August 2021 Jobs: Guidehouse (Multiple)

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Transportation Economics Consultant – Manager

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

Our economics consultants conduct research, survey economic conditions, and analyze new and existing policy to bring clarity to the complexity of economic scenarios. Our professionals provide assessments and provide recommendations to help improve and change existing programs. This role is to help the U.S. Department of Transportation with the implementation of changes and new programs resulting from legislation related to transportation and infrastructure. Our Managing Consultants own client engagements from cultivation to completion.  In this role, you will be accountable for the activities of the client engagement team and will coach and mentor junior and experienced consultants. You are expected to effectively develop and manage to work plans, staffing plans, deadlines and budgets for the project. Work products are expected to be high-quality and client ready. Additional duties include:

  • Lead teams focused on solving a client’s problem.
  • Manage senior client relationships and interactions.
  • Set strategic direction for, define, and conduct research by collecting raw data from internal sources, such as the client’s systems or employees, and from external sources, such as trade associations or the public.
  • Lead the research, documentation, reporting, and design and build of financial and statistical models.
  • Assess existing and new federal grant programs and develop economic models highlighting potential impacts of changes.
  • Provide economic insights into the definition of costs and benefits for federal grant programs.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Strong analytical, research, and communications skills.
  • Demonstrated experience in economic modeling.
  • Proficiency in statistics and analytical methods.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, and Visio.
  • Sharp logical reasoning and critical thinking skills.
  • Outstanding attention to detail.
  • Solid verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights from analyses to senior audiences.
  • High degree of comfort working in unstructured situations and ability to maintain poise, maturity and work well under pressure.
  • Minimum one year of experience.
  • Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in economics or a related field.

Preferred:

  • Experience with transportation and/or infrastructure.
  • Proficiency with Stata, R, Python and other programming languages.
  • Proficiency with input-output or general equilibrium economic modelling tools such as Emsi, IMPLAN or REMI
  • Proficiency with urban data science analytical techniques and familiarity using multiple public datasets including BLS, BEA, NAICS data, ACS and other geographically-defined socioeconomic datasets.
  • Possess an understanding of recent Federal funding e.g., CARES Act, American Rescue Plan (ARP) and other legislative items.

 


Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Fleet Optimization Associate Director

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

Guidehouse’s Mobility Solutions Team leverages the Energy, Sustainability and Infrastructure segment’s industry-leading syndicated research, extensive industry experience, and consulting expertise to develop solutions that support our clients in navigating the evolving transition to a clean, sustainable transportation and mobility future. We support market actors across the ecosystem, including utilities & energy providers, automakers, equipment manufacturers, service providers, and governments in developing next-generation transportation products and services. 

 

Our team members manage their own tasks, schedules, internal / external networks, and project teams carrying out business and technical analyses to deliver high quality client work. Our consultants must demonstrate considerable business acumen and focus on maximizing client value.

 

 Position overview:

  • This position involves working directly with clients to develop fleet optimization / electrification strategic plans, business cases, and cost/benefit and other analyses to maximize client value while also limiting risk.
  • This is a highly challenging position that draws heavily upon all the analytical, creative, and interpersonal skills essential to effective regulatory and general strategy consulting.
  • The role requires frequent communications with clients and coworkers while effectively sharing information.
  • Solution Delivery: This position will develop and deliver on-the-ground fleet optimization / electrification solutions that produce outcomes for clients through end-to-end, turnkey program models.

 Primary responsibilities include:

  • Architect proposal development and participate in the sales cycle process.
  • Preparing and presenting analysis, reports, and other documents for internal and/or external client use.
  • Provide subject matter expertise for sales and delivery efforts.
  • Leading teams (small and large) for projects requiring multiple resources.
  • Managing multiple projects simultaneously within budget and schedule.
  • Mentoring and managing junior staff.
  • Solution Development: Leverage working knowledge of the commercial transportation industry to identify unmet needs and develop solution options.
  • Solution Delivery: Implement fleet optimization / electrification solution processes and procedures from startup through launch and steady-state operations including stakeholder engagement, marketing & outreach, data collection, and business process management (including call center services, application processing, and rebate disbursements).

