India | Risk and Human Capital

Proprietary & Confidential

Job Title: Consulting Manager/Associate Director (based on fitment)

Position Type: Full Time

Work Mode: In Office

Shift Time: Flexible

Annual Revenue Responsibility: Yes

Required education and certifications critical for the role:

- Full Time Bachelors/ masters degree in related discipline (HR, Economics, Statistics, Analytics and Business Administration)

- M.B.A/PGDBM from any Tier 1/Tier 2/Tier 3 institute

Work Experience:

- 7+ years of relevant post qualification experience after completion of masters in the area of rewards strategy design, job evaluation, Leadership development, Competency framework design, organization transformation, skill gap analysis, organization restructuring, talent management projects

- Relevant pre-MBA experience in the areas we operate.

Technical Skills:

- Advanced MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Project/Planner)

- Familiarity with project management tools

- Intermediate or advanced data analysis and visualization

TALENT SOLUTIONS CONSULTING

COS Talent Solutions Consulting practice delivers solutions to help clients build workforces for the digital age.

We accelerate organizations from ordinary to the extraordinary with an unmatched combination of global consulting, and integrated talent analytics.

We have more than 300 consultants serving India market helping clients with their most complex challenging problems using deep insights and analytics. We are trusted advisors for wide variety of organizations including BSE500 and work with largest set of early-stage technology organizations in the country.

Typically, the projects can cut across some or all the areas below:

- Large Industry Compensation Benchmarking Surveys, Large Industry Salary Increase Surveys.

- Productivity Studies Pay for Performance Advisory Assignments.

- Compensation & Rewards Advisory (including & not restricted to) - Pay Design, Pay Structuring, Rewards Strategy, Job Evaluation, Variable Pay & Incentive Design.

- Talent Advisory (including & not restricted to) - Organization Design & Organization effectiveness, Performance management system design, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, HR M&A, Post Merger Integration, HR Due Diligence, Salesforce Effectiveness, Scorecard Design, Competency and Career Management Design.

JOB OVERVIEW

Our Consulting Managers are responsible for high-level project delivery and oversight along with client relationship and revenue management. You will manage teams and advise clients at the highest strategic level on both big-picture and tactical matters.

We expect to show ownership, accountability, and extreme learning agility. We would love for you to show us depth not only in solution areas but also in your understanding of how client organization function. You will be a part of highly energized team in consulting and depending on projects you will wear different hats ranging from performing complex analytics, wowing our clients, managing small projects to bringing in sales.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Project and Client Relationship Management:

- Partnering with clients around HR system design, Organization Design, HR Transformation, employee engagement, organization structuring, rewards benchmarking, performance management & scorecard cascading.

- The incumbent would be responsible for leading a solution within the industry vertical in terms of clients, financial and team collaboration and also ensure timely and profitable delivery of the key projects. Manage client projects from start to finish, translating client needs into analysis and design recommendations across topics such as salary structures, total rewards strategies, equity guidelines, career progression guidelines.

2. Thought Leadership:

- To contribute to thought leadership in the industry sector for India with timely articles, white papers, roundtables, client events. The incumbent will contribute to this through content development, research, marketing events and other such activities.

3. Business Development:

- Focuses on client sales opportunities across hunting and farming. Understands client requirements, is able to explain to the client the solutions being proposed and customizes basis feedback. Listens to client problems without trying to force fit solutions.

4. Pre-Sales Support and Solution Design:

- Provides support in building winning commercial proposals for clients. Plays the role of a team member in building out complex advisory solutions as part of the sales cycle. Ensures clients problem statement is effectively translated into a working solution. Tailors existing solutions to meet client requirements and where required, co-builds new solutions to meet client requirements where applicable.

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

- Develop proposals and orchestrate complex projects.

- Problem Solving Ability

- Be willing to get your hands dirty.

- Ability to work independently and on a team across multiple projects.

- Independent, proactive with solution thinking & design.

- Exposure to both data and advisory projects (especially in the areas of compensation benchmarking, careers, competency design and job architecture)

- Willingness to stretch.

- Openness to travel

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

You bring a strong analytical ability but a people-focused approach as well as the ability to see things from an end-user perspective. You will also have:

- A strong passion for translating people data into meaningful insights that can tell a story.

- Advanced skillset with MS Excel and other MS office tools.

- Commitment to ongoing learning.

- Project & Client Relationship Management.

- Insights and report quality.

- Passion for driving results and focused on outcome and process.

- Deal with immense ambiguity and navigate oneself from problem to the solution.

- Visualize strategic roadmap for commercial and client growth and own key aspects of the execution.

WHY CHOOSE US

- You will get to work with top notch clients across industries.

- Opportunity to work in a niche segment with the market leaders in the Consulting Industry.

- Opportunity to work in a team of international professionals across regions.

HOW WE SUPPORT OUR COLLEAGUES

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we are proud to be an equal opportunity workforce. At COS we believe a diverse workforce is an innovative workforce. Our agile, inclusive environment allows colleagues to manage their wellbeing and work/life balance while empowering you to be your authentic self.

Furthermore, all colleagues enjoy two Global Wellbeing Days each year, encouraging them to take time to focus on themselves. We offer a variety of workstyle options through our Smart Working model, but we also recognize that flexibility goes beyond just the place of work... and we are all for it!

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips colleagues to learn, share and grow, helping them achieve their fullest potential. As a result, COS colleagues are more connected, more relevant and more valued.