Experienced Senior Associate, Management Consulting

BDO USA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO USA is seeking an Experienced Senior Associate in Management Consulting to support client engagements across multiple service lines, focusing on communication, culture, change management, and organizational transformation. The role requires collaboration with engagement teams and delivering high-quality deliverables on schedule.

The position involves conducting assessments, drafting implementation plans, and supporting back-office transformations, M&A integration, and strategy execution.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of experience in management or business strategy consulting.
• Experience in change management programs.
• Experience with M&A integration and business transformation.
• Proven ability to apply structured methodologies.
• CCMP or Prosci certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assesses communication, training, and culture change needs for clients and supports implementation plans.
• 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 clients as appropriate.
• Creates high-quality deliverables aligned with firm standards.
• Supports team collaboration to enhance presentation materials for clients.
• Updates project metrics and reminds the team of deadlines.
• Supports and produces deliverables such as graphics, notes, and reports.
• Applies concepts like organizational hierarchy, strategy execution, data management, and ROI.

Skills

Change management

Communication

Project management

MS Office proficiency

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Management, Business, Finance, or Psychology

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Smartsheet

Excel

Job description

Job Summary

The Management Consulting (MC) Experienced Senior Associate is part of a MC team, and supports projects across multiple service lines. This position works at 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 is able to support a variety of MC type activities. This role supports the engagement team, ensuring high quality deliverables are completed per the project schedule, and interacting with clients to understand and support their needs. While this position does not have supervisory responsibility, it collaborates with and influences others in order to succeed and demonstrates influential leadership for executing communication, training, and change management activities per the master project engagement schedule. The Experienced Senior Associate is responsible for working with clients to apply structured methodology to support projects and engagements across multiple service lines. This role has the ability to conduct assessments to determine improvement strategies and to draft and execute communication and culture implementation plans, including but not limited to, culture and organizational change, business strategies, finance and back-office transformations, organizational change, strategy creation and execution, finance and back-office transformations, and mergers and acquisitions. The Experienced Senior Associate communicates effectively with stakeholders at all levels of client organizations.

Job Duties

• Assesses communication, training, 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 manage 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 the 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 assist with plans and strategies. Deliverables will be 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%)
• Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

N/A

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Education

Bachelor's degree from an accredited university, required; focus in Management, Business, Finance, or Psychology related discipline, preferred

Experience

• Three (3) or more years of experience in at least one (1) 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 (1) of the following services, preferred: M&A Integration
• Business Transformation
• Finance Transformation
• Technology Implementation / Optimization
• Other large-scale organizational change
• General understanding of different methodologies for implementing improvement projects, such as Plan, Do, Check, Act, LEAN manufacturing, or Six Sigma methodology, preferred
• Experience in change management programs, preferred
• Management consulting experience, preferred

License/Certifications

Prosci, CCMP, or other change management certification, preferred

Software

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, required
• Smartsheet experience, preferred

Language

N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Capable of supporting multiple projects concurrently and understanding the nature and potential impact of change.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication, active listening, and customer relationship skills
• Ability to identify barriers and roadblocks and escalates appropriately
• Capable of presenting information aligned to audience needs
• Ability to research, benchmark, and identify best practices
• Capable of working in a deadline-driven environment with high attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task both working independently or within a group environment
• Capable of working remotely with minimal supervision
• Ability to work well under pressure while dealing with unexpected problems in a professional manner

Keywords

Organizational Change Management, OCM, Prosci, CCMP, CMS, CPCM, AIM, Business Process Impro