Senior Consultant

ACME Business Consulting helps organizations achieve specific and critically important business objectives. We are leaders – catalysts, augmenters and force multipliers. ACME teams are led by senior-level managers with Big 5 experience, advanced educations and past successes. In other words, it takes a lot to rattle us.

ACME offers a level of trust and responsibility not easily found in the business consulting game. As a roll-up-our-sleeves-and-get-it-done company, our business model is based on hiring and working with proven leaders.   Founded in 2002, ACME has a corporate culture that fosters a work-life balance unheard of at traditional consulting firms. We love getting our hands dirty – solving problems, leading and seeing projects through to completion – and then going home to our families at night. We hire for talent, insight, creativity, and ability to motivate and problem-solve on every project. We consider ourselves only as good as our last project, which means the last project better be great.

As an ACME Senior Consultant, you will be a critical player on large, complex projects.  You will excel at bringing real-world analytic skill, methodology and planning to ACME-led engagements. You will be responsible for managing and delivering key components and deliverables on large projects and programs.  This position requires strong analytical skills, project management discipline and an understanding of what it takes to be a successful member of a high performing team. 

Responsibilities:

• Drive key components and/or deliverables on large projects and programs.
• Be responsible for key activities such as process definition, requirements definition and testing.
• Lead the facilitation of client working sessions and collection of business requirements from multiple sources.
• Participate in the creation of quality, value-add project deliverables.
• Contribute actively to the success and performance of the project team.
• Proactively identify, manage and resolve project issues.

Requirements:

• 2-5 years’ business analysis or project management experience, preferably in a client facing environment within a reputable consulting firm.
• Understanding and experience with core business and IT functions, particularly through experience with large transformation initiatives. 
• Experience with business requirements development, business process mapping and the facilitation of tactical working sessions.
• Experience with the project and/or software development lifecycle, including core project roles such as business analysis, testing and change management. 
• Strong presentation, communication and customer facing skills.
• Bachelor's degree required – MBA preferred.

To say that we are growing quickly is an understatement. We increased our headcount over 50% each year over the past few years. With a growing office in Seattle and an ever-expanding Portland headquarters, there’s plenty of room for outstanding professionals like you. A key driver of that growth is that we hire the best. It’s a key part of our brand and culture. It’s why our customers love us and why people want to work for us. To be the best, we actively support a diverse workforce and we encourage all genders, races, and sexual-orientations to apply and join us.

Please submit a cover letter and resume to hiring@acmebusinessconsulting.com

Key words:

consulting, initiatives, project management, process improvement, assessment, merger and acquisition, ERP, supply chain, lean, six sigma, client, program management, MBA, business intelligence, strategic planning