There is an extremely wide range of consulting jobs. Here’s a link to a nice summary of different types of management consultants: https://www.mbacrystalball.com/blog/2012/06/24/management-consulting-101-types-of-consulting/
Below are a few sample ads for more ‘general’ management consulting and Engagement Manager…
Undergraduate degree, 8+ years of experience OR Graduate and 4+ years of consulting/strategy experience including managerial experience
Proven record of high performance and substantial achievements in your past positions
Deep expertise in industries such as financial services, high-tech, telecommunications, manufacturing, energy, retail, pharmaceuticals, or travel and logistics
Solid functional knowledge, including but not limited to strategy, business development, manufacturing, supply chain, product development, project management, marketing and sales, etc.
Outstanding records of academic and managerial or professional achievement
Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
Demonstrated leadership ability in a team environment
Initiative taker, eager to break new ground, create opportunities for others
Willingness to take personal risks – as seen through leadership roles – in work environment and extracurricular activities
Ability to work effectively with people at all levels in an organization
Skills to communicate complex ideas effectively
Team player
About the Engagement Manager Role:
You will typically lead a team of 3 – 5 consultants to help clients achieve new performance highs.
You will lead the day to day execution of a client project while guiding and developing individual team members. You’ll work directly with clients – usually on site – and you’ll take ownership of the overall project and its end products. You will make an important contribution to the analysis, design, and implementation of business performance approaches, developing tailor-made solutions and working closely with clients to ensure positive impact and sustainable results.
You will have the opportunity to build on your proven leadership skills and leverage your interest in inspiring others, building strong relationships, and creating a true followership. In a collaborative team setting, you’ll work closely with others but also autonomously with little direction. Your superior analytical, quantitative and conceptual thinking skills and strong interpersonal and communication skills will ensure successful client projects and team performance.
Client project work typically includes gathering and analyzing information, formulating and testing hypotheses, and developing recommendations for presentation to client management. From there, you will implement those recommendations with client team members.
You’ll also gain new skills and build on the strengths you bring to the firm. Consultants receive exceptional training as well as frequent coaching and mentoring from colleagues and senior leaders on their teams.
- Apply Deloitte tools and frameworks to support improved client future-state organizational design and alignment
- Develop and execute communication plans
- Draft job descriptions and profiles that are legally defensible and that may include job responsibilities and tasks, accountabilities, and competency definitions and matrices
- Apply behavioral tools to assess the impact of change on organizations, using assessments of organizational culture, performance, and readiness for change
- Define activities to support change and transition initiatives
- Develop and deploy user adoption/training programs to support technology implementations
- Contribute to practice development initiatives including culture building, internal community involvement, eminence, recruiting, whitepapers, etc.
- Minimum two (2) years of relevant experience in a consulting or industry role, with experience in change management and organizational development
- Bachelors’ degree
- Ability to travel 80-100% of the time (Monday – Thursday/Friday)
- Demonstrated interest in a profession in Human Capital work through professional organizations, coursework, certifications, conference attendance, etc.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel)
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple assignments
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to exercise mature judgement
- Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity and apply problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to employ research and analytical thinking
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Demonstrated capabilities in team work and leadership
In addition to a track record of success working with clients across multiple industries, the ideal candidate should have proven knowledge of business analysis, process improvement, and relevant experience documenting the current state, business requirements and designing future state models. Full lifecycle project experience is required.
Job Functions:
- Gather business requirements through a variety of techniques (e.g. work sessions, interviews, etc…) and facilitate design workshops
- Build case for action and help obtain buy-in from executive sponsors for the mission, vision and strategy for improvement
- Establish credibility at all levels within the client and build problem-solving partnerships with clients and colleagues
- Communicate effectively in formal presentation settings including creation of proposals, presentations, client workshops and deliverables covering area(s) of responsibility
Qualifications & Experience:
- Successful candidates will have formative experience with Big-4 consulting firms like Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG or similar
- Three to five years of progressive work experience with at least three years of relevant consulting experience
- Strong client relationship skills and demonstrated networking ability with peer-level colleagues,
- Clear and articulate understanding of consulting and project lifecycle, as well as experience managing the production of deliverables within consulting engagements
- Experience using multiple project management tools and methodologies, and strong process and data analysis skills
Competencies & Intangibles:
- Strong conceptual, analytical, and critical thinking and execution skills
- Fresh-thinking, innovative style; creative insights and approaches to solving problems
- Effective leader and results-driven; able to deal with multiple constraints while achieving high-quality results
- Comfortable establishing measurable goals and milestones for self and others; including time frames and priorities; focused on getting things done
- Confidence to operate with credibility at all levels of client organizations, ability to assist or lead in client sales efforts and desire to achieve partner level within the consulting industry
- Desire to work in a growing and nimble consulting firm with less structure and more opportunities for professional achievement and rapid career development
The Internal Consultant, Strategy’s role is to work with the organization on a variety of projects and initiatives.
The successful candidate will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment with multiple activities occurring at the same time. This position will ideally be in New York, but we are open to candidates located in Toronto and Chicago as well.
Initiatives include:
- Providing project management expertise for projects that span the enterprise (projects range from process improvement, compliance/regulatory, system implementations and executing other strategic initiatives)
- Identifying process efficiencies by analyzing, re-engineering, and improving business processes across work streams within the organization
- Designing and delivering Management Reports
- Collecting, researching and compiling business cases and monitoring ROI
- Supporting the SVP of Strategic Programs with planning and managing activities related to the Credit Business strategy and long-term plan
- Assisting with additional projects as determined by the SVP of Strategic Programs
Requirements :
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of consulting experience
- Innovative leader in developing and implementing project plans for program initiative
- Ability to manage self and others’ work across several work streams on complex projects
- A good understanding of system integration lifecycle
- Experience with Workday or Salesforce is considered a strong asset
- Experience with business process improvement analysis, requirements development and documentation
- Experience working directly with business users and communicating with IT teams
- Excellent problem-solving, communication and negotiation skills
- Ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders including business leaders, vendors, and representatives from ownership companies
- Highly efficient and effective in stressful, fast paced environments
- Proficient in Microsoft Office tools including Excel, Power Point, Visio, and Word
DBRS Morningstar is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, veteran status or disability. All individuals are encouraged to apply.
We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
If selected for an interview, we will be happy to work with you to ensure your interview is accessible and that a reasonable accommodation is provided. When your interview is being scheduled, please advise us of how we might be able to support your participation.