Additional responsibilities for this position may include:

  • Strategic corporate and regulatory planning activities, including stakeholder engagement.
  • Cost-effectiveness analysis of transportation options in context of utility regulations and requirements.
  • Uncertainty and risk analysis.

Qualifications

Requirements:

  • Technical, policy, and/or financial understanding about the integration mobility solutions and energy markets.

  • Strong oral and written communication skills.

  • 5+ years of commercial fleet industry experience, preferably with a logistics or other transportation services provider.

  • Strong fleet industry network and executive level relationships to generate qualified leads for business development pursuits.

  • Strong conceptual, as well as quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.

  • Proposal writing experience including budget development and managing proposal timeline with a variety of subject matter experts providing input.

  • Two or four-year degree in Engineering, Economics, Business, Finance, Public Policy, or related fields.

  • Able to travel via airplane with minimal assistance to client sites across the U.S. and potentially internationally.

  • Regularly uses close visual acuity and operates computer equipment to prepare, analyze, and transmit data.

  • Familiarity working with the latest collaborative software platforms and tools that facilitate team collaboration.

 Desired:

  • Solution Delivery: Experience delivering fleet optimization / alternate fuel implementation including electrification for private or public organizations.
  • Direct experience as a Fleet Manager or selling to Fleet Managers.
  • 3-5 years of strategic and/or management consulting experience.
  • Strong understanding of emerging mobility technology product and service diffusion (e.g., automated driving, wireless charging, smart charging).
  • Working knowledge of some or all of the following: transportation market in the U.S. (global knowledge a plus), electrification options, how vehicles impact electricity markets, energy efficiency, renewable energy, alternative fuel adoption in the commercial vehicle industry, demand response, smart grid and related topics in North America (global knowledge a plus).
  • Business development experience managing a pipeline of six and seven figure engagements.

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Management Consultant-Transportation

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: http://www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

Management Consultant-Transportation will function at the Guidehouse Senior Consultant staff level. Senior Consultants are second level non-management consultants that will have responsibility for client management, solution implementation and generation of project results. The Management Consultant-Transportation will own project workstreams and interact with the client daily to ensure engagement success. This includes supporting day-to-day operational meetings with client sponsors and consulting leaders. Management Consultant-Transportation are expected to prepare and communicate well-organized, effective reports and presentations to client and internal executives. You will lead, coach and mentor consultants and ensure quality deliverables.

 

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) customers and Guidehouse colleagues to solve problems and improve outcomes
  • Support FAA programs and processes to meet agency mission objectives and organization-specific business plan goals
  • Identify and implement business process improvements
  • Develop work products that clearly synthesize information into recommendations for client consideration
  • Provide guidance, coaching, and quality assurance to junior staff 

We encourage career development and hiring for the long term.  As a Management Consultant-Transportation, you will follow a clearly defined career path and continue to deepen your specialized industry knowledge and consulting skills. As you hone your project management skills, leadership abilities and the aptitude for managing multiple workstreams, you will have the opportunity to progress to the Managing Consultant level. 


Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
  • 4+ years of working experience with the FAA or a related organization
  • Strong analytical, writing and communication skills
  • Strong attention to detail, well organized and ability to self-prioritize multiple activities
  • Proficiency with Excel, databases, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to meet and pass requirements for a Public Trust 
  • Due to contract requirements US Citizenship restrictions apply

Preferred Qualifications

In addition to the above listed requirements:

  • Experience providing internal or external management consulting services to federal agencies, departments or bureaus
  • Previous experience working in or supporting FAA program management, business management, strategic management, program analyst, budget officer, financial analyst, and change management functions
  • Familiarity with FAA Acquisition Management System (AMS) processes
  • Experience working with or knowledge of the FAA’s lines of business: Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Aviation Safety (AVS), Airports (ARP), Security & Hazardous Materials Safety (ASH), and Commercial Space Transportation (AST)
  • Experience working with or knowledge of the FAA’s staff offices: NextGen (ANG), Finance and Management (AFN), Policy, International Affairs & Environment (APL), Communications (AOC), Human Resource Management (AHR), Chief Counsel (AGC), Civil Rights (ACR), Government & Industry Affairs (AGI), and Audit & Evaluation (AAE)

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Intern – State and Local Government – Campus 2022

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: www.guidehouse.com.

