Senior Project Manager - Business Consulting PI - TMT - CNS - BC

Senior Project Manager - Business Consulting PI - TMT - CNS - BC - Finance

TMT :

Industry convergence offers TMT (Technology, Media & Entertainment, and Telecommunications) organizations the chance to evolve and transform, but it also presents challenges around competitiveness and delivering agile corporate strategies for growth.

We help TMT companies create compelling employee and customer experiences, retaining skills and talent while achieving enterprise-wide operational excellence. We help them guard their data, brand and reputation. We also enable the pursuit of M&A strategies that methodically create value, reduce risk and transform TMT companies into powerhouses that will lead the technology revolution of the future building a better working world for all.

CNS - BC - Finance :

EY Consulting is building a better working world by transforming businesses through the power of people, technology and innovation. Our client-centric approach focuses on driving long-term value for our clients by solving their most strategic problems. EY Consulting is made up of three sub-service lines: Business Consulting (including Performance Improvement and Risk Consulting), Technology Consulting and People Advisory Services.

Business Consulting works with clients to reimagine or transform their business purpose and model; create growth; manage cost and efficiency; respond to market pressures and regulation; and resolve operational challenges. The scope of this team encompasses innovation, strategy and purpose, through deep functional experience in business transformation, finance, supply chain and operations, providing support for the complex and large-scale program and portfolio management.

It has multiple fields of play such as:

Finance Consulting - helps assess and transform our clients' finance function to improve performance and effectiveness. We help organizations implement service and cost improvement initiatives, and embed a performance management process and culture that unites the business around its core objectives.

Business Transformation - a m?ultidisciplinary competency, gathering capabilities in transformation architecture, experience design, business design and transformation execution to problem-solve, design and deliver large scale, multi-year, multi-stakeholder transformation programs.

Supply Chain and Operations - we provide a unique combination of industry-specific, strategic, operational and financial insights, digital technology advances and strategic alliance partners to deliver better outcomes and also help clients effect fundamental change in their operations performance to support sales growth, become more cost competitive, minimize risk and ensure operational resilience.

Job Role

• The Senior consultant will be involved in providing objective advise, expertise, guidance and specialist skills with the aim of achieving the project targets. The Senior consultant will mainly work with the EY team to:
• Be part of the client engagements and lead specific work-streams
• Advice clients in designing and implementing the right sourcing model, including but not limited to shared services and outsourcingAssist clients through the transition journey including as-is assessment, vision development, business case development, target operating model design, sizing, location selection, performance management support, transition management, process review and continuous improvement
• Advise clients on outsourcing deal setup best practices through RFP development, vendor evaluation, contract negotiation, portfolio rationalization, benchmarking and end of term supportMap current processes & control systems and identify gaps and areas of improvement
• Support the Engagement Manager for activities such as engagement economics and receivables, project resources and team utilizationLead the delivery / execution of high-quality deliverables and manage service quality, brand and client expectations
• Contribute to brand development by writing articles, developing thought leadership and point-of-viewsContribute to knowledge development and management
• Demonstrate significant industry / solution expertiseAssist in resolving people issuesSupport people development through guidance and feedbackEnsure compliance to the firms standards, processes and policiesContribute to the firms initiatives in enhancing market leadership & growth, quality, people agenda and operational excellenceManage senior external/internal stakeholders independently

Professional Background

• 6 to 8 years of relevant post MBA experience - Consulting background (preferably) or Industry background (Outsourcing Advisory/ Retained Organization Governance role/ Outsourcing Service Provider Business Development team)
• Experience of executing projects in the area of outsourcing, sourcing strategy development or Outsourcing services salesProcess redesign experience in process areas like Lead to Order (L2O), Order to Cash (O2C), Record to report (R2R), Procure to Pay (P2P), Hire to Retire (H2R) etc
• .Experience in working on finance transformation, business case analysis and planning, Service sourcing, RfP process, Outsourcing/offshoring strategy and setup, Shared service or IT transformation or Design of SLAs, process KPIs and reporting requirements
• In-depth domain knowledge of Technology sector. Should have worked in any one or more of following sub-sectors of technology sector Global capability centres or SSCs, IT Services, Engineering services, BPO, Semiconductor, Devices, Hardware, Software, Internet and e-commerce
• Knowledge of current technology landscape, trends and solutionsRelevant consulting experience with Big 4 is preferredIndustry experience of managing functions under controllership, FP&A, Revenue mgmt., transactional finance, etc. especially within the professional services domainExposure to data management and analytics

Preferred Skills

• Expertise in two or more of the areas listed process transformation, business case analysis and planning, Service sourcing, RfP process, Outsourcing/offshoring strategy and setup, Shared service or IT transformation or Design of SLAs, process KPIs and reporting requirements
• Exposure to implementation of RPA/OCR/BI/Consolidation tools
• Experience with process mapping tools like Microsoft Visio, IBM Blueworks, Celonis etc.Hands on experience with different data visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI

Core skills

• Sharp focus on quality deliveryIn-depth understanding of the economic and business environment
• Professional network and networking skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good leadership qualities
• Client relationship management and account management skills
• Program management, multi-tasking and time management skills
• Excellent people management skills
• Ability to develop / customize solutions relevant to clientAdvanced knowledge of MS Excel, Word, Power Point

Other

• Willingness to travel
• Willingness to learn and imbibe new skills
• Flexible to adopt to a demanding lifestyle
• Able to thrive in relatively unstructured situations
• High initiative and drive, positive attitude and high commitmentMaturity and ability to handle pressure

Academic Background

• B.E. / B.Tech. or CA + MBA (preferably from a premier institute such as IIMs, NITIE, SP Jain, XLRI, ISB, FMS etc.) with a good academic background