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Avanade

Advisory Consulting, Business Applications - Group Manager

Group Manager, Business Applications Advisory

About the role:

The Global Advisory team is responsible for long-term strategy and business solutions for clients. As part of our Business Applications Advisory Services practice you'll help our clients realize digital transformation, empower business process agility and provide business insight. The Global Advisory team uses a solutions approach to provide strategic advice and to leverage modern technology advancements (e.g., analytics, intelligent automation, etc.) to drive shareholder value. While remaining flexible to the different needs of each client, the use of these tools and processes has helped to accelerate results and confirm that projects run smoothly. We deliver our broad range of services through an integrated, collaborative approach between our practitioners, clients.

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As a Group Manager within the Advisory practice, you'll be responsible for leading engagements advising clients at the highest strategic level with big-picture and tactical guidance on a range of business outcomes. You will regularly provide strategic advice to senior clients while provide operational and people leadership of work efforts with significant coordination.

Day-to-day, you will:
  • Engage with clients in strategic discussions to provide best in class business and industry guidance to maximize client's long-term business objectives
  • Convert strategic direction into operational goals
  • Manage day to day interactions with client executives and sponsors
  • Manage client engagement delivery to identify creative business solutions for large companies. Responsibilities include, among others, managing teams to create strategy, assessment, vision & roadmap, and business case deliverables
  • Assist clients in developing a Shared Services organization and improve back-office efficiencies by eliminating duplication and streamlining processes
  • Develop and maintain contact with top decision makers at key clients; organize and lead pursuit teams; participate and lead aspects of the proposal development process; contribute to the development of proposal pricing strategies
  • Provide service excellence by helping to identify key client business issues, and determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches
  • Conduct Feasibility, Design, Sourcing Strategy and Transition management for back office transformation of Sales Operations, Source to Pay and Order to Cash functions globally
  • Advise clients on application of Robotics Process technology (RPA) for global back office functions within Order to Cash, Procure to Pay and Wholesale Banking operations.
  • Assist clients with RPA tool selection and building center of excellence to drive RPA efforts throughout client organization
  • Perform current-state assessment through stakeholder interviews and design workshops and support clients in service delivery transformation
  • Perform role of counselor and coach; provide input and guidance into the staffing process; actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities; provide leadership and support for delivery teams and staff in local offices
  • Develop strong relationships with internal and external partners
  • Promote a "high performance culture" of empowerment, accountability, and profitable growth
  • Travel as dictated by business needs, often 50% to 80% overnight travel throughout North America and supporting Global Clients
  • Enthusiastically contribute towards industry specific offerings/ thought leadership development.

Qualifications
About you:

You are a born influencer; able to build deep rapport with clients, peers and direct reports. As a leader, you foster a "culture of learning" across globally and culturally inclusive teams. You mentor and coach others, while providing constructive feedback and anticipating future talent gap needs.

Required Qualifications:
Requisition ID - 53387

Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud-enabling services, business solutions and design-led experiences, delivered through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation and has 30,000 professionals in 24 countries. Visit us at www.avanade.com.

Job ID: avanade-53387/8-en-us
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Stock Purchase Program
  • Professional Development

    • Leadership Training Program
    • Mentor Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Woman founded/led
    • Black founded/led
    • Latinx founded/led
    • Asian founded/led
    • LGBTQ+ founded/led
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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