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    Associate Advisory Consultant - Chicago, United States - AHEAD

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    Description
    AHEAD builds platforms for digital business.

    By weaving together advances in cloud infrastructure, automation and analytics, and software delivery, we help enterprises deliver on the promise of digital transformation.


    At AHEAD, we prioritize creating a culture of belonging, where all perspectives and voices are represented, valued, respected, and heard.

    We create spaces to empower everyone to speak up, make change, and drive the culture at AHEAD.


    We are an equal opportunity employer, and do not discriminate based on an individual's race, national origin, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, marital status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law, whether actual or perceived.

    We embrace all candidates that will contribute to the diversification and enrichment of ideas and perspectives at AHEAD.


    AHEAD is looking for a customer facing Associate Consultant with critical thinking skills to join our Modern Data Center practice.

    The Associate Consultant provides onsite, hands-on client delivery which involves completing the day-to-day project tasks. They work at the direction of Principal, Senior Consultants, and Consultants to execute the project. They support team management by gathering and analyzing data, creating insights when possible. The Associate Consultant will also document decisions, risks, issues identified in working sessions, and workshops. They are focused solely on successful delivery.
    Responsibilities


    Client Delivery:
    Document decisions, risks and issues identified in strategy, roadmap, design, and planning workshops
    Provide functional analysis by gathering data to create insights that formulate solutions for client deliverables
    Provide financial analysis when the program requires it such as Total Cost of Ownership, Cost Reduction Opportunities, and cost of cloud migration
    Development of project deliverables
    Development of presentation of deliverables to client executive management

    Practice Development & Thought Leadership:
    Research technology and business solutions
    Research industry best practices
    Create a broad knowledge and understanding of the current and anticipated future state of the IT marketplace including IT trends, technologies, and standards
    Qualifications

    Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or similar discipline
    Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    Analytical thinker
    Ability to solve complex, abstract problems
    Excellent interpersonal skills, good listener, ability to connect with different personalities
    Self-starter
    MBA is a plus
    Why


    AHEAD:


    Through our daily work and internal groups like Moving Women AHEAD and RISE AHEAD, we value and benefit from diversity of people, ideas, experience, and everything in between.


    We fuel growth by stacking our office with top-notch technologies in a multi-million-dollar lab, by encouraging cross department training and development, sponsoring certifications and credentials for continued learning.

    We understand that you have a life outside of work. That's why we offer paid time off, paid company holidays, and a great benefits program including maternity/paternity leave and much more


    Please note that although some job posting are indicated as remote, it is solely for the purpose of the posting.

    It is company policy for employees within thirty miles of an office to be in-office at least 2 days per week.

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