Responsibilities

The State and Local Government practice provides individuals the opportunity to serve our States, Counties, Cities, Non Profit, and Multi-lateral clients in the areas of: economic development, sustainability, disaster recovery, business design, organizational strategy, technology strategy, market analysis, financial modeling, operational analysis, process improvement, change management, technology implementation, risk management, compliance monitoring, and program management.

We deliver compelling, high impact solutions to our state and local government clients’ toughest business and technology problems. We translate strategy into action.

Qualifications

Required:

  • Minimum Years of Experience: 0 years
  • Minimum Degree Status: Must still be enrolled in an accredited graduate or undergraduate level degree program and graduate between Fall 2022 and Summer 2023
  • Ability to accommodate an expected Summer 2022 start date

 

Desired:  

  • Demonstrates knowledge in and passion for improving state and local government through academic courses and project work; Preferred degree programs include business, public policy, urban planning, economics, engineering, and math
  • Demonstrates proven success and thorough skills to define and lead client-work including conducting baseline assessments, building a future state vision, developing implementation plans, managing multiple stakeholders, and communicating with varying audiences
  • Demonstrates proven success and thorough knowledge of key facets of state and local government, including the following: Sub-verticals including sustainability, urban planning, education, housing, transportation, justice, and/or administration
  • Demonstrates proven success and thorough knowledge of core management consulting skills such as project management, financial modeling, operational modeling, and stakeholder management.

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Financial & Business Management Analyst

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: www.guidehouse.com.

Responsibilities

Financial & Business Management Analyst will function at a Consultant staff level to support project teams both at client sites and internally. Financial & Business Management Analyst duties will include client management, solution implementation and generation of project results. As a Financial & Business Management Analyst, a key function of your role will be to create and present quality deliverables that support essential project workstreams.  Financial & Business Management Analyst will gather and analyze data, identify gaps and trends, and make recommendations related to baseline performance and structure, as well as established best practices and benchmarks. Responsibilities may include:

  • Provide ongoing financial management support to Federal transportation client in accordance with Federal financial management requirements
  • Track and forecast funds status, run reports, and reconcile financial transaction data in support of daily operations
  • Support quantitative development of business case documentation (e.g., needs analysis, cost/benefit analysis)
  • Prepare, review, and reconcile various financial business documents (e.g., invoices, travel vouchers)
  • Support budget formulation and execution activities for large programs
  • Identify and suggest process improvement opportunities
  • Develop work products that clearly synthesize information into recommendations for clients
  • Facilitate client meetings to gather data and understand client needs and desired outcomes
  • Prepare training materials and facilitate knowledge transfer to client stakeholders

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university with a major in any field that included or was supplemented by at least 24 semester hours in any combination of the following fields: Accounting, Business, Finance, Law, Contracts, Purchasing, Economics, Industrial Management, Marketing, Quantitative Methods, or Organization & Management
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • 2+ years of financial management working experience
  • Business level proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Meet qualifications and successfully be granted a Public Trust
  • Currently reside or able to relocate to the Washington, DC area

Preferred:

  • Certification(s) Preferred: CGFM or CDFM
  • Experience with transportation and/or infrastructure financing and grants
  • Demonstrates abilities and success with identifying and addressing client needs: actively participating in client discussions and meetings; communicating a broad range of Firm services; preparing concise, accurate documents.
  • Demonstrates abilities and success as a team member: creating a positive environment by monitoring personal workloads, while meeting client expectations; keeping leadership informed of progress and issues.

