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ISG (Information Services Group) · 13 hours ago

Principal Consultant, HCM / ERP Advisory 1099/Contractor

United States

Full-time, Contract

Remote

Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Lead or participate as a key member of a team providing HCM/ERP technology and delivery consulting services to a client related to their:

HCM/ERP technology and service delivery strategy, understanding of requirements and drivers, development of financial business case, and understanding of market alternatives

Qualification of relevant technology platforms and systems integrators, or AMS service providers, including the ability to highlight their relative strengths and weaknesses

Facilitate an effective evaluation and selection process amongst competitive software bidders, including functional, technical, commercial terms and relationship evaluation

Facilitate an effective evaluation and selection process amongst competitive system integration bidders, including methodology and accelerators, staff experience and qualifications, commercial terms and relationship evaluation

Facilitate an effective evaluation and selection process amongst competitive outsourcing providers, including service capabilities and delivery model, commercial terms and relationship evaluation

Facilitate planning and oversight of client’s technology and/or services deployment, target operating model design and related change management initiatives

Develop and modify Intellectual Property (IP) for delivery of HR technology and delivery consulting services, as described above

Project Management

Manages multiple small-to medium-sized projects or a major sub-project

Develops project work plans from existing templates

Assists with estimated staffing and task duration for project

Ensures project meets milestones

Utilizes project management tools as required

Communicates project status to both client and ISG management, identifies risks and mitigation steps and escalates issues appropriately

Financial Modeling

Develops multi-year financial models of appropriate complexity leveraging ISG templates

Proficient knowledge of HR, Fin, IT operating budgets and the budgeting process

An understanding of technology-related charges

Ability to produce normalized, comparative analysis of vendor pricing proposals leveraging ISG templates

Technical Skills

Utilizes technical knowledge to assist clients with sourcing evaluations

Assists with preparation of RFP and related documents, ensuring client requirements are included

Assists with balancing relevant functional, technical and pricing issues

Assists with drafting and customizing the functional requirements and demo scripts

Assists clients with defining optimal service delivery models leveraging ISG templates

Assists with the evaluation of vendor proposals and identifies potential strengths/weaknesses

Maintains and enhances knowledge in business and technology trends

Client Relationships

Develops relationships with business function management

Provides advisory services to mid-level management as well as senior management

Able to lead discovery sessions, workshops, and other client and provider meetings independently

Leadership

Demonstrates positive attitude and sets the standard of leadership that motivates ISG and client team members

Manages projects to time and budget estimates

Negotiation Skills

Assists with the preparation for negotiations with vendor

Documents issues and questions for project team use

Ability to facilitate problem escalation and dispute resolution between client and supplier

Business Development

Identifies potential new business opportunities with existing clients

Participates as a team member in sales opportunities

Methodology Development and Improvement

Works to improve all aspects of ISG methodology, tools and work products

Assists in the development of work products and standards

Regularly contributes to ISG thought leadership

Qualification

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HCM/ERP technologyHCM/ERP SaaS platformsClient relationship managementFinancial modelingTransformation experienceProject managementMS-Office proficiencyBusiness developmentMethodology developmentTeam management

Required

Travel averages 20%, can be up to 80% for certain assignments

This is a remote position based in the United States

10 or more years of experience in HCM/ERP technology and service delivery, which may include human resources and/or finance operations and/or technology experience

At least 24 months of in-depth experience with one or more leading HCM/ERP SaaS platforms (Workday, SAP S/4HANA, MS Dynamics, Oracle Cloud, etc.) and can demonstrate a deep understanding of functionality, usability and underlying technology implications

Knowledge of leading HCM/ERP cloud platforms and their solution offerings, as well as System Integrators and their experience with each major platform

3 or more years of experience in consulting or similar role

Experience focused on transformation aspects including shared services, operational improvement and outsourcing/offshoring

Delivery management experience, including managing teams at all project phases, successful client relationship management and multi-project oversight

Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy to understand business terms to all levels of management including senior leaders

Demonstrates proficiency in use of MS-Office suite of software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project

BA, BS in HR, Finance, Business, Computer Science or other relevant field

Preferred

Experience evaluating or implementing HCM/ERP applications for functionality, fit/gap analysis with client requirements, usability, technology architecture, security and implementation methodologies preferred