Experienced Manager, Management Consulting

Job Summary

The Management Consulting Experienced Manager supports projects in Strategy & 80/20, Back Office & Finance Transformation, Site Selection, M&A and Post-Merger Integration, and Supply Chain. This role involves acting as a primary client contact, providing exceptional client service, developing deliverables, managing budgets, and fostering strategic relationships.

Job Duties

• Acts as primary contact for clients on strategic transformations, addressing questions and issues.
• Provides exceptional client service and develops advanced level deliverables and solutions to client issues.
• Establishes engagement budget, recommends project scope and pricing changes, as needed.
• Manages the engagement and underlying economics to ensure engagement metrics are achieved.
• Identifies and grows strategic relationships with client personnel, including members of client management.
• Manages day-to-day workload of MC Senior Associates and Associates on assigned engagements, reviews work product, trains on relevant software, evaluates performance, and delivers performance feedback.
• Administers strategic project plans, manages tasks, coordinates meeting follow-up, and provides regular status updates.
• Fosters a positive demeanor, learning attitude, and client service mentality with staff and seniors.
• Able to travel 25% to possibly up to 50% of the time, as needed.
• Supervises MC Senior Associates and Associates on assigned engagements, manages workload, reviews work product, trains on relevant software, evaluates performance, and delivers performance feedback.
• Participates in strategy, marketing, and business development activities within practice.
• Drafts reports and completes research, when needed.
• Coordinates meetings with the management team and the project team.
• Manages internal projects to drive to completion.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree, required; focus in Finance, Business Administration, or Technology, preferred.
• Six (6) or more years of experience with internal or external strategy and planning project management, including gap analysis of long- and short-term goals.
• Four (4) or more years of professional experience within strategic transformation, with a proven ability to translate strategy into action that drives clear and measurable outcomes.
• Strong strategic analytical, facilitation, documentation, and communication skills.
• Expert-level ability in managing and driving execution on all aspects of multiple projects at one time, especially those complex in nature.
• Strong cross-functional business acumen, project planning, scoping, and management skills.
• Client-facing consulting experience or management advisory, preferably in the manufacturing and distribution industry.
• PMI, PMP, or Change Management certification, preferred.

About Us

BDO is committed to delivering exceptional experiences to middle market leaders by sharing insight-driven perspectives, helping companies take business as usual to better than usual. We offer a culture centered around making meaningful connections, approaching interactions with curiosity, and being true to ourselves, all while making a positive difference in the world. As an ESOP company, BDO offers participants a stake in the firm's success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being. We are dedicated to empowering our team members to explore their full potential, celebrating ingenuity and innovation, and focusing on resilience and sustainability to positively impact our people, clients, and communities. Our Total Rewards program encompasses more than traditional "benefits."