Job Description for SENIOR CONSULTANT

Company Description:

The Johnsson Group (TJG) is a finance and business operations improvement consulting firm focused on helping clients design and implement sustainable solutions to achieve strategic goals and operational objectives. Drawing on a team of MBAs, CPAs and other business experts with experience in the corporate arena, TJG collaborates with clients to improve finance and accounting operations, enhance business performance, reduce business risk and facilitate data-driven decisions.

Position Overview:

The Senior Consultant will serve as the Lead Consultant on team projects, demonstrating team and intellectual leadership skills by generating key ideas and conceptual frameworks that will guide research and analysis. The Senior Consultant will provide project-specific technical sales support and function as a strategic technical partner to the client. The Senior Consultant is responsible for creating workplans, establishing measures of success, tracking project hours against the proposal, and communicating project status to the Engagement Manager and client.

Qualifications:

1. Minimum 10 years experience in finance and accounting
2. 1-2 years experience as a Consultant
3. Experience as a Lead Consultant on at least one project
4. Consistent above average performance feedback on project work from both colleagues and clients
5. Effective interaction with senior management
6. Proven record of identifying scope expansions and new project opportunities
7. Excellent analytical and interpretive skills
8. Strong written and verbal communication skills
9. MBA and/or CPA required
10. Audit or internal controls experience required
11. Willingness to travel approximately 25%

Essential Job Competencies:

1. Provides timely information that people need to know to do their jobs and to make accurate decisions.
2. Negotiates skillfully in tough situations with all groups, quickly gains trust of other negotiating partners, and settles differences and wins concessions without damaging relationships.
3. Senses quickly which priorities will help or hinder goal accomplishment, spends his/her time and the time of others on what is important, eliminates roadblocks, and creates focus.
4. Values variety in work assignments, easily shifts gears between priorities, enjoys taking risks, and manages ambiguity well.
5. Maintains composure under pressure, manages stress well, and can be a settling influence in a crisis.
6. Demonstrates integrity, is widely trusted, and is seen as a direct individual able to present the truth in an appropriate and helpful manner.
7. Practices attentive and active listening, encourages the speaker to completely finish his/her thoughts, and is able to accurately restate the position of others whether he/she agrees or disagrees.
8. Capable of maneuvering through complex political situations effectively and quietly by being sensitive to how people and organizations function, understanding that it is a necessary part of organizational life.
9. Recognizes own personal strengths, weaknesses, and limits, actively seeks feedback, and values balanced performance reviews and career decisions.
10. Proven problem solver who uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions and who looks beyond the obvious for answers.
11. Relates well to people at all levels, builds successful relationships inside and outside of organization.
12. Dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers, and uses first-hand customer information for improvements in products and services.

Our privacy policy: Your resume and information will be kept completely confidential. We do not check references without the explicit permission of the candidate.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Please forward resume via email to recruiting@thejohnssongroup.com.

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