Senior Associate, Business Consulting
Job Summary
At Sapient, a Senior Associate of Business Consulting develops innovative strategies to improve business performance. This individual will work on a broad range of projects to develop business, operating, and IT strategies. The focus of their work includes three key areas:
Business Problem Solving - Take ambiguous and complex business problems and using research and business assessment capabilities, define the problem, drive innovative ideas, define the opportunity set, and recommend actionable next steps.
Informed Business Decision Making - Bring rigor a client's decision making process by performing detailed cost/benefit analysis, presenting and evaluating solution options, and driving consensus among key stakeholders. In some instances, we help our clients develop new decision frameworks and governance processes that continue to deliver value far beyond a particular engagement.
Solution Planning - Define, scope and plan new solutions for clients. This includes determining how to measure business results, modeling current/future business processes, gathering business requirements, and identifying the organizational changes required to successfully realize the benefits of the solution.
The Senior Associate, Business Consulting will also be expected to participate in both sales pursuits and sales strategies, and to support structuring of complex, long-term contracts with clients and partners.
Key Responsibilities
. Problem identification, structuring work and planning
. Develop and apply conceptual frameworks and analytical approaches
. Coordinate and execute customer, vendor, market analyst, and client interviews
. Conduct secondary research, data collection and market/competitor analyses
. Perform financial analysis and develop business cases
. Review, document and assess client operations
. Develop and present solutions and recommendations
. Requirements gathering and prioritization of business requirements based upon business and user needs and technology capabilities
. Create strong working relationships with clients in business and IT roles
. Support business development activities including client proposals
. Work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams
Experience: Job Requirements:
Education:
4-year Bachelor's degree is required. MBA is preferred, but not mandatory.
. 4-6 years of relevant work experience; consulting experience is a plus
. Creativity with an eye to developing new and innovative solutions
. Strong problem identification and analytical skills
. Primary and secondary research & analysis skills
. Financial analysis and business case development capabilities
. Leadership experience and the ability to motivate others to take action
. Ability to structure and plan projects/programs
. Possession of excellent oral and written communication skills including the ability to create & deliver clear, powerful & concise presentations/proposals
. Ability to plan and manage time and resources, establish priorities and meet goals
. Highly proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Project
. Significant travel may be required as much of the work is done at the client site.
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