Author: Taylor Warfield, Former Bain Manager and interviewer

Last Updated: October 20, 2026

 

Consulting firms in Miami are anchored by McKinsey and BCG in Brickell, all four Big 4 firms, Accenture, and a deep bench of restructuring and advisory shops including Alvarez & Marsal, FTI Consulting, and The Hackett Group. This guide covers which firms actually have Miami offices, what those offices pay, who they hire, and the steps to land an offer.

 

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Key Takeaways

 

Miami is a real consulting market with two MBB offices, every Big 4 firm, and a strong restructuring cluster, but it hires far fewer people each year than New York or Chicago.

 

• McKinsey and BCG both run Brickell offices, and Bain has no office anywhere in Florida

 

• Latin America work defines Miami consulting, so Spanish or Portuguese fluency is a real hiring edge

 

• Labor Department filings put McKinsey Miami associates at $192,000 and engagement managers at $220,000 in base pay

 

• Florida charges no state income tax, so a Miami offer takes home more than an identical New York offer

 

• Miami offices are small, which means fewer slots per cycle and far more weight on referrals

 

Which Consulting Firms Have Offices in Miami?

 

Miami has offices from McKinsey, BCG, all four Big 4 firms, Accenture, Alvarez & Marsal, FTI Consulting, and The Hackett Group, which is headquartered in the city. Bain is the one major exception, since it has no office anywhere in Florida. Most of these teams sit within a few blocks of each other in Brickell.

 

Firm	Firm type	Where the office sits	Main Miami work
McKinsey & Company	Strategy (MBB)	78 SW 7th St, Brickell City Centre	Marketing and sales, supply chain, manufacturing, high tech, social sector
Boston Consulting Group	Strategy (MBB)	1450 Brickell Ave, 34th floor	Corporate strategy, market entry, digital transformation
Bain & Company	Strategy (MBB)	No Florida office	South Florida clients served from Atlanta and Latin America
Deloitte	Big 4	Downtown Miami	Strategy, technology, risk advisory, financial advisory
KPMG	Big 4	78 SW 7th St, Suite 1200	Advisory, deal advisory, risk and regulatory
EY	Big 4	Miami	Consulting, strategy and transactions, tax
PwC	Big 4	Miami	Consulting, deals, risk
Accenture	Technology and strategy	Miami	Digital transformation, cloud, technology delivery
Alvarez & Marsal	Restructuring and performance	600 Brickell Ave, Suite 2950	Turnaround, performance improvement, tax advisory
FTI Consulting	Advisory and disputes	One Biscayne Tower, Downtown	Forensic and litigation, economic analysis, restructuring
The Hackett Group	Benchmarking and transformation	1001 Brickell Bay Dr, Suite 3000	Finance, procurement, and IT transformation (global headquarters)

 

Sources: firm office pages at McKinsey, BCG, KPMG, and The Hackett Group, checked in August 2026.

 

The concentration is unusual. You can walk from McKinsey's tower to BCG's in about twenty minutes, and KPMG's Miami advisory team sits in the same building as McKinsey.

 

Why Do Consulting Firms Cluster in Miami?

 

Miami consulting exists because of Latin America. Firms put offices here to serve regional headquarters, cross border deals, and multinationals running operations across the Americas from a US time zone with US legal protections.

 

The trade numbers explain the pull. According to the Miami-Dade Beacon Council, the county's official economic development organization, one third of all US exports to Latin America originate from Miami, and trade and logistics support roughly 340,000 local jobs.

 

Brickell adds the financial layer. The Beacon Council counts more than 60 banks operating in the district, which makes it the second largest international banking center in the United States after New York, alongside roughly 500 fintech companies in the metro area.

 

Then there is the money that moved in. Miami's startup ecosystem now counts around 2,500 companies and more than 20 unicorns, which creates growth strategy and diligence work that did not exist here fifteen years ago.

 

Florida's tax treatment matters too. No state income tax pulled fund managers, family offices, and corporate headquarters south, and those relocations bring consulting budgets with them.

 

Which Strategy Consulting Firms Are in Miami?

 

Two of the three MBB firms have Miami offices: McKinsey and BCG. Both sit in Brickell, both run Latin America heavy caseloads, and both are mid sized rather than mega offices.

 

McKinsey Miami

 

McKinsey's Miami office sits inside Brickell City Centre at 78 SW 7th Street. The firm describes its client work here as spanning marketing and sales, supply chain management, manufacturing, high tech, and the social sector, and it calls Miami a gateway into Latin America where consultants take on work abroad.

