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West Monroe is looking for a Strategy and Business Analytics Experienced Consultant to join our Technology & Experienced practice with Transaction Services–Data Engineering & Analytics discipline and deliver on technology M&A due diligence projects. The Strategy and Business Analytics Experienced Consultant will work along Transaction Services advisors/architects (Data Engineering and Analytics, Cloud, Cyber, Software Engineering, infrastructure) and executive client stakeholders to support assessment solutions and tech advisory across a variety of industries, including Private Equity, High-Tech & Software, Healthcare, and Financial Services. As a technology agnostic firm, they will also have the chance to continuously expand their skillset while working with cutting edge tools, platforms, and frameworks. This is an exciting opportunity to work within our newly formalized (but long existing) technology M&A offering, working on strategic enterprise projects, advanced analytics due diligences, post-merger integrations, and carve-out advisory engagements.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross functional teams, Transaction Services’ consultants from other competencies (i.e., Software Engineering, Cloud & Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Data & Analytics) in support of holistic, tech due diligence assessments for client M&A activity and identify growth and remediation opportunities through analysis of existing data and analytics systems, business processes and data monetization opportunities.
- Assess underlying technology/libraries/tooling landscape along senior teammates within enterprise organizations to make recommendations to strategic investors on improving market readiness, achieving long-term scalability, and/or reducing operational cost
- Formulate strategic investment summaries, key risk mitigation analyses, and long-term technology-based strategy for both pre-close and post-close projects
- Establish the linkage between business strategy and data strategy (and vice versa) to deliver impactful outcomes
- Executive presence with the ability to present, interpret, and recommend results of work including continued growth opportunity to engage with new concepts, advances in the field, major applications, and progress on all product programs.
- Be a thought leader, create white papers and represent the organization at various industry conferences and events
- Growth opportunity within a community data engineers/architects/BI analysts and practitioners
- Keep pulse of the latest development trends in cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc), data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake etc), databases (RDBMS, SQL, NoSQL, Oracle, etc.), reporting (PowerBI, Quicksight, etc.), ETL/ELT, data warehousing, data hubs, data lakes, data marts etc. and various tools, products, and use cases.
- Knowledge in data warehousing approaches (Kimball, Inmon), normalized and de-normalized data models including dimensional schemas (star, snowflake)
- Understanding of streaming (e.g. Kafka, Kinesis), batch& workflow (e.g. Airflow, AWS Glue, CTTRL-M) data transport technologies
- Experience with Data Visualization tools including PowerBI, Tableau, Looker, etc
- Drive new business with existing clients by identifying unique opportunities and liaising to appropriate client leads, account managers, or business developers
Qualifications:
- Master’s/Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent relevant work experience
- 2+ years of hands-on professional development experience in data modeling and data design and experience implementing solutions
- Consulting firm/industry or start-up experience preferred
- Experience with the technical programming to access and extract data from diverse sources residing on multiple platforms and implement large, sophisticated data models by combining, synthesizing, and structuring data
- Exposure in complex data migration to and from disparate data systems/platforms as well as to/from the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
- Good knowledge of standard concepts, best practices, and procedures within a data warehousing and Business Intelligence (BI) environment
- Provide Points of View (POV) and recommendations for cloud-native, industry-leading products along with emerging, start-up offerings
- Experience in proposal development, estimation, and day-to-day project management (time tracking, budgeting, status reporting, etc.)
- Strong sense of urgency with comfortability delivering solutions in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Excellent critical thinking, leadership, communication, and project management skills
- Willingness to travel for out-of-town client engagements
- A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives
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. Ten weeks of paid parental leave will also be available for use after successful completion of one year of employment.
Seattle or Washington, D.C.
$98,300—$109,200 USD
Los Angeles
$103,000—$114,400 USD
New York City or San Francisco
$107,600—$119,600 USD
A location not listed above
$93,600—$104,000 USD
West Monroe is a digital services firm that partners with companies in transformative industries to deliver quantifiable financial value. We believe that digital is a mindset and it’s something companies become, not something they do. We bring together diverse, multidisciplinary teams that use their expertise to develop and execute new ideas and ways of working.
At West Monroe, we invest in our people and care in a big way. We are growing the next generation of leaders who lead with inclusion, enabling us to address our clients’ most complex challenges. If you’re looking for a place where you’ll feel supported, our team will help you grow. We believe that growth breeds opportunity for all. And know that when we come together, we can do what's never been done.
Our fast-paced culture and collaborative teams bring the energy and expertise needed to make an impact and deliver beyond expectations. If you are ready to set big goals with us, join us on our journey of building what matters for our clients, our people, and our communities.
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- Number of Tech Workers: 245,800; 5.2% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
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- Research Centers and Universities: Northwestern University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Institute of Technology, Argonne National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
