Senior Associate, Management Consulting

BDO USA, P.C. • New York, NY

5d • $80,000 - $100,000

About The Position

The Management Consulting practice is seeking a Senior Associate to provide advanced business performance improvement and growth strategy services to clients. The Senior Associate participates in multiple stages of consulting engagements, including planning, execution, and closeout, and holds responsibility for a project workstream in collaboration with BDO and client team members. The role frequently oversees a team and serves clients across diverse industries. Teams typically include three to five consultants who identify and often implement solutions to client challenges, helping clients improve performance and achieve key objectives.

The Senior Associate conducts and supports client interviews and meetings, gathers and analyzes information, documents requirements and processes, evaluates current and future states, develops initial deliverables and solutions, and executes project management. The role also prepares project documentation, reports, presentations, meeting materials, and summaries; supports process documentation and design; handles confidential information; and helps guide projects through their lifecycle.

The role supervises, reviews, coaches, and counsels junior associates and interns, while coordinating work with other Seniors and supporting a collaborative, high-quality team environment. It also includes client relationship development, proposal and marketing material support, participation in professional organizations, and identifying business development and cross-selling opportunities. Project work may include operational due diligence, integrations, carve-outs, and private-equity-related initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least three years of experience in management/business strategy consulting, project management, business analysis, or functional work showing progress or promotion.
• Successful experience in at least two of the following services: M&A integration, supply chain optimization, finance transformation, shared services, AR/AP/close/reporting improvement, strategy, or technology optimization.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to engage in teamwork and foster an inclusive atmosphere across organizational levels.
• Clear and coherent oral and written communication in English and the language(s) specific to the local office.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and research skills.
• Solid organizational skills and ability to meet project deadlines with attention to detail.
• Ability to multitask and work independently or in a group environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to travel an average of 50% as needed.
• Executive presence, intellectual curiosity, and analytical thinking.
• Ability to initiate and maintain relationships with client personnel at all levels and use network and industry relationships to identify business development opportunities.
• Ability to analyze large volumes of data, identify potential issues, and propose appropriate resolutions to deal structures.
• Ability to maintain the highly confidential nature of information.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree focused on Management, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Information Technology, or Engineering.
• Consulting experience.
• Leadership experience.
• Smartsheet experience.
• Professional or technical certification, such as PMP.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and assist with client informational interviews and facilitate meetings during engagements.
• Determine the information needed to perform engagement work and obtain relevant client information, documents, and data.
• Document project requirements, client processes, and meeting discussions; produce meeting summaries for clients.
• Analyze client processes and evaluate current-state and future-state processes, organization, technology, and information or data.
• Develop initial client deliverables and solutions to client issues.
• Execute high-quality project management and help drive projects through their lifecycle.
• Prepare documentation, reports, presentations, agendas, handouts, and other materials using templates and guidance from senior professionals.
• Support high-quality process documentation and process design.
• Handle highly confidential client information and lead others toward ethical decision-making.
• Supervise and counsel junior associates and interns; coordinate tasks and project assignments with other Seniors.
• Review Associates’ work products and provide comments and edits; provide coaching and on-the-job training to Associates.
• Provide practice leaders with verbal and written performance feedback on other Seniors, as necessary.
• Support a collaborative, team-oriented environment focused on strong results and quality work.
• Develop relationships with client personnel and management.
• Assist with research and drafting of proposals, marketing materials, statements of qualifications, and other practice documentation.
• Participate in local professional organizations and identify business development opportunities through industry and networking relationships.
• Work with practice leaders and peers in other business lines to promote Management Consulting services and identify cross-selling opportunities.
• For operational due diligence projects, perform synergy or deal-value-driver analysis and identify operational risks.
• For integration projects, define integration strategy and support integration planning and execution.
• For carve-out projects, analyze standalone costs; define carve-out strategy; support planning and execution; and define Transition Services Agreements.
• For private-equity-related projects, support 100-day and value-creation planning and execution.
• Perform other duties as required.

Benefits

• Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), providing participants beneficial ownership in the firm.
• Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits offerings; eligibility requirements may apply.

What This Job Offers

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