Associate Consultant
IBM
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About the Role
As an Associate Consultant at IBM, you will assist clients in the selection, implementation, and production support of application packaged solutions, such as Workday, to meet client needs. Leveraging a growth mindset, you will be ready and willing to deliver business value, wherever needed.
Key Responsibilities
- Assisting clients in selection, implementation, and support of packages.
- Making strategic recommendations and leveraging business knowledge to drive solutions for clients and their management.
- Running or supporting workshops, meetings, and stakeholder interviews.
- Developing process maps to understand As-Is and To-Be scenarios.
- Using IBM's Design Thinking to help solve client's challenges.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Ability to translate business solutions into technical requirements.
- Willingness to pursue certifications in Workday.
- Openness to assist clients in the design, business architect, process development, functional implementation, and support of applications.
- Ability to thrive in an ever changing, technology-based Consulting environment.
- Ability to quickly learn enterprise systems and cloud-based applications.
- A passion for innovative ideas, coupled with the ability to understand and assimilate different points of view.
- Exceptional quantitative analysis skills and ability to derive recommendations informed by data and insights.
- Willingness to travel up to 100%.
- Familiarity with reporting tools or basic SQL.
- Understanding of core business processes (HR, finance, or payroll).
- Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines, while maintaining focus in an environment with conflicting demands.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree
- Preferred Majors: MIS, Business/Finance/Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Analytics, Human Resources.
- Previous Internship, co-op or project experience with ERP systems (Workday, SAP, Oracle).
- Exposure to AI-driven tools to analyze data or improve workflow efficiency, requirement gathering, testing, workflow efficiency.