Principal Consultant of Business Operations

Description

Principal Consultant of Business Operations

Position Overview

• Participates in some business development and sales activities
• Provides consultation services to clients and suppliers in areas of service delivery models (GBS/GCC, sourcing, and hybrid), project management, financial modeling, leadership, and contract negotiation
• Interacts directly with senior client and service provider executives
• Independently develops project work plans and customizes to meet client specifications as well as estimates staffing, task duration, and client staffing requirements
• Develops medium to large complex financial models and possesses a thorough knowledge of budgets, the budgeting process, and corporate finance for large or geographically global dispersed clients
• Oversees or develops the financial, statement of work, service level and contract terms portions of the RFP, for outsourcing related clients
• Leads evaluation of service provider proposals and identifies potential strengths/weaknesses
• Develops strategy or tactics to move service providers to the client-desired outcome
• Supports both project work as well as within ISG. Supporting the development Intellectual Property and supporting sales initiatives/pursuits
• Leads the planning and the development of all project deliverables and assumes overall responsibility for staffing, budget, work plans, scope, project milestones, issues management and risk management utilizing ISG’s project management methods, tools and templates

• This is a remote position based in the US
• travel may be necessary and can be up to 50%
• 5 to 15 years of recent experiences in several roles including shared services/global business services/offshore captives, outsourcing agreements, finance and accounting consulting and/or operations, revenue cycle management, as well as supply chain management and related business process technologies, sales support and service delivery management
• Experience working for an outsourcing service provider or advisory services firm is a plus
• Significant knowledge of revenue cycle management or Supply Chain Management and Finance and Accounting (F&A) or Procurement domains required. Process knowledge across all F&A or Procurement areas is required
• Experience in call center management, print management, facilities management, service delivery models, operating models, and service provider management would be considered a plus
• Expert project management skills are required and PMP certification is a plus
• 5 plus years’ experience with consulting engagements or with large consulting firm
• 5 plus years of “hands on” sourcing consulting experience developing complex operation solutions with executive teams and coaching and advising executive
• Significant delivery management experience, including managing teams at all project phases, exemplary track record in successful client relationship management and multi-project oversight
• Knowledge of sourcing contract terms and conditions
• Recognized by peers as subject matter expert in areas above and industry expert by clients
• Experience focused on transformation aspects particularly Global Business Services, operational improvement, and outsourcing/offshoring
• Strong understanding of AI in Business Operations
• Thorough understanding of global corporate financial practices and goals - including drivers of process costs, ability to work with internal business owners and/or service providers to ensure effective cost solutions and agreed upon service level agreements
• Experience in proposal writing and sales support
• Strong understanding of capabilities for Tier 1 and Tier 2 outsourcing service providers
• Team development and management experience, relationship management, mentoring and utilization management
• Expert presentation, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy-to-understand business terms to all levels of management
• Demonstrates working knowledge with MS-Office suite of software applications and tools, including: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project, MS-Outlook, MS TEAMS

• Bachelor of Arts or Science degree
• MBA/MS or other advanced degree(s) desirable