Transformation Senior Consultant

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Develop and execute comprehensive change management strategies and plans, including stakeholder identification, sponsorship management, communications, training, and organizational readiness assessments. Act as a proactive advocate to stakeholders by clearly communicating the implications, risks, and mitigation strategies associated with the future state across strategy, people, processes, and technology, ensuring alignment and readiness for successful transformation. Gather and analyze detailed information about process design and assess the impact on current roles and organizational structures; design future state operating models by defining the optimal organizational structure, clarifying new or evolving roles and responsibilities, and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives. Manage delivery of end-user training, communications, and follow-up activities, including effectiveness assessments. Measure and report on the effectiveness of change management plans, making adjustments as needed. Project Management Manage and develop project approaches and plans, from conceptual understanding through execution and delivery. Lead critical phases of project implementation, including design, build, test, and deployment. Coordinate and delegate project activities, ensuring resources are allocated effectively and deadlines are met. Track and report project progress, risks, issues, and forecast final delivery targets. Ensure all projects are properly documented, including business cases, requirements, implementation plans, and scope change logs. Facilitate project meetings, transcribe notes, and communicate timelines and statuses to stakeholders. Oversee project hand-offs and ensure smooth transitions upon completion. Process Analysis & Business Analysis Elicit requirements using interviews, workshops, surveys, document analysis, and workflow analysis. Gather and analyze detailed information about process design, functional requirements, and application requirements. Create and facilitate requirements and logical design deliverables, including use case diagrams, process flows, wireframes, and conceptual data models. Critically evaluate information from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, and distinguish user requests from underlying needs. Act as liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams, translating business needs into technical specifications. Develop and execute test plans, including requirements-based testing and user acceptance testing. Provide recommendations for process improvements and future state operating models. Support build vs. buy decisions and technical onboarding/offboarding of employees. Successful candidates will have: Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, engineering, computer science, management information systems, or related field. Minimum of two (2) years of related experience in project management, change management, and business analysis; consulting experience highly preferred. Demonstrate management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills, and highly developed Microsoft Suite skills (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) required. Project and portfolio management software experience highly preferred (e.g. Smartsheet, Confluence, Microsoft Project / Planner, Planview, Asana or equivalents) Ability to collaborate well with others, provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the "big picture" as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment, and exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with shifting priorities. Certifications such as PMP or Agile development frameworks, Prosci, Lean Six Sigma, or similar are highly desirable. Project experience with full lifecycle application development (e.g. requirements gathering, use case development, system analysis and design, integration, testing, deployment).Flexibility to travel to client site as needed and work outside of normal business hours due to client demands. The compensation range for this role is $85,910 to $162,890. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.