 

Office scale is worth understanding before you rank it. McKinsey's own Miami page lists 15 partners and senior partners based in the city, with Andre Dua leading the Florida office, which tells you the partner group is small enough that a strong first year gets noticed.

 

Candidates weighing McKinsey Miami against a larger office usually trade brand density for early visibility. In my experience at Bain, the smaller offices produced faster promotions for people who could handle ambiguity, because there was nowhere to hide and no queue for good work.

 

BCG Miami

 

BCG opened its Miami office in 2003 and runs it from the 34th floor of 1450 Brickell Avenue. Per BCG, the engagement topics range from corporate strategy development to market entry to full life cycle digital transformations, and consulting staff work with clients globally rather than only locally.

 

Culture is the part BCG advertises most. The firm says the office keeps a small office, family like culture with frequent cohort events, and that consultants get many opportunities to take on office leadership roles early.

 

That structure is the real argument for BCG Miami over a larger US office. You get broader case exposure and more room to shape the office, at the cost of a smaller alumni base in any single industry.

 

Bain and the Miami Gap

 

Bain is the exception. The firm operates 67 offices worldwide and none of them is in Florida, which makes Bain Miami recruiting a dead end at the junior level.

 

Atlanta is Bain's closest US office, and its Latin America network in Mexico City, Bogota, Monterrey, and South America absorbs much of the cross border work that flows through South Florida. If you want Bain and you want to live in Miami, you are choosing one or the other.

 

Beyond MBB, the strategy arms of larger firms are the next tier worth targeting. Most tier 2 consulting firms do not list a Miami office at all, so check the location page on each firm's own careers site before you commit to an application.

 

Which Big 4 and Technology Consulting Firms Are in Miami?

 

All four Big 4 firms have Miami offices, and Accenture does too. These firms hire far more people per year in Miami than McKinsey and BCG combined, which makes them the realistic entry point for most candidates.

 

• Deloitte: the largest professional services presence in Miami, covering strategy, technology, risk advisory, and financial advisory for healthcare, hospitality, real estate, and technology clients

 

• KPMG: serves South Florida from two locations, Miami and Fort Lauderdale, with the Miami advisory team at 78 SW 7th Street, Suite 1200

 

• EY: runs consulting, strategy and transactions, and tax teams in Miami, with EY-Parthenon strategy work typically staffed from larger offices

 

• PwC: maintains consulting, deals, and risk practices in Miami with a heavy financial services and international client mix

 

• Accenture: focuses on digital transformation, cloud, and technology delivery, and reports work with more than 75 clients across Florida

 

Understand what you are signing up for before you apply. The distance between MBB and the Big 4 is largest at the entry level, where Big 4 consultants often start on implementation and technology projects rather than pure strategy.

 

That is not a reason to skip them. Big 4 Miami offices give you client exposure, a real staffing pipeline, and a credible platform to move into strategy work later.

 

Which Boutique and Specialist Consulting Firms Are in Miami?

 

Miami's specialist bench is stronger than its strategy bench. Restructuring, disputes, and transformation firms have deep roots here because distressed cross border situations and family owned regional businesses generate steady work.

 

• Alvarez & Marsal: turnaround, performance improvement, and tax advisory from 600 Brickell Avenue, with a Miami footprint that has expanded in recent years

 

• FTI Consulting: forensic and litigation consulting, economic analysis, and corporate finance work out of One Biscayne Tower in downtown Miami

 

• The Hackett Group: the one publicly traded consulting firm headquartered in Miami, founded in 1991 and based at 1001 Brickell Bay Drive, focused on finance, procurement, and IT transformation

 

• Local strategy and operations shops: a long tail of small Brickell firms serving mid market South Florida companies, usually hiring experienced people rather than new graduates

 

The Hackett Group deserves a second look from Florida candidates. A headquarters office means the senior leadership actually sits in Miami, which is rare and changes how much responsibility a junior person can pick up.

 

If your background is quantitative, the disputes and economic consulting side of the Miami market is worth screening too. That work rewards economics and statistics coursework more heavily than generalist strategy hiring does.

 

Smaller shops are also easier to reach. Many boutique consulting firms never run campus recruiting at all, so a direct email to a partner is a legitimate application channel.

 

Which Miami Consulting Firm Should You Target?

 

Target the firm that matches your background and your tolerance for long odds, not the one with the best logo. McKinsey and BCG run small Miami offices and hire accordingly, while the Big 4 bring in classes several times larger, which changes where your preparation time is best spent.

