The Senior Consultant plays a key role in delivering strategic technology and business transformation engagements for middle-market and private equity-backed clients. This individual partners with client leadership teams to assess operations, identify improvement opportunities, develop transformation roadmaps, and support the implementation of technology-enabled solutions.
The Senior Consultant serves as a day-to-day project leader, managing workstreams, mentoring associates, and acting as a trusted advisor to client stakeholders. Engagements may include technology strategy, process improvement, organizational design, ERP implementation, data and analytics initiatives, AI and automation programs, and change management efforts.
You will be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:
- Lead workstreams across technology and transformation engagements.
- Evaluate client business processes, technology environments, operating models, and organizational structures to identify significant operational, financial, and technology risks.
- Facilitate client interviews, workshops, and discovery sessions.
- Analyze alternative solutions and recommend appropriate courses of action based on client objectives, constraints, risks, and implementation feasibility.
- Develop technology strategies, business cases, transformation roadmaps, and implementation plans that influence significant client business decisions.
- Lead components of ERP evaluations, system-selection initiatives, and technology implementations, including requirements definition, solution evaluation, process design, testing strategy, and deployment planning.
- Advise clients in identifying and prioritizing AI and automation opportunities.
- Develop executive-level presentations and recommendations.
- Present findings and recommendations to client management teams and executives.
- Exercise independent judgement in escalating project risks and recommending correction action.
- Coordinate and manage project activities and deliverables across cross-functional teams.
- Evaluate and manage project timelines, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
- Monitor project progress and ensure engagements remain on budget and on schedule.
- Support engagement economics and project reporting.
- Provide coaching and feedback to associates and contribute input regarding their development and engagement performance.
- Review work products for quality, accuracy, and alignment with client objectives.
- Delegate tasks appropriately and ensure high-quality client deliverables.
- Foster collaboration and knowledge sharing within the practice.
- Contribute to methodology development, templates, and intellectual capital.
- Participate in proposal development and client pursuit activities.
- Support thought leadership initiatives related to technology, transformation, AI, and operational excellence.
Client Delivery
Project Management
Team Leadership
Practice Development
To be successful, these are the skills, qualities and experience you will need:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- 3-5 years of experience in:
- Management consulting
- Technology consulting
- Business transformation
- Internal strategy or transformation functions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience leading project workstreams and managing multiple priorities.
- Exceptional PowerPoint, Excel, and executive communication skills.
- Experience working directly with senior client stakeholders.
- MBA completed.
- Experience supporting ERP implementations or technology transformation projects.
- Familiarity with AI, automation, and process optimization initiatives.
- Certifications such as PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci, Scrum, or change management credentials.
- Approximately 10-15% travel as needed.
Required
Optional
Travel
You Matter - HCVT provides a variety of benefits and perks that help sustain a healthy and thriving work environment.
- Visit the Benefits section to learn more
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- 3-5 years of experience in management consulting, technology consulting, business transformation, or internal strategy or transformation functions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience leading project workstreams and managing multiple priorities
- Exceptional PowerPoint, Excel, and executive communication skills
- Experience working directly with senior client stakeholders
- MBA
- Experience supporting ERP implementations or technology transformation projects
- Familiarity with AI, automation, and process optimization initiatives
- PMP, Lean Six Sigma, Prosci, Scrum, or change management certification
What We Do
We are a Top 30 CPA firm headquartered in Los Angeles, providing tax, audit and assurance, business management, mergers & acquisition, and valuation advisory services to clients across a wide variety of industries. Our engagement teams are business-focused, and our business model is built on partner access and advice. We have been recognized by Inside Public Accounting as one of the “Best of the Best” firms for a record 17 consecutive years, validating we do the right things for our people, our clients, and our communities. With a team of over 700 members operating from nine offices throughout California, and offices in Arizona, Texas, and Utah, we have the scale and bench strength to meet your needs—whether a business, nonprofit organization or a high net worth individual. We are known in the marketplace as a firm with deep technical skills addressing the most complex tax issues associated with partnerships and pass-through entities. Clarifying and resolving complex issues is what we do. How we do it is what sets us apart from other CPA firms. To learn more about HCVT, visit us at www.hcvt.com. If you’d like to be a part of our team, connect with us at [email protected] or visit https://jobs.lever.co/hcvt.
