Business Consultant

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. in Chicago (Hybrid) seeks a Business Consultant to join the Technology Strategic Spend Team for data-driven decision support. You will deliver analyses on IT capital expenditures, budgets, forecasting, and variance analysis, and prepare leadership-ready materials.

The role requires strong analytics, GAAP knowledge, and experience with Power BI, SQL, Excel, and PowerPoint to drive strategic discussions with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10 years of related experience with emphasis on project analysis and management reporting, planning, and analysis.
• Strong accounting (GAAP), reporting and financial analysis knowledge.
• Proven ability to present complex financial information to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Drive analysis and presentation material for IT Capital Expenditures in the Technology Portfolio, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Create leadership-level analyses on technology usage, demand, and contractual impact.
• Build financial business cases for technology decisions (vendor changes, new products, capabilities).
• Leverage data analytics tools (Power BI, SQL, Excel, etc.) to inform strategic discussions with senior leadership.
• Collaborate with finance and procurement to analyze productivity and automation efforts.
• Lead special projects and ad hoc requests to support the Technology function.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication (written and verbal)

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

GAAP knowledge

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Job Title: Business Consultant

Work Location: Chicago, IL Hybrid

Anchor Days: Tuesday - Thursday (Flexible, however must be onsite 3 days per week)

Duration: 5 Months

The Business Consultant will join the Technology Strategic Spend Team to drive the delivery of information for decision making and various analysis for Client's Technology Organization. This role is responsible for Technology-specific analysis (focused on strategy, labor, hardware, software, etc.), but will work closely to coordinate efforts among Technology, Finance and Procurement to drive the analyses into actionable efforts. Planning and analysis will need to be prepared and presented to many roles across Client's including Technology Leadership, engineers, project managers, finance managers, and procurement specialists, using Power Point, Excel, and/or Power BI / other analytical tools.

• Drive analysis and presentation material for IT Capital Expenditures in the Technology Portfolio, including consideration for strategic prioritization, developing budgets, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Create Leadership-level analyses that inform on Technology usage and demand, financial impacts, contractual analysis, while considering potential
• Build financial business cases for technology decisions (e.g. considerations for switching vendors, adding new products or capabilities, etc.)
• Leverage data analytics tools (Power BI, SQL, Excel, etc.) to reach data-driven suggestions that drive strategic discussions and planning efforts with senior leadership.
• Work with finance and procurement to analyze and report on efforts for productivity and automation.
• Conduct and lead special projects and ad hoc requests to support the Technology function.

Experience Required:

• 7 to 10 years of related experience with emphasis on project analysis and management reporting, planning, and analysis.

Required Skills:

• Analytical and problem-solving skills required to evaluate financial results and projections across all financial statements.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills are necessary to present relevant information to senior management and business unit officers.
• Strong personal computer skills and analytics tools usage (Power BI, SQL, Excel, Word and PowerPoint) are required to perform analyses and communicate financial information.
• Strong accounting (GAAP), reporting and financial analysis usually acquired through an advanced degree program or related work experience is required.