Engagement Profitability and Financial Accountability Questions

Focuses on managing the commercial and financial health of engagements. Topics include building and maintaining budgets and forecasts, tracking costs and revenue, analyzing unit economics and margin drivers, negotiating scope changes with commercial impact, making tradeoffs between delivery quality and profitability, and reporting financial performance to stakeholders. Candidates should be able to describe how they detect and respond to budget overruns, adjust resourcing or scope to protect margins, and align delivery decisions with business objectives.