Position SummaryPerformance & Cost Improvement Consultant
Deloitte's Performance & Cost Improvement (P&CI) team helps clients reduce costs, improve margins, and strengthen cash flow. As a Performance & Cost Improvement Consultant, you will turn analysis into practical recommendations that support transformation.
Recruiting for this role ends on 12/31/2026.
Work you'll doAs a Performance & Cost Improvement Consultant on the P&CI team, you will be responsible for...
- Analyze financial and operational data to identify cost, margin, and cash flow opportunities.
- Support operations improvement, operating model transformation, non-labor optimization, and process redesign.
- Build business cases, pricing analyses, and financial models.
- Track workplans, milestones, and deliverables.
- Prepare client materials, support implementation, and contribute to proposals and practice initiatives.
A successful candidate would possess these skills:
- Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
- Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
- Ability to lead projects or workstreams
- Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to provide clear guidance to others
The teamPI&R defines and leads enterprise Board and C-suite agendas for non-distressed, underperforming, and distressed clients to improve margins and operational and financial performance, navigate financial difficulties, and improve cash flow to fund critical transformations.
The P&CI team helps clients identify, evaluate, and implement enterprise-wide cost reduction and margin improvement opportunities. The global practice includes more than 9,000 cost transformation practitioners, with experience across industries, deep sector knowledge, and industry-leading assets and accelerators.
QualificationsRequired:
- Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of management consulting experience in operations improvement, operating or service delivery model transformation, non-labor optimization, margin improvement, or process reengineering to reduce costs.
- 4+ years of financial analysis experience using multiple data sources to assess cost, margin, or cash flow opportunities.
- 4+ years of experience developing models using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, or Tableau.
- You must reside within a commutable distance of your assigned office with the ability to commute daily, if required, without the need for overnight accommodations.
- You can expect to co-locate on average 1-2 times a week with variations based on types of work/projects and client locations.
- Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
- Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.
Preferred:
- Advanced degree.
- Experience serving corporate or private equity clients.
- Experience developing business cases, pricing analyses, financial analyses, presentations, or client deliverables using Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Visio.
- Experience supporting proposal development, mentoring junior team members, or using Microsoft Excel and Tableau.
The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $95,600 to $188,400.
You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.
Deloitte is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruiting process, please direct your inquiries to the Global Call Center (GCC) at USTalentCICInbox@deloitte.com.
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Job ID 374391
