Experienced Senior Associate, Management Consulting

About the role

The Management Consulting (MC) Experienced Senior Associate is part of a MC team and supports projects across multiple service lines. This position works with a variety of clients and locations, supporting communication, culture, and change management aligned with strategy and growth, back‑office transformation, and mergers and acquisitions. The Experienced Senior Associate is experienced in change management principles and methodologies, has a diverse background, and can support a range of MC activities. The role supports the engagement team by ensuring high‑quality deliverables are completed per the project schedule and by interacting with clients to understand and support their needs. While the position has no supervisory responsibility, it collaborates with and influences others to succeed, demonstrating influential leadership for executing communication, training, and change management activities per the master project engagement schedule. The Experienced Senior Associate works with clients to apply structured methodology to support projects and engagements across multiple service lines, conducts assessments to determine improvement strategies, and drafts and executes communication and culture implementation plans—including culture and organizational change, business strategies, finance and back‑office transformations, strategy creation and execution, and mergers and acquisitions. The associate communicates effectively with stakeholders at all levels of client organizations.

Responsibilities

• Assesses communication, training, and training needs and culture change needs for clients, and supports the management creation of implementation plans to improve effectiveness in each area
• Completes assigned tasks per the project schedule
• Conducts interviews and data analysis of client data
• Coordinates and efficiently manages documentation, notes, and data
• Prepares and delivers materials to the project team and to the clients, as appropriate
• Creates quick, high‑quality deliverables aligned with BDO professional standards
• Supports team collaboration efforts to enhance and improve presentation materials for clients
• Updates project metrics and supports the team with reminders of key deadlines per the project schedule
• Supports and produces deliverables such as graphics, notes, reports, etc., and assists with plans and strategies; deliverables are built collaboratively with high attention to detail and professional presentation quality
• Applies concepts such as organizational hierarchy, strategic goals setting and execution, data management, workflow standardization, process mapping, return on investment, and value proposition
• Travels domestically as needed (25‑50%)
• Performs other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university (required); focus in Management, Business, Finance, or Psychology‑related discipline (preferred)
• Three or more years of experience in at least one of the following disciplines (required): Management/Business Strategy Consulting, Project Management/Organizational Change Management, Business Analysis/Business Process Improvement
• Multiple successful experiences in at least one of the following services (preferred): M&A Integration, Business Transformation, Finance Transformation, Technology Implementation/Optimization, other large‑scale organizational change
• General understanding of methodologies for implementing improvement projects (e.g., Plan‑Do‑Check‑Act, LEAN, Six Sigma) (preferred)
• Experience in change management programs (preferred)
• Management consulting experience (preferred)
• Prosci, CCMP, or other change management certification (preferred)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) (required); Smartsheet experience (preferred)

Skills

• Capable of supporting multiple projects concurrently and understanding the nature and potential impact of change