Grant Thornton

AI, Data & Tech - Technology Strategy Senior Associate

Grant Thornton$90K — $120K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; MBA or MIS preferred.
  • Minimum of 2 years in Strategy Consulting, preferably in Technology engagements.
  • Experience in Manufacturing, Services, Healthcare, Banking, Private Equity, or large Non-Profits is a plus.
  • Strong business writing and communication skills are essential.
  • Experience in IT organization assessments, including strategy alignment and operating model analysis.
  • Knowledge in application portfolio strategy and enterprise cloud assessments is required.
  • Ability and willingness to travel up to 40% as necessary.

Responsibilities

  • Perform strategic assessments of client technology environments against best practices.
  • Provide strategic advisory services to address client technology organization challenges.
  • Develop tailored recommendations and roadmaps to meet client needs effectively.
  • Execute projects within technology strategy services, focusing on mid to large organizations.
  • Analyze and synthesize complex quantitative and qualitative data.
  • Communicate strategic insights to senior audiences effectively and persuasively.
  • Drive development of business cases to support technology transformations.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package tailored to diverse needs and identities.
  • Hybrid work model allowing flexibility in work location and schedules.
  • Support for professional development and continuous learning.
  • Opportunities for involvement in diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Full Job Description
Job Description

As a Technology Strategy Senior Associate, you will be part of Grant Thornton's AI, Data and Technology Practice - all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel. You will perform strategic advisory [FO1] services to address business challenges throughout client technology organizations.

From day one, you'll be empowered by the greater Transformation team to advise clients with strategic initiatives that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:
  • Possess a working knowledge of how a commercial or large non-profit organization functions from an organizational, operating model, process, and technology perspective
  • Continually strive to develop professionally, staying up to date on technology trends and solutions in the marketplace to address the issues companies and large non-profits face
  • Assist practice leaders and business development executives with proposal development and presentations. Identify, quantify, and scope new opportunities for GT on existing engagements
  • Performing [FO2] strategic assessments of client technology environments against best practices and widely accepted maturity model frameworks
  • Develop thoughtful, value add recommendations and roadmaps that meet client needs
  • Execute projects related to our technology strategy service offerings such application portfolio strategy, enterprise IT strategy, technology architecture & cloud, technology operations design for mid to large sized public and private organizations.
  • Utilize first principles thinking, customizing create frameworks and methodologies to solve challenging problems
  • Analyze complex quantitative / qualitative data and synthesize output
  • Communicate effectively in an organized and knowledgeable manner to senior audiences, able to deliver difficult messages with persuasiveness and sensitivity
  • Drive the development of business cases (financial, quantitative, and qualitative) to support strategic business initiatives, process improvement initiatives, or IT transformations
  • Build and analyze financial models and complex budgets
  • Coach and develop team members[FO3]
  • Demonstrate executive presence to become a trusted advisor to c-suite level clients
  • Contribute to the development of various service offerings and practice thought leadership
  • Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Technology, Computer Science, or related field required. MBA or MIS preferred
  • Minimum 2 years of related work experience in Strategy Consulting, servicing Technology related engagements preferred
  • Industry experience within Manufacturing, Services, Healthcare (providers), Banking, Private Equity, or large Non-Profits (including higher education) a plus
  • Excellent business writing and communication skills
  • Experience in the assessment of IT organizations - capability to strategy alignment, cost structure, and operating model
  • Experience in application portfolio strategy - package selection, implementation planning and application architecture model development
  • Experience with strategic IT assessment, enterprise cloud assessments and roadmap development
  • Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%
  • Consistent with the firm's hybrid work model, this position will require in-person attendance at least two days per week, either at a GT office or client site


[FO1]May or may not include implementation. Adjusting this to focus on strategic advisory.

[FO2]Manager will lead the team. SA will focus on deliver

[FO3]Applies if we have Associates

About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, the seventh largest accounting network in the world by combined fee income. Grant Thornton LLP is the sixth largest U.S. accounting and advisory organization. The firm operates 59 offices across the US with approximately 8,500 employees, 550 partners, and produces annual revenue in excess of US$1.9 billion. During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, The Times reported that Grant Thornton is in line to earn millions of pounds for acting as trustees in a bankruptcy case on behalf of the Russian state-owned DIA, who bypassed sanction regimes to obtain funds and assets from abroad in order to fund the war in Ukraine.
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