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Grant Thornton
Alexandria, VA, United States
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Description
Grant Thornton is seeking a Senior Associate to join its Operations Transformation service line and take an active role in engagement execution, project management and key business development activities.
Grant Thornton Public Sector helps executives and managers at all levels of government maximize their performance and efficiency in the face of ever tightening budgets and increased demand for services. We give clients creative, cost-effective solutions that enhance their acquisition, financial, human capital, information technology, data analytics, and performance management. For more information, visit grantthornton.com/publicsector.
At Grant Thornton, our professional staff applies traditional, cutting-edge approaches and methods to a variety of analyses. As part of our team, the Senior Associate will utilize various methodologies and models to execute client projects.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Be a part of a team assisting Enterprise Services (ES) senior leadership with the development of a mission support organization strategic assessment. The assessment will identify potential similarities, redundancies or potential efficiencies and shall include achievable recommendations to ensure ES is moving forward to support the furtherance of agency mission objectives.
Assist ES to assess similar administrative and mission support functions across the eight functional offices (that comprise Enterprise Services) and identify opportunities for strategic realignment. Assist ES leadership with making informed decisions regarding resource allocation (personnel) and organizational structure. Conduct a comprehensive review across the eight ES functional offices to identify and assess the administrative and mission support functions performed by the various entities and identify opportunities for strategic re-alignment.
Support team in executing the following:
1. Collect Current State Data on Business Capabilities
-Issue data call to collect information on ES's structure, functions, and systems, including but not limited to, current organizational charts, functional statements, position descriptions, standard operating procedures, existing process maps, staffing data, and contractor data.
Access data from multiple sources including Fair Act Inventory, Enterprise Cost Model, and HRBE to analyze manpower allocation to core functions and strategy.
• Catalog findings in the PSAL, and hold interviews/focus groups at Directorate-level for each of the ES functional offices to validate the PSAL and collect additional information in the event of data gaps.
• Create workforce analysis dashboard to visualize and easily understand staffing grade mix, functionality, supervisor ratios, and contractor support to strategic priorities.
2. Develop options for an ES organizational structure
3. Develop a draft implementation plan
4. Develop communications and change management plan to socialize new structure to staff and stakeholders
Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization).
Assist with business development activities, such as proposals, capture, account teams, whitepapers, conferences, and/or other thought leadership materials.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree required from an accredited college or university in a related field.
Ability to obtain and maintain certain job-related certifications if no job-related advanced degrees.
U.S. citizenship may be required. Ability to work in the United States indefinitely required.
Travel may be required.
Ability to work overtime required on occasion.
Ability to sit in an office environment for long periods of time.
Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
Ability to communicate clearly in writing and verbally.
Ability to obtain and maintain firm independence and abide by firm ethics requirements.
Meet or exceed continuing professional education (CPE) requirements.
Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International, one of the six global accounting, tax and business advisory organizations. Grant Thornton’s Public Sector, based in Alexandria, VA, is a global management consulting business with the mission of providing responsive and innovative financial, performance management and systems solutions to governments and international organizations. Visit Grant Thornton’s Public Sector at www.grantthornton.com/publicsector.
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