Consultant I at UST Global Inc in Aliso Viejo, California

Job Description:

Role Proficiency: Level of Proficiency: Under the guidance of Consultant II, work closely with the client business and account leadership teams to align transformation programs with underlying technical solutions to business needs. Outcomes: 1. Works with stakeholders at every level of the organization soliciting strategic imperatives from senior leaders and executives; supporting business unit managers as they leverage business architecture and product development artifacts to create and implement client business plans. 2. Provide direct input into the governance cycle that supports the achievement of key goals, planning and execution of various scenarios, and delivery of bottom line value for the business 3. Help client business and leadership team with problem definition 4. Collaborate and contribute to business and technology consulting projects to deliver client objectives 5. Perform assessments of client business processes, organizational change, IT processes, and technology landscape; identifying transformational recommendations 6. Develop a business and technical architecture strategy based on situational awareness of various business scenarios and motivations. 7. Apply a structured business architecture approach and methodology for capturing the key views of the enterprise. 8. Capture the tactical and strategic enterprise goals that provide traceability through the organization and are mapped to metrics that provide ongoing governance. 9. Describe the primary business functions of the enterprise and distinguish between customer-facing, supplier-related, business execution and business management functions. 10. Define the set of strategic, core and support processes that transcend functional and organizational boundaries; identify and describe external entities such as customers, suppliers, and external systems that interact with the business; and describe which people, resources and controls are involved in the processes. 11. Define the data shared across the enterprise and the relationships between the data. 12. Capture the relationships among roles, capabilities and business units, the decomposition of those business units into subunits, and the internal or external management of those units. Measures of Outcomes: Measures: 1. Transformational value delivered to customer 2. Utilization in billable roles 3. Customer feedback 4. Number of certifications obtained 5. Number of reusable components designed for CoEs Outputs Expected: Design and Implementation Support: Understand the business requirements from the analyst and create a mapping document, if required (specific to integration) Evaluate technical requirements (e.g. number of interfaces required, maps required for each interface etc.); understand the design concepts to be used Study the best practices for design and jointly design the solution; reviewing the design for potential flaws; verify the design with CoE Practice Development: Provide feedback on current gaps with internal processes that can be improved Knowledge Management: Identify best practices, tools and solution accelerators for products in the solution area; bring in the existing solution accelerators, reusable assets, etc. Review the solutions and identify opportunity to create reusable assets, solution accelerators, etc. Stay up to date with new developments in the product / technology solution area under purview Analyze the best in class solutions and design aspects, track industry trends and draw insights Solution Development: Build understanding of new solutions and develop delivery capability Assist in creation of new solutions by providing inputs and insights Product Selection: Collaborate with the product selection group to identify the best suited product to meet the project requirements; provide inputs on product features, as required Technology Consulting Advisory: Engage with client stakeholders during advisory engagements Gather information relevant to the client's context and conduct detailed analysis using technology solution frameworks Seek guidance from Lead Consultant as required Arrive at draft recommendations based on analysis Provide thought leadership on implementation of specific technology Engage with client stakeholders Alliance Management: Engage with the technology specialists of the product vendor to identify ways to leverage the product Skill Examples: 1. Uses Domain / Industry knowledge to contextualize the solution to the industry, assess the domain specific risks to the solution, review the business requirements captured and assess the gap. Participate in business requirement workshops to generate ideas w.r.t domain specific KPIs, reporting requirements etc. 2. Uses COTS Product Features / Functionality knowledge to understand the technical/functional dependencies of the product work flow/custom component (native and outside product), Independently analyze the customizations completed and required to the base product; apply the best practices in her/her own area of work. Impart training on the various functional modules of the product or custom components/solutions provided, configure/change a module/change custom code in the product independently 3. Uses Competitive Products Landscape knowledge to relate how the same business events are handled in different products, leverage reusable solutions across products 4. Uses Different Implementations knowledge to relate own area of work to the big picture of the project, expand approach for the specific functionality and highlight potential gaps and risks as necessary 5. Uses Technology Concepts knowledge to identify technical risk and define mitigation strategies during coding, validation review and make recommendation to complex queries. Recommend appropriate framework, approach and solution to meet functional and non-functional requirements. . Create HLD for the project and guide junior team members in creating the LLD, create POC to validate new tools and solutions, compare and contrast technology landscape options for the customer, identify and leverage the most appropriate tools to set up the build environment. Build training materials and assessments for technologies, conduct project training helping in ramp up 6. Uses specialized knowledge of process consulting to drive changes in customer organization. Conduct workshops independently, lead a consulting engagement, play the role of a trusted advisor within UST and with clients on process harmonization. Convert leads into opportunities and coach team members 7. Uses Project Management Tools and Techniques knowledge to plan and manage simple, small or medium size projects/ modules as defined within UST. Identify risks and mitigation strategies and implement the same to manage simple, small or medium size projects/ modules, identify critical path and manage dependencies within a small project 8. Uses Project Governance Framework knowledge to create / customize RACI matrix and governance framework for small or medium size projects; supporting development of the communication protocols. Establish and follow an escalation matrix for small or medium size projects, create reporting mechanisms for small / medium projects/ modules as defined within UST 9.

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