Senior Consultant, CFO Advisory (ERP Strategy)
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Posted 1 month agoDescription
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West Monroe is currently seeking a Senior Consultant to join our CFO Advisory team within our Operations Excellence practice. This person will bring experience supporting clients as they modernize their finance organization, including developing their application strategy and transformation roadmap. Candidates should also have experience in helping to develop and/or enhance supporting methodologies and tools, as well as integrating these with other consulting solutions (e.g., technology and vertical practices).
What you’ll do:
- Serve on client delivery teams as a program manager on engagements of moderate-to-high complexity and scale; structure and manage your own work and the work of others within multiple workstreams according to project workplan and Statement of Work (SOW); support functional workstream planning and execution by collaborating with team members and client functional leads.
- Engagements include but are not limited to fit-gap assessments, application strategy, software and integrator selection, implementation health check and recovery, implementation project and change management, and IT back-office application due diligence as needed.
- Coordinate with client and West Monroe teams on project governance activities.
- Provide quality assurance review on junior team members’ approaches and deliverables.
- Contribute to the creation of methodologies, project assets and tools, and ensure maintenance of those assets.
- Regularly seek out farming opportunities and engage project managers and practice leadership to evaluate and pursue in support of business development goals.
- Engage in account management process including supporting account planning, developing and maintaining relationships with client peers, invoicing, resource allocations, and project financial management.
- Actively participate in proposal development by synthesizing client asks and issues while mapping West Monroe methodologies and reviewing client materials to determine appropriate scope as well as potential areas out-of-scope.
- Assist team members in integrating effectively onto the team, providing instruction, assistance, and coaching on methodologies and work approached.
- Model and mentor more junior-level consultants day-to-day in personifying West Monroe values with clients, on project teams, and within individual relationships.
- May serve as a Career Advisor to an intern or more junior-level consultant.
- Support recruiting, interviewing, and selecting campus and experienced new hire consultants.
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.
- 3+ years of “hands-on” experience configuring business applications and at least 1-2 years of experience advising clients on the selection and implementation of ERP Solutions (SAP ERP, Oracle ERP Cloud, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 strongly preferred); must have been an active team member or PM on at least 2 full-cycle ERP implementations.
- Previous experience managing multiple workstreams as a member or leader on digital finance transformation projects.
- Strong functional knowledge within the following areas: Lead to Close, Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Plan to Produce, Record to Report, Recruit to Retire (any other industry specific knowledge is a plus (e.g., TMS, WMS, PSA, EAM, etc.)
- 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%.
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.
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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.
You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.
West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law. To learn more about diversity, equity and inclusion at West Monroe, visit www.westmonroe.com/inclusion. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our recruiting process, please inquire by sending an email to recruiting@westmonroe.com.
Please review our current policy regarding use of generative artificial intelligence during the application process.
If you are based in California, we encourage you to read West Monroe’s Notice at Collection for California residents, provided pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and linked here.
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