Careers

Consultant

South Africa-Sunninghill

Req#: 20431BR

Date published: 22-Oct-2014

Opportunity: Experienced Hire

Business Line: Management Consulting

Business Plan: CST

Level: 003

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Develop and sustain strong working relationships with team members from the client’s organization. Exercise judgment in ensuring appropriate involvement of senior engagement leadership and B&V subject matter experts. Manage personal career development. Pursue training and experiences to enhance capabilities in the competencies of the practice. Complete administrative duties accurately and on time, i.e. time sheet and expense report. Incumbents at this level will demonstrate capabilities as defined in one or more of the following areas: Consultant Capability Ensure individual contributions are aligned with client needs and consistent with overall engagement objectives. Understand and consistently meet client expectations within scope of engagement role by responding promptly and professionally to their inquiries. Apply methods or recognized equivalent as appropriate to the specific needs of the client and engagement demands. Conduct situation analysis through client interviews and document research to determine the business strengths and weaknesses and to identify preliminary engagement priorities. For technology solutions: use recognized methods to deliver work products, in at least three of the following areas of an engagement lifecycle: Analysis, Design, Construction or Integration Testing, System Testing, Implementation, Support and Maintenance. Identify specific business issues and their process implications by applying detailed knowledge of processes and their relationships with other business functions. Synthesize findings of research and draft the significant process improvement recommendations. Evaluate current state of the client and recommend strategic change components allowing for impact and interaction factors of the components. Draft competitive advantage and achievable value to the client through use of the strategic change components. Project Management Capability Manage the delivery of at least two stages of the service delivery lifecycle using the Ascendant methodology. Identify and assess risks and participate in developing mitigation strategies. Escalate significant issues to appropriate engagement management. Contribute to the development of the integrated project plan (IPP) for entire engagement. Develop IPP for team or sub-engagement. Address scope change requests and manage to the contractual terms of the engagement. Industry Knowledge Capability Apply detailed knowledge of a distinct expertise area to produce work products. Develop and present recommendations and alternatives to the client by leveraging technical knowledge or prior experience in the chosen business area. Use expertise to integrate findings from research to develop alternative solutions. Present alternatives and recommendations to client or team. Proactively develop additional knowledge that is applicable to the area of expertise.; Individual contributor with no subordinates.

Minimum Qualifications:
4 years experience in business/consulting.; Bachelor’s Degree. Master’s Degree preferred.

Preferred Job Qualifications:
Proficient technical knowledge in one or more target industries. Knowledge base in one or more solution areas. Good general knowledge of customers in one or more target industries Ability to organize work assignments in more than one phase of an engagement. Proficiency in one aspect of consulting processes. Skilled human relations skills Understanding of team function and operation in an engagement environment. Effective oral and written communication skills including presentation abilities. Ability to operate multiple software packages. Advanced PC literacy.