Business Title: Senior Associate, Innovation ConsultantRequisition Number: 111591 - 68Function: Business Support ServicesArea of Interest:State: NYCity: New YorkDescription:Known for being a great place to work and build a career, KPMG provides audit, tax and advisory services for organizations in today's most important industries. Our growth is driven by delivering real results for our clients. It's also enabled by our culture, which encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence and supports our communities. With qualities like those, it's no wonder we're consistently ranked among the best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine, Consulting Magazine, Working Mother Magazine, Diversity Inc. and others. If you're as passionate about your future as we are, join our team.KPMG is currently seeking a Senior Associate - Innovation Consultant to join our KPMG Ignition in our Growth and Strategy organization.Responsibilities:
Lead and/or support workshop design, preparation, project management and facilitation for various executive-level client facing workshops; leverage facilitation techniques such as design thinking to effectively run client facing workshops
Support all aspects of project management for workshop success, including identifying and managing key stakeholders to involve, preparing and/or collating necessary workshop inputs such as KPMG points of view or frameworks, proactively keeping the session on track and key people informed and prepared
Work collaboratively with industry and practice leadership to mine and understand signals of change on business disruption; apply design thinking to develop unique points of view and solve complex business challenges for the firm and clients
Assist with research to synthesize and correlate innovation research findings and conduct design thinking sessions, in order to develop unique points of view and insights which includes understanding of macro trends (across social, technological, economic, and political/regulatory) and the impact on business
Prepare presentations and in some cases, help present research key findings and points of view to engage effectively with C- level executives in trends insights and workshops
Develop workshop debrief materials, synthesizing key takeaways from the workshop and putting them in the context of the client challenge or opportunity; create and manage project plans and financials, help manage and develop a sales pipeline, workshop and deliverable status tracking and data management, and create proposals
Qualifications:
Minimum three years of recent experience in consulting / business execution; professional services experience is a plus
Bachelor's degree or above from an accredited college or university
Strong knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel and Outlook; ability to learn new analytical and virtual collaboration tools such as Mural
Passion in solving complex problems and comfort in collaborating with teammates; able to understand business challenges and construct meaningful workshop structures and materials to help enable the client to achieve a desired outcome
Effective at applying well developed research and analytical skills to find fact-based data, including "facts that matter most", using a broad array of resources and analytical tools; ability to manage senior stakeholders and distill key points as well as collaborate and work in an agile, adaptable, dynamic, fast-paced environment; able to deal with complexity and ambiguity
Expected to be on-site at least three days per week; travel may range from 50% - 75% at times
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future
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