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

SAP/Functional Analyst – Consultant and Senior Consultant

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

  • Provides support to Functional SMEs on their team to design/configure/maintain business processes in ERP/SAP.
  • Responsible for designing/configuring business processes in SAP. Requires strong organization and communication skills and knowledge of SAP functional areas.
  • They will support a variety of needs including participating in business requirements development and analysis and configuration activities as well as supporting administrative needs (i.e. meeting minutes, reporting, documentation).
  • Modules included but not limited to: FM, FI, WFM, SD, PS, AM, CO, MM, SD, WM, IM, SMD, SCM(APO)
  • We are looking for a vareity of SAP skills

 

      • SAP FI (Financial Accounting) – experience in designing/configuring business processes in SAP FI
      • SAP financial functional areas especially BOBJ – work involves running reports to validate no issues, testing process chain, validating data loads come across and working with SCM FLIRR Team
      • SAP HR/Workforce Mgmt  – provide expert level business process guidance on SAP requirements and design and audit readiness; experience in designing/configuring business processes in SAP HR
      • SAP AM (Asset Mgmt)  – experience in designing/configuring business processes in SAP AM; experience in post go-live production support and break/fix
      • SAP APO / Supply Chain Mgmt – APO (Advanced Planner & Optimizer)experience including Planning FLIRR (Financial and Logistics Integrated Requirements Reporting), Planning CIF Core Interface or Demand planning
      • SAP FM (Funds Mgmt)  – Candidate must have expertise with MM, SD, and FI to integrate functionality
      • SAP Testing Automation  – Experience in SAP ASAP Methodology and Federal Government testing requirements preferred. Candidate should also have prior experience in working with HP ALM and in the implementation of automated testing tools. Worksoft certification preferred. Large Commercial Client and/or Public Sector experience – DoD preferred; Testing in support of 3 full lifecycle implementations  or major releases
      • SAP BW (Business Warehouse)  – experience in RICE, BI Portal, and SAP integration through internet & mobile technologies; responsibilities include process chain configuration, monitoring, and error resolution
      • SAP CO (Controlling)  – lead design of CO interfaces, conversion programs, reports, and enhancements; experience in designing/configuring business processes in SAP CO to: manage the Navy’s flow of cost and revenue
      • SAP PS (Project Systems)– experience in designing/configuring business processes in SAP PS to support the planning, control and monitoring of programs/projects

Qualifications

Required Experience:

  • Bachelors Degree in a recognized technical, engineering, scientific, managerial, business, or other discipline related to area of expertise; an Associates Degree together with two (2) years of documented relevant experience may be substituted for the Bachelors Degree.
  • 1- 10+ years knowledge of or exposure to relevant financial or supply chain business processes through Internships and academic qualifications or projects. Applies fundamental concepts, processes, practices, and procedures on technical assignments. 
  • Performs work that requires practical experience and training.  
  • Provides functional subject matter expertise in areas such as financial management, inventory management, supply planning, provisioning, maintenance, transportation, and personnel. Introduces innovative approaches and methodologies for processes and support systems.
  • Work is performed under general supervision.
  • Experience in post go-live production support and break/fix.
  • Focus on customer service and responsiveness, with sound customer handling skills.
  • Secret clearance or ability to obtain an interim

Preferred Experience:

  • Four (4) or more years of SAP experience.
  • Possesses Subject Matter Expert (SME) experience in one or more functional/module area.
  • Knowledge of and experience with DoD and specifically Navy ERP preferred.
  • Requires strong organization and communication skills.
  • Possesses and applies expertise on multiple complex work assignments. 
  • Assignments may be broad in nature, requiring originality and innovation in determining how to accomplish tasks. 
  • Operates with appreciable latitude in developing methodology and presenting solutions to problems. 
  • Contributes to deliverables and performance metrics where applicable. 
  • Plans and leads major technology assignments. 
  • Evaluates performance results and recommends major changes affecting short-term project growth and success. 
  • Functions as a technical expert across multiple project assignments. 
  • May supervise others. 

Additional Requirements

  • The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
  • No sponsorship is available for this position.
  • Positions are open to candidates in following time zones and States: EST, CST, PST, and Montana, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Wyoming. 

State & Local Government – Management Consulting – Consultant

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: http://www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

The State and Local Government practice provides individuals the opportunity to serve clients in the areas of: business design, organizational strategy, IT strategy, performance management, market analysis, financial modeling, operational analysis, process improvement, change management, compliance monitoring, and program management.  The application of this skill set within state and local governments is delivering compelling, high impact solutions to our clients’ toughest business and technology problems. We translate strategy into action.


Qualifications

Qualifications Required

2 years of management consulting experience, with 1 year working with public sector entities in a consulting capacity

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university, years of experience may be substituted

Ability to manage multiple tasks within a workstream as part of a larger engagement.

Experience creating high quality deliverables to contract and client specifications and requirements

Experience with presentation and/or data analysis/ analytics software, including MS Visio, MS PowerPoint, Excel, Access, R, SAS, Tableau, QlikView,  Perceptive or others

Strong analytical skills

Synthesizing multiple inputs into coherent insights

Competencies include:

Critical thinking skills.

Outstanding attention to detail.

Solid verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights from analyses to senior audiences.

High degree of comfort working in unstructured situations and ability to maintain poise, maturity and work well under pressure.

Ability to be self-directed and responsive.

Collegial team player who can work within a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals

Desired

Advanced degree preferred.

Experience contributing to business development activities directed towards state and local government entities. May include actively engaging with state and local government leaders and staff, responding to government solicitations, creating marketing materials, etc.

1+ years of experience in business process optimization in state and local government, human resources, IT, or customer services across any industry including financial services, healthcare, transportation, manufacturing, telecommunications, oil and gas, consumer products, and others.

Strong numerical reasoning and quantitative skills, particularly building complex Excel models.

Demonstrates thorough knowledge and/or a proven record of success with key facets of state and local government

Certifications and demonstrated experience in organizational change management, project management, agile, business process optimization, and/or technology enablement.

 

* Must be willing to travel within CA and at times, outside the state. 

 


Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

State & Local Government – Senior Consultant

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: http://www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

The State and Local Government practice provides individuals the opportunity to serve clients in the areas of: business design, organizational strategy, market analysis, financial modeling, operational analysis, process improvement, change management, compliance monitoring, and program management.  The application of this skill set within state and local governments is delivering compelling, high impact solutions to our clients’ toughest business and technology problems. We translate strategy into action.


Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS – REQUIRED:

  • At least 4 years of management consulting experience, with at least 2 years in state and local government.
  • Bachelor’s degree.

QUALIFICATIONS – DESIRED:

  • MBA, MPA or other Master’s degree in Public Policy, Government, Political/Social Science, Information Systems, Operational Research, Management, International Development, Economics, Urban Science and/or related fields.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS – REQUIRED:

  • Interest and passion for the role of government and responsibilities of the public sector.
  • Ability to travel within the state of NY and at times outside the state.
  • Ability to define, lead, and manage multiple tasks within a workstream as part of a larger engagement. Proficiency in core management consulting skills:
    • Baseline assessments and secondary research.
    • Stakeholder interviews.
    • Business modelling and analysis.
    • Hypothesizing solutions frameworks.
    • Synthesizing multiple inputs into coherent insights.
  • Competencies include:
    • Critical thinking skills.
    • Outstanding attention to detail.
    • Solid verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights from analyses to senior audiences.
    • High degree of comfort working in unstructured situations and ability to maintain poise, maturity and work well under pressure.
    • Ability to be self-directed and responsive.
    • Collegial team player who can work within a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS – DESIRED:

  • Strong numerical reasoning and quantitative skills, particularly building complex Excel models.
  • Familiarity with Stata, R, Python and other programming languages.
  • Demonstrates thorough knowledge and/or a proven record of success with key facets of state and local government, including economic development, education, sustainability, transportation, and/or administration.

