills, capable of condensing lengthy discussions into brief, clear summaries.
• Strong attention to detail, adept at noting missing deadlines or unclear ownership of tasks.
• Proficient with remote communication tools and capable of self-managing time and workload in a fully remote setting.
• Adaptable and composed under shifting project priorities.
• Genuine interest in understanding organizational operations and internal workflows.
• Effective listening skills that capture both explicit content and implicit nuances in discussions.

Preferred Experience and Education

• A degree or coursework in business, communications, humanities, or related fields emphasizing critical thinking and writing.
• Familiarity with basic spreadsheet software for tracking tasks and simple data.
• Prior internships or part-time roles involving documentation management or cross-team coordination.
• Experience with collaborative digital tools like shared documents and task boards.
• Any professional writing experience, whether academic, volunteer, or personal.

Benefits and Work Environment

This is a full-time, permanent, fully remote role offering competitive compensation suitable for entry-level professionals in this region. You will gain consultancy experience working directly with seasoned advisors on a significant client project. The company culture values straightforward communication and practical impact over formalities, fostering a hands-on environment that prioritizes clarity and actionable results.

About Olive Tree Consulting Group

Specializing in advisory support, Olive Tree Consulting Group assists leadership teams in resolving persistent management challenges lying between strategy and execution. The firm emphasizes practical interventions over broad transformations by improving decision-making, meeting management, and accountability documentation. Their methodology focuses on creating minimal, effective written records to reduce reliance on memory and verbal agreements, thereby simplifying management and enabling sustained operational rhythm.