Part-time Excel Technical Consultant

Eliassen Group; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A consulting firm is seeking a Part-time Excel Technical Consultant who possesses advanced skills in Excel and modern solution architecture. This remote position involves migrating users to M365 and upgrading dashboards, ensuring the effective use of Excel features. Ideal candidates should have a Solution Architecture Certification and hands-on experience advising on Excel.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Hands-on mastery of advanced Excel features and development.
• Ability to analyze user workloads and recommend solutions.
• Experience modernizing legacy Excel solutions and supporting M365.

Responsibilities

• Migrate Excel 2016 users to M365 with comparable performance.
• Upgrade existing dashboards and address transitions from 2016 to M365.
• Advise on memory usage and new features in M365 Excel.

Skills

Expert Excel skills

VBA scripting/automation

Power Query

Analytical communication skills

Knowledge of insurance or financial services workflows

Education

Solution Architecture Certification

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Overview

Part-time Excel Technical Consultant — Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Data

Industry: Insurance

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference ID: JN -092025-103839

Date Posted: 09/24/2025

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/055ZCl

Description

We require a senior-level Excel Technical Consultant who is a true subject matter expert in Microsoft Excel and modern solution architecture. This individual must possess hands-on mastery of advanced Excel features and development, ideally backed by formal Microsoft certification or demonstrable architect-level skills. The consultant should be comfortable with a variable weekly commitment, and must outpace all current internal power users and IT staff in relevant knowledge.

Remoto

Pay rate: $50-$60/hr W2

Note: Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a W2 basis. For W2 consultants, benefits include Medical, Dental, and Vision, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Responsibilities

The client is modernizing legacy Excel solutions and supporting M365 adoption. Tasks include:

• Migrate Excel 2016 users to M365 with comparable or improved performance and consistency.
• Upgrade existing dashboards and address the 2016 to M365 transition, including legacy VBA code and Power Query.
• Advise on memory usage and new features in M365 Excel; assist users with common challenges.
• Ensure users can maintain their work and adopt new practices.

Experience Requirements

• Expert Excel skills; extensive experience building, optimizing, and troubleshooting complex Excel workbooks for business workflows.
• Advanced Excel functionality including: VBA scripting/automation, Power Query (mid to advanced), and modern functions (LET, LAMBDA, XLOOKUP, dynamic arrays, Office Scripts).
• Experience integrating with Microsoft 365 environments.
• Recent track record of applying expert-level features to real-world scenarios.
• Solution Architecture Certification or evidence of solution-architect-level skills related to Microsoft business applications.
• Experience translating business challenges into scalable Excel solutions.
• Ability to advise on environment optimization (cloud, desktop, Citrix, Azure) as it relates to Excel usage (not back-end engineering work).
• Technical authority as the most knowledgeable Excel Microsoft solutions expert on the team; ability to provide coaching, training, best practices, and serve as primary escalation point for all Excel-related matters.
• Analytical communication skills; ability to analyze user workloads and recommend right-sized technical solutions; strong documentation and cross-audience communication.
• Familiarity with insurance or financial services workflows (preferred but not required).
• Experience modernizing legacy Excel solutions and supporting M365 adoption.

Benefits

Note: This section is retained for content integrity but has been reformatted to comply with allowed tags. Benefits for W2 employees include medical, dental, vision, 401k with match, and life insurance.

Security and Compliance

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.