 

• Best for pure strategy and regional exposure: McKinsey or BCG, if you can clear the case bar

 

• Best odds of an offer: Deloitte, EY, PwC, and KPMG, which run far larger Miami intakes

 

• Best for technology and digital delivery: Accenture, which anchors its Florida work in cloud and transformation programs

 

• Best for distressed and turnaround work: Alvarez & Marsal or FTI Consulting, both long established in Brickell and downtown

 

• Best for staying in Miami long term: The Hackett Group, because headquarters roles do not get relocated to another city

 

Apply across more than one tier in the same cycle. Candidates who submit only to McKinsey and BCG are competing for a very small number of Miami seats, and there is no penalty for holding a Big 4 offer while the MBB decisions land.

 

How Much Do Consultants in Miami Get Paid?

 

Consultants in Miami earn the same base salary as their peers in New York, because McKinsey, BCG, and the Big 4 all set pay on a national scale. The table below uses US Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which list the exact base salary an employer certified for a specific role in a specific city.

 

McKinsey Miami role	Base salary	Typical entry point
Business analyst	$112,000	Undergraduate hire
Senior business analyst	$112,000	Promotion after roughly two years
Associate	$192,000	MBA or advanced degree hire
Engagement manager	$220,000	Promotion after roughly two years as associate
Associate partner	$243,000	Senior leadership track

 

Source: US Department of Labor H-1B filings for McKinsey in Miami, 2024 and 2025 certification years. These are base salaries only and exclude performance bonuses, signing bonuses, and retirement contributions. Each filing states the base an employer certified for that title, so junior figures can lag actual in year pay.

 

Big 4 and boutique pay sits below those figures. A Big 4 Miami consulting analyst typically starts well under six figures, and boutique compensation varies widely by firm and practice, so check each offer against the broader management consultant salary benchmarks before you negotiate.

 

The real Miami advantage is what lands in your account. Florida charges no state income tax, so a Miami associate avoids the combined New York State and New York City income tax that runs above 10% at the top of the range for a colleague on the identical base. Higher home insurance costs in South Florida claw some of that back.

 

What Is It Like to Work in a Miami Consulting Office?

 

Expect broad casework, frequent international travel, and a much smaller peer group than New York or Chicago. McKinsey describes Miami as a gateway into Latin America where its consultants take multiple opportunities to work abroad, which is a fair summary of the day to day.

 

The client mix follows the local economy. Healthcare, financial services, consumer and retail, travel, and trade and logistics dominate, which mirrors the industries the Beacon Council identifies as the county's largest employers.

 

Scale changes the social experience too. In an office of this size you meet the partners in your first month rather than your second year, and the people you join with stay your cohort for the whole of your tenure.

 

The trade off is specialization. A small office means you rotate across industries instead of going deep in one, which builds range fast but leaves you with a thinner local alumni network inside any single sector.

 

How Does Consulting Recruiting Work in Miami?

 

Miami recruiting follows the same national process as every other US office, with one difference that matters: you apply to the office, and the office decides. There are no separate Miami interviews and no easier Miami case standard.

 

1. Choose Miami on the application: most firms let you rank one or two offices, and Miami is the office that reviews your resume
   
   
2. Pass the resume screen: a partner or consultant from the Miami office reads your application against the same bar used firm wide
   
   
3. Clear the online assessment: McKinsey uses the Solve game, BCG uses behavioral games plus a chatbot case, and the Big 4 use their own online tests
   
   
4. Sit the first round: usually two interviews combining a case and behavioral questions, often with Miami based consultants
   
   
5. Sit the final round: two or three interviews with partners, where the Latin America angle frequently comes up in the fit conversation

 

Timing is where most candidates lose. Full time recruiting for the following year opens in late summer, internship recruiting runs about a year ahead of the internship itself, and missing the window on the consulting recruiting timeline usually costs you twelve months.

 

The online assessment stage trips up more people than the interviews do. The McKinsey Solve assessment in particular is unlike anything you have done in school, and candidates who skip practice fail it regularly.

 

Experienced professionals follow a different path. Lateral hiring into Miami runs year round rather than on a campus calendar, which makes the consulting experienced hire route the most flexible way into a small office.

 

Which Schools Do Miami Consulting Firms Recruit From?

 

Florida has no core MBB undergraduate feeder school. That is the single most important thing to understand about Miami recruiting, and it surprises most local students.

 

BCG does engage directly with the University of Miami, running a dedicated campus page for undergraduates and non MBA master's students, and Accenture has hosted University of Miami students at its Miami office. Beyond those touchpoints, campus presence in Florida is thin.

