Senior Consultant, Insurance

West Monroe • Chicago, IL

4d • $116,000 - $157,000

About The Position

West Monroe is currently seeking an Experienced Consultant with Insurance and Consulting experience to join our Chicago office. Our Insurance practice is a growing team focused on business and technology projects to transform brokers and carriers and help them adopt to market demands. We assist our clients by developing operating models and cost optimization strategies, while also implementing technology, platforms, data and analytics tools, and supporting the related change management. The role will involve applying knowledge and experience to tailor solutions, helping our clients gain a competitive advantage in their markets. You will help business and technology executives solve key problems within the financial services industry, begin mentoring junior consultants, while building the practice and your career at one of the best places to work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• At least 4+ years of experience in a team based consulting environment and working directly with external clients demonstrating an understanding of the operations on the insurance industry
• At least 2 years of experience in one of the following processes specific to organizational transformation, process improvement, product development, managing teams and work streams, etc.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently, display excellent judgment, and work productively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
• Strong organizational skills, detail oriented, and the ability to hand multiple priorities
• Ability to develop a sense of urgency and respond appropriately
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment on large initiatives
• Strong communication skills to be able to work with clients and present to C-level executives
• Good presentation skills and business development skills; able to assist in selling work to clients
• Experience in developing work plans, project scopes, pricing estimates
• Strong project management and leadership skills to manage and drive concurrent small to large projects for one team
• Good interpersonal, written and oral communications skills as well as customer relations and the ability to travel
• A commitment to inclusion and diversity, and openness to new ideas and perspectives

Responsibilities

• Work directly with clients to implement processes and technology that support business value and process efficiency across business and technical functions
• Work closely with the business owners to create new business processes
• Facilitate client workshops focused on future state of the Insurance Industry, design future state business process and requirements
• Support detailed requirements gathering
• Lead package evaluations against industry leading practices in the Insurance Industry
• Interface with all levels of management both internally and at client sites
• Develop client-ready communications to facilitate decision making, communicate status, mitigate risk or resolve issues
• Participate in the creation of project related deliverables such as project plans, implementation plans, communication plans, and financial models
• Work closely with engagement management to reduce project risk
• Work closely with members of WMP as well as our clients to quickly establish highly functioning joint project teams
• Participate in the business development process by assisting in the development of project approaches and proposals
• Participate in the practice development process by assisting in the development of tools, methodologies and techniques used by WMP in on client assignments.

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
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees