Experienced Consultant, Organization, People & Change

West Monroe • Chicago, IL

1d • $85,000 - $115,000

About The Position

West Monroe is seeking an Experienced Consultant with current consulting experience to join our Organization, People, and Change (OPC) practice. West Monroe’s Organization, People, and Change practice accelerates value and business outcomes of transformations, transactions, and implementations – through people, HR, and change strategies.
For this opening, we are looking for someone with a proven track record supporting client engagements across our offerings, and each consultant within our OPC practice drives value across our capabilities:
Change Strategy & Execution: We offer comprehensive change management services, from strategy development to execution to change capability advisory and development, ensuring effective transformations are achieved and sustained by maximizing value, minimizing risk, and driving both engagement and adoption.
Organization Design & Workforce Strategy: We achieve measurable business results by using digital tools, analytics, and benchmarks to improve organizational structures, culture, talent strategies, and support organizations in their journey to become a skills-based organization
OPC Transactions: We advise on people issues and HR functions at every stage of the deal life cycle, including commercial strategy to planning and execution support for ongoing and future critical business activities.
HR Transformation: We help HR leaders prepare their organizations for the future by transforming the HR operating model to free up time and resources to focus on mission-critical work that adds value to the business through people, processes, and technology.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 1-3 years of relevant HR and/or change management experience; client servicing and/or advisory experience strongly preferred.
• Previous experience managing one or multiple workstreams as a member on functional HR or change management projects (e.g., org design, change strategy and execution, HR M&A, HR technology selection and implementation, etc.).
• 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.
• A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Serve on client delivery teams, with increasing consultant responsibility for building solutions and related deliverables.
• Support functional workstream planning and execution by collaborating with team members and learning clients’ business functions.
• Demonstrate consistency in gathering data, data analysis, and preparing for and conducting client interviews.
• Develop client-ready deck storylines and key message/findings, and effectively present findings and insights to client stakeholders.
• Participate in and support the practice in development and enhancements to Org, People and Change methodologies, tools, and other collateral.
• Identify and raise potential farming opportunities to project managers and practice leadership and monitor opportunity status to establish appropriate follow-up timing.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level