 

Most Miami hires therefore come from three pools. National undergraduate targets, top MBA programs, and leading Latin America universities feed the office far more than local schools do.

 

That makes Miami a genuinely open office for anyone willing to work for it. Plenty of candidates get in from a non-target school by building relationships with consultants directly, because the office cannot fill its class from campus interviews alone.

 

How Do You Land an Offer at a Consulting Firm in Miami?

 

Landing a Miami offer comes down to five things: choosing the office deliberately, building a credible regional story, showing language ability, reaching the small partner group early, and being excellent at cases. Having coached hundreds of candidates through office specific applications, I can tell you that the first and the last carry the most weight.

 

Tip #1: Make Miami your first choice, not your backup

 

Small offices read office preference closely because a bad location fit is expensive for them. A candidate who ranks Miami third and has no connection to South Florida reads as a flight risk.

 

Give them a concrete reason. Family in the region, prior work in Latin America, or a specific client sector you want to serve all beat a vague preference for warm weather.

 

Tip #2: Build a real Latin America story

 

Both McKinsey and BCG describe Miami as a gateway into Latin America, which means partners are staffing cross border projects constantly. A candidate who can talk credibly about a regional market has an immediate advantage in the fit interview.

 

You do not need to have lived there. A study abroad term, an internship at a company with regional operations, or a class project on a Latin American market gives you enough to build on.

 

Tip #3: Put your language ability on the resume

 

Spanish and Portuguese are functional job requirements on many Miami projects, not decoration. List your actual proficiency level rather than a vague label, because interviewers in this office will sometimes test it mid conversation.

 

The rest of your application still has to clear the bar. If your consulting resume does not show quantified impact and clear leadership, language ability will not rescue it.

 

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Tip #4: Reach the partner group early

 

McKinsey's Miami page lists 15 partners and senior partners, and BCG's office is comparably sized. That is small enough that two or three good conversations can meaningfully change how your application is read.

 

Start six to nine months before applications open. Real networking with consultants means asking about their actual casework rather than requesting a referral in the first message.

 

Tip #5: Treat the case interview as the whole game

 

Nothing about the Miami bar is softer. The office runs the same case standard as New York, and a weak case performance ends the process regardless of how strong your regional story is.

 

Most candidates underestimate how long real preparation takes. Building fluency in structure, math, and synthesis for the case interview takes weeks of deliberate practice, not a weekend of reading.

 

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The consulting firms in Miami are real, well established, and reachable, but they hire in small numbers and reward candidates who show up prepared and specific. Pick your target office now, build the Latin America angle into your story, and start casing today rather than when applications open.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

 

Does Bain have an office in Miami?

 

No. Bain operates 67 offices worldwide and none of them is in Florida. Its closest US office to Miami is Atlanta, and its Latin America network in Mexico City, Bogota, Monterrey, and South America picks up much of the cross border work that flows through South Florida.

 

How much do consultants in Miami get paid?

 

US Department of Labor filings for McKinsey's Miami office in 2025 list business analysts at $112,000, associates at $192,000, engagement managers at $220,000, and associate partners at $243,000 in base salary. Those figures exclude performance bonuses, signing bonuses, and retirement contributions. Big 4 and boutique consulting salaries in Miami typically fall below those numbers.

 

Do Miami consulting offices pay less than New York offices?

 

No. McKinsey, BCG, and the Big 4 set consulting salaries on a national scale, so a Miami associate and a New York associate at the same firm start on the same base. Because Florida charges no state income tax, the Miami offer actually takes home more.

 

Is Miami a good office to start a consulting career?

 

Miami is a strong choice if you want Latin America exposure, early responsibility, and a smaller office where partners know your name. It is a weaker choice if you want deep specialization in a sector Miami does not serve, such as heavy technology work or large scale public sector programs. The trade off is fewer people, broader casework, and a shorter path to visibility.

 

Do you need to speak Spanish to work in consulting in Miami?

 

No, but it helps a great deal. Miami offices serve Latin America heavily, and Spanish or Portuguese fluency opens up staffing on cross border projects that monolingual consultants cannot take. Both McKinsey and BCG describe their Miami work as regional, and BCG says it welcomes talent from multicultural backgrounds.

 

Which schools do Miami consulting firms recruit from?

 

Florida has no core MBB undergraduate feeder school. BCG lists the University of Miami on its official on campus recruiting pages, and Miami offices also pull heavily from national targets, top MBA programs, and leading Latin America universities. Candidates outside those schools get in through referrals and networking rather than campus interviews.

 

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