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Organizational Effectiveness –Consultant

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

We are searching for a strategy and organizational consultant to help clients execute against their mission effectively and efficiently. We work collaboratively with our clients to help them work through their most pressing challenges. From implementing new policies to standardizing operations across offices, we work side-by-side with government leaders to solve important problems. We are seeking a management consultant with strong critical thinking skills, experience in process development, and a desire to manage clients.

 

Organizational Effectiveness-Consultant are first level non-management consultants that will have responsibility for client management, solution implementation and generation of project results. Organizational Effectiveness-Consultant will own project workstreams and interact with the client daily to ensure engagement success. This includes supporting day-to-day operational meetings with client sponsors and consulting leaders. Organizational Effectiveness-Consultant are expected to prepare and communicate well-organized, effective reports and presentations to client and internal executives. You will lead, coach and mentor consultants and ensure quality deliverables.

 

Responsibilities

  • Participate in information gathering session with clients regarding organizational structure, process, technology, and culture
  • Develop work products that clearly synthesize information into recommendations for client improvements
  • Present work products and information to clients in meetings and facilitate discussions on those items
  • Collaborate with a team to develop solutions to solve organizational challenges for a government client that interfaces with the transit industry
  • Drive and document process improvements for mission-critical operations for program offices
  • Provide and roll out change management strategies to clients

We encourage career development and hiring for the long term.  As an Organizational Effectiveness-Consultant, you will follow a clearly defined career path and continue to deepen your specialized industry knowledge and consulting skills. As you hone your project management skills, leadership abilities and the aptitude for managing multiple workstreams, you will have the opportunity to progress to the level of Organizational Effectiveness-Senior Consultant. 


Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
  • 1+ years of experience in Management Consulting
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint and Excel
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully work with senior level audiences
  • Collaborative and proactive attitude
  • Exceptional analytical problem-solving skills
  • Demonstrated Project Management and Organizational skills
  • Ability to meet and pass requirements for a Public Trust 
  • Currently reside or ability to relocate to the Washington DC area
  • Due to federal contract requirements, US Citizenship restrictions apply

Preferred Qualifications

In addition to the above listed requirements:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in organizational effectiveness, organizational leadership, or similar disciplines from an accredited collge or university 
  • 2 additional years of management consulting experience or federal management consulting experience
  • Experience with the transportation (transit in particular) industry

  • Experience consulting with the Federal Government


Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Senior Consultant – State and Local Government – Campus 2022

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

The State and Local Government practice provides individuals the opportunity to serve our States, Counties, Cities, Non Profit, and Multi-lateral clients in the areas of: economic development, sustainability, disaster recovery, business design, organizational strategy, technology strategy, market analysis, financial modeling, operational analysis, process improvement, change management, technology implementation, risk management, compliance monitoring, and program management.

 

We deliver compelling, high impact solutions to our state and local government clients’ toughest business and technology problems. We translate strategy into action.


Qualifications

Required:

  • Minimum Years of Related Experience: 3 years
  • Minimum Degree Status: Bachelor’s Degree-Must be current or recently enrolled in an accredited degree program and graduate between Summer 2021 and Summer 2022
  • Ability to accommodate an expected summer 2022 start date

 

Desired:  

  • Demonstrates knowledge in and passion for improving state and local government through academic courses and project work; Preferred degree programs include business, public policy, urban planning, economics, engineering, and math
  • Demonstrates proven success and thorough skills to define and lead client-work including conducting baseline assessments, building a future state vision, developing implementation plans, managing multiple stakeholders, and communicating with varying audiences
  • Demonstrates proven success and thorough knowledge of key facets of state and local government, including the following: Sub-verticals including sustainability, urban planning, education, housing, transportation, justice, and/or administration
  • Demonstrates proven success and thorough knowledge of core management consulting skills such as project management, financial modeling, operational modeling, and stakeholder management.
  • Demonstrates proven success as a team leader, creating a positive environment and managing staff workloads, while meeting client expectations to include: Providing candid, meaningful feedback in a timely manner, keep leadership informed of progress and issues, and answer questions and offer direction to less-experienced staff.

