Senior Consultant-Utilities Customer Operations & Customer Technology

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Job description

Overview:
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public and commercial markets with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. We help clients address their toughest challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures with a focus on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that prepare our clients for future growth and success. The company has more than 10,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit: (url removed).

Responsibilities:
The Senior Consultant-Utilities Customer Operations & Customer Technology will be expected to function at Guidehouse's Senior Consultant staff level. In this client-facing role the Senior Consultant-Utilities Customer Operations & Customer Technology will help energy providers transform their Customer Operations through digital strategy development and business integration of new and innovative technology solutions aimed at improving customer experience while increasing operational effectiveness. As an experienced industry professional, you will leverage your knowledge of meter-to-cash operations and processes, customer technology, performance metrics, and regulatory strategy to manage and deliver consulting engagements ranging from development of customer transformational strategy and roadmaps to leading business process (re)design in support of business integration of new technologies (e.g. AMI-enabled capabilities, customer engagement platforms, etc.)

Senior Consultants own client engagements from cultivation to completion. In this role, the Senior Consultant-Utilities Customer Operations & Customer Technology is accountable for the activities of the project team and support the day-to-day management of the client relationship. The UtilitiesSenior Consultant-Utilities Customer Operations & Customer Technology is expected to effectively develop and manage work plans, staffing, deadlines and budgets for multiple complex projects simultaneously. Work products are expected to be high-quality and client-ready. In this visible role, the Senior Consultant-Utilities Customer Operations & Customer Technology will lead team meetings, and guide, manage, and coach consultants and senior consultants, providing constructive feedback on project participation and overall career development. The Utilities Customer Operations & Customer Technology Consultant works closely with Directors and Managing Directors to keep them abreast of project progress and important developments. The Senior Consultant-Utilities Customer Operations & Customer Technology support sales initiatives and practice development.

Responsibilities include:

Business process design with emphasis on meter-to-cash technology deployment and customer facing technology (e.g. CIS, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) capabilities such as Remote Connect Disconnect, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems such as Salesforce, etc.)

Defining business process flows and business requirements in support of a technology solution development

Journey mapping and design, personal development, and customer experience (CX) design

Customer operations performance assessment - analyzing maturity of customer operations capabilities across processes, technology, and talent/skills and developing improvement recommendations / defining improvement initiatives

Operational performance metrics and digital value levers development

Business case development

Help develop workshop presentations and facilitate client workshops

Conduct market scans/research and develop reports

We encourage career development and hiring for the long term. As a Senior Consultant-Utilities Customer Operations & Customer Technology, you will follow a clearly defined career path and continue to develop your project management and client relationship skills. As you are ready drive strategic solutions across multiple complex workstreams and become more involved in business development, you will have the opportunity to progress to the Managing Consultant level.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree

Must have 5+ years of experience including business process design with emphasis on meter-to-cash technology deployment and customer facing technology within the utilities industry. Working experience should include Systems Integration and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) capabilities or similar

Strong working knowledge and experience in the following:Customer experience best practices and trends

Working with business users to create business and functional requirements for a technology solution implementation

Working with business stakeholders to manage change and prepare operations for adoption of new technology and/or processes

Working with IT delivery teams in support of a feature or product roll out

Project management

Workshop development & facilitation

Business Case development

Outstanding analytical problem-solving skills

Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills required

Excellent verbal and written communications skills

No sponsorship is available for this position

Preferred Qualifications

In addition to the above listed:

1-3 years Management Consulting experience within the Utilities industry

Customer experience (CX) design

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification

Systems Integration and Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) hands on experience

Externsive meter-to-cash technology deployment experience

Additional Requirements:
The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.

Disclaimer:
About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at (phone number removed) or via email at . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.

Rewards and Benefits

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Basic Life & Supplemental Life

Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

Skills Development & Certifications

Employee Referral Program

Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program