Senior HR Consultant

Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world’s leading financial centers – New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

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Job Description:

 

Baker Tilly is seeking a Senior Human Resources (HR) Consultant  to join its Managed Services team and serve as a trusted advisor to clients across the full spectrum of human resources. This is a highly visible, client-facing role requiring broad HR expertise, strong business acumen, exceptional communication and presentation skills, and the ability to translate HR challenges into practical, effective solutions.

The ideal candidate is an experienced HR professional who enjoys variety, builds credibility quickly, and thrives in a fast-paced consulting environment. This individual must be highly organized, responsive, comfortable managing multiple client priorities, and accustomed to the accountability associated with a professional services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently manage multiple client relationships and consulting engagements.
• Lead projects involving compensation, compliance, succession planning, talent management, performance management, HR operations, and policy development.
• Advise clients on sensitive employee relations and workplace matters.
• Develop and present recommendations to executive and leadership teams.
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, training, and other client sessions.
• Develop HR policies, programs, processes, tools, and resources.
• Manage projects, deadlines, deliverables, and changing client priorities.
• Maintain exceptional responsiveness and follow-through with clients.
• Effectively manage billable-hour expectations, project budgets, utilization goals, and timely, accurate time tracking.
• Collaborate with colleagues and subject-matter experts to bring the right solutions to clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant experience considered in lieu of a degree.
• 3 years of progressive HR experience across multiple HR disciplines.

• Strong knowledge of compensation, employment compliance, employee relations, talent management, succession planning, HR operations, and policy development.
• Experience advising leaders and navigating complex or sensitive HR situations.

• Exceptional written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation skills, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels.

• Strong business judgment and the ability to build credibility quickly with clients and senior leaders.
• Outstanding organizational and project-management skills.
• The ability to manage multiple clients, projects, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• A highly responsive, proactive, and client-focused approach.
• Experience working within a consulting, professional services, or other client-service environment preferred.
• Familiarity with billable hours, utilization expectations, project budgets, and time tracking strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including advanced Excel skills for data analysis and reporting.

• Professional certification (HRCI or SHRM) preferred.

The pay range for this position is $55,000 to $91,500. This range represents a good-faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation the firm expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will depend on a variety of relevant factors, including an applicant’s skills, experience, qualifications, professional certifications, work arrangements, geographic location, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range, and compensation decisions depend on the facts and circumstances of each case. Baker Tilly offers a compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.