 


Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

State & Local Government – Senior Consultant

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: http://www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

Supporting delivery teams on high-impact State & Local Government client engagements.

Candidate will focus primarily on providing exceptional consulting professional services delivery but is also expected to assist in various business development activities to grow the business.

 

·        Financial Analysis and Models

·        Management consulting

·        Communication and presentation of recommendations and finding


Qualifications

Required:

  • Senior Consultant with 3 -4 years financial consulting or equivalent experience
  • Must have 1 year public accounting experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or similar
  • Interest and passion for the role of government and responsibilities of the public sector.
  • Ability to travel, at times outside the home state.
  • Ability to define, execute, and manage multiple tasks within a workstream, primarily focused on finance/accounting, as part of larger engagements.
  • Proficiency in core management consulting and financial analysis skills:
    • Baseline assessments and secondary research.
    • Stakeholder interviews.
    • Business modelling and analysis.
    • Hypothesizing solutions frameworks.
    • Synthesizing multiple inputs into coherent insights.
    • Financial analysis and use of large data sets.
    • Competency of accounting procedures and general ledger structure.
  • Competencies include:
    • Critical thinking skills.
    • Outstanding attention to detail.
    • Solid verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights from analyses to senior audiences.
    • High degree of comfort working in unstructured situations and ability to maintain poise, maturity and work well under pressure.
    • Ability to be self-directed and responsive.
    • Collegial team player who can work within a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals.
    • Understanding of financial analysis applications such as Excel, SAS, or other tools.

Preferred:

  • CPA, MBA or master’s degree in finance or accounting
  • Strong numerical reasoning and quantitative skills, particularly building complex Excel models.
  • Demonstrates thorough knowledge and/or a proven record of success with key facets of state and local government, including economic development, education, sustainability, transportation, and/or administration.
  • Big 4 Public Accounting Experience Preferred

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

State & Local Government – Senior Consultant

 

Job Description

Overview

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: www.guidehouse.com.


Responsibilities

The State and Local Government practice provides individuals the opportunity to serve clients in the areas of: business design, organizational strategy, market analysis, financial modeling, operational analysis, process improvement, change management, compliance monitoring, and program management.  The application of this skill set within state and local governments is delivering compelling, high impact solutions to our clients’ toughest business and technology problems. We translate strategy into action.


Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS – REQUIRED:

  • At least 4 years of consulting experience, preferably 2 years in state and local government.
  • Bachelor’s degree.

QUALIFICATIONS – DESIRED:

  • MBA, MPA or other Master’s degree in Public Policy, Government, Political/Social Science, Information Systems, Operational Research, Management, International Development, Economics, Urban Science and/or related fields.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS – REQUIRED:

  • Interest and passion for the role of government and responsibilities of the public sector.
  • Ability to define, lead, and manage multiple tasks within a workstream as part of a larger engagement. Proficiency in core management consulting skills:
    • Baseline assessments and secondary research.
    • Stakeholder interviews.
    • Business modelling and analysis.
    • Hypothesizing solutions frameworks.
    • Synthesizing multiple inputs into coherent insights.
  • Competencies include:
    • Critical thinking skills.
    • Outstanding attention to detail.
    • Solid verbal communication and narrative development skills, with the ability to summarize and convey key insights from analyses to senior audiences.
    • High degree of comfort working in unstructured situations and ability to maintain poise, maturity and work well under pressure.
    • Ability to be self-directed and responsive.
    • Collegial team player who can work within a small, motivated team of diverse consulting professionals.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS – DESIRED:

  • Strong numerical reasoning and quantitative skills, particularly building complex Excel models.
  • Familiarity with Stata, R, Python and other programming languages.
  • Demonstrates thorough knowledge and/or a proven record of success with key facets of state and local government, including economic development, education, sustainability, transportation, and/or administration.

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Disclaimer

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at RecruitingAccommodation@guidehouse.com. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

 

Rewards and Benefits

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

  • Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life
  • Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
  • Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
  • Skills Development & Certifications
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

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