Operations Vice President at Gotham Consulting Partners, Llc in New York, NY

Role Description

Vice Presidents lead consulting teams, typically consisting of associates, business analysts, and senior operating executives,

as well as client resources, and ensure the success of the engagement. Responsibilities include:

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Developing issue sets as the first step in focusing the hypothesized scope of the engagement and then transitioning issue

sets into comprehensive and explicit team work plans

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Efficiently managing Gotham/client resources and the overall engagement within compressed timeframes while ensuring

changing needs of a study are being addressed

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Guiding team in collection, synthesis, and analysis of data, and in conducting interviews with clients and third parties

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Developing hypothetical solutions, testing alternative scenarios, and developing fact-based actionable recommendations

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Structuring and creating factual, compelling message-driven written documents to present to clients

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Conducting client presentations and generating constructive dialogue around conclusions/recommendations

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Proactively building high-quality relationships with private equity and portfolio company clients

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Actively participating in proposal development efforts, with Principals playing a leadership role

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Taking a leadership role in the growth of Gotham Consulting Partners through: developing knowledge capital; training/

mentoring junior team members; marketing & business development; and actively participating in recruiting.

Gotham does not follow a prescribed timeline for career advancement or focus on selling abilities recognizing the unique

contributions and development pace of each individual. Rather, we use a 360-degree evaluation process, along with informal

feedback, to gauge readiness to accept broader roles. When a Vice President is ready and willing to accept higher levels of

responsibility, he/she is given such responsibilities.

Desired Qualifications/Experience/Skills

At Gotham, our people are our single most important asset. Ours is a culture of excellence, and we gain great satisfaction from

working together and with our client counterparts. Our firm comprises exceptional men and women from varied backgrounds

and with unexpected interests and remarkable lives. People who succeed at Gotham are diverse yet share as core traits

integrity, ownership/accountability, self-confidence, resourcefulness, energy, passion for learning and career advancement,

and a "getting things done" attitude.

The ideal candidate meets the following requirements, with the higher end of experience ranges applicable to Principals:

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MBA and BS/BA in engineering, economics, or a similar quantitative field from a top-tier institution

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2-5 years post-MBA experience in a top-tier operations consulting firm

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n one or more of the following operations

improvement assignments: cost and working capital reduction, post-merger integration, operations strategy, supply

chain optimization, product lifecycle management, procurement, sales & marketing effectiveness, and KPIs

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3+ years pre-MBA experience in strategy/operations consulting or in a corporate role or in investment banking or in PE

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Deep understanding of business concepts: market, financial, operational, and organizational

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Strong capabilities in financial and operational analysis; proficiency with analytical tools such as Excel and Access

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Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate and work effectively with all levels of Gotham

and with private equity firm and portfolio company staff

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Strategic thinker and attention to detail; experience solving problems in a structured manner using an "80/20" approach

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Results-oriented and client-focused, with ability to perform in compressed timeframes and data-poor situations

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Willingness to travel and work from client sites up to 4 days a week

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Passionate, high-energy, self-starting entrepreneurial mindset

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