[Hiring] Senior Business Consultant @Power Construction

Role Description

As a Sr. Business Consultant, you use your Construction Accounting expertise to help our clients assess, improve, implement and optimize the right construction accounting systems and processes for their business. Your primary focus is on leading and supporting clients and project teams through business process optimization and ERP implementation engagements. This includes requirements gathering, root cause analysis, and ensuring your project team members develop and implement solutions aligned with those requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Discovery: Lead discovery sessions with clients, actively listening and asking thoughtful questions to clarify and prioritize their business goals and objectives, and identify root causes.
• Assessing & Improving Construction Accounting Processes:
  • Conduct comprehensive accounting process assessments, identifying areas where our clients can enhance efficiencies, achieve cost savings, and improve overall effectiveness.
  • Offer guidance and practical recommendations to optimize and streamline their accounting processes in ways that align with their business / strategic objectives.
• Optimizing Construction ERP Systems:
  • Ensure the ERP system aligns with clients’ business requirements and helps them achieve operational efficiencies by helping them optimize system usage and providing guidance on system configurations, data management, and/or integration with other tools.
• Teaching & Training Super-Users:
  • Facilitate workshops for clients’ super-users on effective configuration and utilization of their ERP system, and on limitations and troubleshooting methods, empowering them to maximize system functionality and manage system updates.
• Project Management & Controls:
  • Manage project plans, task schedules, resources, communications & touchpoints, project maintenance (e.g., budget vs. actual, risks, constraints, etc.), scope, and milestones.
• SOW Drafting:
  • Translate discovery information, client needs, and Palmer’s tailored approach into Statements of Work (SOWs) that detail client commitments, Palmer deliverables, timeline, and necessary resources.

Qualifications

• Large-scale construction ERP transformation experience
• Fluent in construction accounting
• Experience with inventory & equipment tracking and management within the construction industry
• Working knowledge of operations processes
• Experience advising & consulting to clients, internal or external
• Ability to travel to clients, conferences, training, or other onsite needs

Benefits

• Salary range: $120,000 - $150,000

Company Description

Founded by construction leaders within Power Construction, Palmer is a professional services consulting firm helping organizations integrate people, processes, data, and technology to drive measurable business outcomes. Palmer operates as a dedicated consulting group serving contractors across the industry, delivering business process improvement, organizational strategy, data analytics, ERP optimization, and systems integration solutions.