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West Monroe is currently seeking an Experienced Consultant to join Financial Management team within our Operations Excellence practice. This person will bring business and technology experience, helping clients transform their financial management landscape by streamlining operations through processes and technology improvements.
What you’ll do:
- Serve on client delivery teams, with increasing consultant responsibility; own deliverable development and support key activities throughout a project (e.g., requirements gathering workshops, design sessions, etc.).
- Support functional workstream planning and execution by collaborating with team members and learning clients’ business functions.
- Assist Project Managers with updating project plans and keeping track of the project financials.
- Demonstrate consistency in gathering data, data analysis, and preparing for and conducting client interviews.
- Develop client-ready deck storylines and key message/findings, and effectively present findings and insights to client stakeholders.
- Participate in and support the practice in development and enhancements to Financial Management methodologies, tools, and other collateral.
- Identify and raise potential farming opportunities to project managers and practice leadership and monitor opportunity status to establish appropriate follow-up timing.
- Assist with proposal development/BD efforts, developing proposals and statements of work
What you’ll bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in related discipline (e.g., Finance/Accounting, Supply Chain, Economics, Engineering, Management/Business, Information Technology, MIS, etc.) or equivalent experience required.
- 1-3 years of “hands-on” experience configuring business applications (SAP ERP, Oracle ERP Cloud, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 strongly preferred).
- Previous experience consulting from either a large/strategic consultancy or internal business applications/ERP/IT group.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills including the ability to create impactful and concise executive stakeholder-ready deliverables, and polished client-facing oral communication skills.
- Strong data visualization and analysis skills; comfortable using tools like Excel to analyze data and present key insights in a compelling way.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
- Demonstrated success within one or more of West Monroe’s core industries including Consumer & Industrial Products, Healthcare (payer/provider), Life Sciences, High Tech & Software, Utilities, Insurance, Banking, and/or Private Equity.
- Ability to work permanently in the United States without sponsorship.
- A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
- Ability to travel up to 50%.
West Monroe’s Operations Excellence practice is focused on driving value from strategy through execution—not merely pointing to best practices and standards. We enable clients to realize the enduring benefits of IT, business, process, and organizational optimization by delivering real, sustainable adoption. Our solutions focus on value creation through the lenses of people, process, and technology across functional transformation and related platforms, productivity, and transformation enablement. Each consultant within our Operations Excellence practice is aligned to one of four focus areas including Financial Management, Productivity, Supply Chain Management, and Transformation Enablement and Outsourcing Advisory.
Based on pay transparency guidelines, the salary range for this role can vary based on your proximity to one of our West Monroe offices (see table below). Information on our competitive total rewards package, including our bonus structure and benefits is here. Individual salaries are determined by evaluating a variety of factors including geography, experience, skills, education, and internal equity.
Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan, purchase shares from our employee stock ownership program and be eligible to receive annual bonuses. Employees will also receive unlimited flexible time off and ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Eligibility for ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available upon hire date.
Seattle or Washington, D.C.
$89,300—$105,000 USD
Los Angeles
$93,500—$110,000 USD
New York City or San Francisco
$97,800—$115,000 USD
A location not listed above
$85,000—$100,000 USD
At West Monroe, we work with you.
We’re a global business and technology consulting firm passionate about creating measurable value for our clients, delivering real-world solutions.
The combination of business and technology is not new, but how we bring them together is unique. We’re fluent in both. We know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.
At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.
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