Senior Consultant - Advisory

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s expertise in human insights and cloud technology, allows companies and employees around the world to transform and thrive.

With a competitive total rewards package, continuing education and training and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Job Description

Alight’s Advisory and Change Management practice supports clients to maximize the value of their investments in transformation programs, particularly cloud-based Human Capital Management and Financials-enabling technologies such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Cornerstone OnDemand. With particular emphasis on digital transformation, the team’s consultants rely on user-centric, data-driven techniques to ensure that our clients can introduce and sustain new ways of working. As part of our Advisory and Change Management practice, you will work to enable our clients’ success through daily use of digital technologies. We are looking for a highly motivated senior consultant to join our team in India.

Key Responsibilities:

As an Advisory Consultant your main tasks / responsibilities will include:

• HR Scan & Roadmap
  • Assist in the definition of HR vision and direction to support large and small-scale client transformations, based on business requirements, business strategy, market options and current system landscape.
  • Play a key role in analysis of benefits and risks of each future scenario and technology landscape.
  • Play a key role in reviewing the client's HR Technology Landscape and perform logical comparison of options to build recommendations for clients.
• HR Processes Analysis and Optimization
  • Lead client transformations and adoption of HR platforms by conducting / assisting process review and redesign.
  • Help our customer to simplify, align or optimize their HR process, balancing their needs and contemporary practices across HR Processes.
  • Guide clients in developing ideal employee experiences for their transformation areas
  • Support client on realigning the Client´s HR Operating Model to new processes
  • Review and strengthen change management plans and activities to support the changes
• Change Management
  • Lead the overall change management program for transformation initiative for clients including, technology deployment and HR Transformation initiatives
  • Design, build and execute Change Management Plans.
  • Deliver change management related sessions for senior leaders and key users (classroom or remote).

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Experience

Required

• Masters in relevant fields (MBA, PG)
• Excellent project management and communication skills (i.e., presentation, facilitation, prioritization)
• Ability to remain flexible, quickly learn and adapt
• Motivated self-starter with strong time management skills
• Aptitude to work collaboratively in an agile environment, while getting work done with a team of functionally diverse SMEs
• Strong skills in MS Office applications
• 10 to 15 years of relevant work experience related to business transformation, HR Transformation and change management
• Exposure to training design and delivery related to HR and/or Financial systems, including self-service tools
• Familiarity with change management methodologies related to cloud-based technology adoption
• Ability to work virtual from home or in an Alight office environment.
• Travel will vary by project. However, as this is a client-facing role, travel of 15-30% may be needed during peak periods.

Preferred

• Certifications such as Prosci, APMG, Design Thinking etc.
• Experience supporting deployments of cloud-based Human Capital Management and Financials-enabling technologies such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors and Cornerstone OnDemand
• Transformation or Change Management experience directly related to cloud-based technology adoption
• Familiarity with HR and/or Finance Transformation

Join our team. Because transformation takes a workforce. Learn more at careers.alight.com. 

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Alight believes diversity should be visible, valued, and sustained throughout the organization. And we’re committed to enabling an inclusive culture of belonging that engages all colleagues and grows the diversity of our talent to proudly represent the clients and communities we serve**.**

As an affirmative action employer, we adhere to the principles of equal employment opportunity in the workplace as defined in our diversity policy statement.  

Diversity Policy Statement

Alight does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, gender, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans, and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices, and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
 

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DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

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