Manager/Senior Manager/AVP - Strategy Consulting - HR

The Associate (Manager/ Sr.Manager)/ Senior Associate (AVP) is a consultant who will work as part of a broader team setting. He/she will conduct various activities required to deliver client and / or business development work. Typical work activities will involve analyzing data, researching, building proposals, writing document (PPT and/or word) etc. In addition, the consultant will be expected to contribute towards firm development activities such as developing Point of View, recruiting support, etc.

He/she will be part of the Global Consulting Practice, a specialized team focused on bringing the organization's cross-line-of-business strategic and operational capabilities to the client. Typically, this would involve working on topics combining the firm's depth in talent strategy development, endowments and foundations investment strategies, strategic work-force planning, large scale transformations etc. while supporting the firm's work across M&A transactions, post-merger integrations, Multinational Clients etc.

Thee range of duties/activities are varied and whilst key responsibilities are expressed here they include the flexible execution of additional consulting, analytical and operational tasks as reasonably expected from time to time.

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Work directly with client executives, usually on site, manage / support the engagement through all stages, including planning, execution, and closure

Be in charge of the day-to-day execution of the engagement process and take ownership of the whole engagement deliverable

Ensure proper and standardized reporting of project status, e.g. red-flags, road-blocks, timeline or budget changes

Lead a team of consultants and business analysts where necessary; overseeing their work to support the delivery of the engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Management, Science, Engineering Mathematics, Statistics, Commerce or Economics (Graduate MBA from a reputed institution).

Knowledge and skills

- Previous experience in organization design, organization transformation, HR strategy, work-force optimization / organizational de-layering, governance design, HR shared services design, capability development strategy, M&A work in HR / work-force topics

- Proven ability to manage projects and / or large project modules including successful deployment and delivery of personal expertise and that of other project team members to ensure excellent, on-time delivery to client specifications

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills including strong ability to build successful business relationships with clients and colleagues that enhance operations and profitable revenues

- Analytical capabilities - able to create and work with excel models

- Solid organizational and IT skills, particularly MS Office suite