Microsoft Senior Business Consultant

Perficient • Atlanta, GA

15h

About The Position

We currently have a career opportunity for an Senior Business Consultant to join our Microsoft team. Job Overview: The role of the Microsoft Senior Business Consultant is for individuals passionate about identifying and delivering the right business solution for each client. Our Senior Business Consultants have a keen business orientation with an understanding of how Microsoft technologies can be effectively applied to meet a variety of business needs. As a Microsoft Senior Business Consultant, specializing in Microsoft 365 and Copilot, you will play a key role on project teams by researching, designing, and implementing modern collaboration solutions for our customers. Our Microsoft Senior Business Consultants fill several different roles on our project teams working with a variety of Microsoft technologies for a wide range of clients. The specific responsibilities vary for each client and for each project. Key to the success of our Microsoft Senior Business Consultants is the willingness and desire to quickly learn the client’s industry and the unique requirements of each engagement and to fill whatever role may be required to best support our client’s needs. A Microsoft Senior Business Consultant thrives in challenging environments and accomplishes difficult assignments without significant supervision and instruction. Our consultants can handle the stress of being accountable for delivery and: complete goals on time, practice strong attention to detail, persevere through tough obstacles, and do not get easily discouraged. Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues. Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We’re a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we’re transforming the world’s largest enterprises and biggest brands. You’ll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years of professional business analysis experience, with strong relationship management, account management, and support experience.
• Minimum 2 years consulting industry experience working with external clients
• Functional knowledge of Microsoft 365 Collaboration Tools and AI (e.g., Copilot).
• Demonstrated experience gathering requirements from legacy systems and assisting with the design of modern M365 solutions. Example solutions include, SharePoint Online modern intranets, document management using SharePoint Online and SharePoint Premium, forms modernization, and workflow automation.
• Proven track record consulting with enterprise clients, translating business needs into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills, with the ability to educate and influence stakeholders at different levels.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation abilities.
• Understanding of Agile and Waterfall project methodologies.
• Experience driving user adoption and change management initiatives, including crafting training and communications artifacts.
• Ability to create compelling end-user materials and deliver engaging workshops.
• Flexibility to travel up to 25 percent.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data migration and legacy system modernization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagements including meetings, workshops, interviews, and discovery sessions to understand goals, processes, and pain points, translating them into actionable business requirements.
• Gather and analyze business requirements to define transformation strategies using modern Microsoft technologies like M365, SharePoint Online, Copilot and Power Platform.
• Educate clients on M365 and Copilot capabilities, benefits, and limitations to assist the project team in tailoring solutions that align with their unique business goals.
• Facilitate product demonstrations and future-state visioning exercises to bring requirements to life and inspire stakeholder alignment.
• Define functional specifications including workflows and business processes to support strategic and operational needs on the Microsoft platform.
• Collaborate with technical teams to translate business requirements into effective technology strategies and working solutions.
• Support user acceptance testing by developing test scripts, leading execution, and assisting with training and adoption activities.
• Deliver tailored training sessions and workshops to end users, site owners, and business champions, promoting best practices and responsible adoption.
• Create documentation including detailed requirements, user stories, guides, and knowledge articles to support stakeholder understanding and client self-sufficiency.
• Continuously learn and adapt by staying current on emerging Microsoft 365 and Copilot features, trends, and best practices.

Benefits

• Perficient full-time employees receive complete and competitive benefits.
• We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, generous work/life opportunities and an outstanding benefits package that includes paid time off plus holidays.
• In addition, all colleagues are eligible for a number of rewards and recognition programs including billable bonus opportunities.
• Encouraging a healthy work/life balance and providing our colleagues great benefits are just part of what makes Perficient a great place to work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees