Strategy Consultant

Job Category:Business Strategy Specialist Consultant Primary Location:USA-NJ: NEW JERSEY-WEST ORANGESchedule:Full-time Job Type:Regular Employee Status:Regular Yes, 100 % of the Time Job Posting: 04/04/2008Description: Qualification Summary:Junior to mid-level MBA consultant adept at working cross-functionally to design IT-enabled solutions that align with business strategies, business processes and IT strategy goals for clients in the financial services, telecommunications, government, healthcare and energy industries. Specific industry expertise/experience is an advantage, not a full requirement.Experience Summary: In addition to managing successful relationships with staff, teams, vendors and customers, candidate should have proven knowledge of Business Process Redesign analysis principles that improve efficiencies and customer satisfaction by increasing automation, decreasing iteration, and eliminating redundancy. Early maturity in project management skills that reflect an in depth understanding of formulating a business strategy and creating a technology roadmap to facilitate and enhance the business strategy. Experience with designing product requirements and specifications. Software Implementation and evaluations of vendor offerings and product deployment planning. Experience in IT portfolio management concepts and a basic understanding of how IT governance is used to run IT organizations. Relevant Experience with evaluating current state processes and designing both future state processes and future state requirements for clients in addition to creating business cases for both business and IT investments. Knowledge of financial data, analyst reports, capital markets, operations, legacy and SOA infrastructure, nascent technology, and the business uses, cases, and strategies to leverage these topics. Business: Grasp key client issues based on fact-gathering activities and develop sound analyses and hypotheses. Business: Analyze business application packages and vendors, analyze and/or define business process models and design a high-level structure of a solution. Management: Lead a high-performance team of 3-5 resources (CSC, client, and third-party resources), in your area of expertise, to successful conclusion of a project phase. Technical: Maintain current knowledge and understanding of technical industry trends, best practices, and market experience with IT-enabled business capabilities. Relationship Management: Establish credibility at all levels within the client and build problem-solving partnerships with the client and colleagues. Leverage: Understand the sales process, its information and support requirements, and assist business developers in identifying or qualifying leads. MBA: Specializations in Strategy, Leadership, Change Management, Finance.Enabling Technologies:Methodologies: IT Strategy / Fusion, CMMIRisk & Simulation Analysis: Crystal Ball, iThink Languages: T-SQL, PL-SQL, HTML, JavaScript Software Packages: MS Office, Visio, MS Project, Adobe Acrobat, ProActivity, Crystal Reports Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience MBA degree or related field preferred Five or more years of experience in management and/or operations strategy Experience working with CSC Catalyst and/or equivalent client-mandated methodology Experience working with business principles, practices, and economics Experience working with common best practices, innovations, trends, and challenges in the industry Other Qualifications Skilled at fact and information gathering, complex analyses, and summarization Good communication skills Ability to manage competing priorities in a complex environment Ability to devise creative business solutions Ability to convey a strong presence, professional image, and deal confidently with complex business problems Willingness to travel 100%Remote Work Location Authorized:No Relocation Assistance:Not AvailableClearance Level:None Create Success