Senior Consultant, Tekion Implementation

Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world's leading financial centers - New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

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Job Description:


Baker Tilly has an incredible career opportunity for a Senior Consultant, Digital Transformation - Auto Dealerships to join our growing team.

Baker Tilly professionals on our team provide management consulting services to mid and large size companies. All supporting the need to define the businesses strategy and bring light and understanding to the vast amounts of data that companies maintain.

You will enjoy this role if you:

• You are looking for your next challenge, crave variety where no day is the same and feel your skills and experience can be better utilized
  
• You are looking to be part of a fast growing, innovative practice where your hard work and creativity can help us continue to build, improve and advance
  
• You like to work with a variety of clients to help them share information between all components of the organization allowing them to work seamlessly with a complete picture of their organization.
  
• You are a team player with strong communication skills and desire to work collaboratively with others to meet client needs
  
• You do your best work when you are part of a talented, down-to-earth team that thrives in collaboration and truly enjoys working together.
  
• You feel valued when you are provided the resources and support to continually sharpen your technical skills and build your career now, for tomorrow.
  

What you will do:

• Translate business requirements into Dealer Management System (DMS) configurations or enhancements
  
• Act as the client's point of contact during deployment and provide post-go-live support (hypercare)
  
• Work to understand business processes and possible improvements and be the liaison between business stakeholders and development team. Apply business process and system expertise to bring forth leading practices in Auto Dealerships
  
• Provide product training to dealer staff across departments (sales, service, parts, accounting)
  
• Manage and execute test plan activities, including requirements-based test plans to assess the quality of digital project deliverables, and facilitation of user acceptance testing
  
• Support robust change management programs to increase adoption for our clients
  
• Partner with project managers to identify project risk and issues. Work together to collaboratively develop and articulate mitigate strategies
  
• Participate in the development and deployment of implementation methodologies, trainings and toolkits through internal initiatives
  
• Support sales cycles as needed as a Subject Matter Expert. Support the build of project approach and proposals for opportunities with new clients.
  
• Invest in your professional development individually and through participation in firm wide learning and development programs
  
• Support the growth and development of team members and clients through the Baker Tilly Care and Teach philosophy, helping associates meet their professional goals
  
• Enjoy friendships, social activities and team outings that encourage a work-life balance
  

Successful candidates will have:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance, engineering, computer science, management information systems, or related field
  
• Experience with auto dealership processes, terminology, and workflows (sales, service, parts, accounting)
  
• Minimum of one (1) year of related Tekion experience required.
  
• Previous related Auto Dealership industry and consulting experience.
  
• Tekion Certified Professional (TCP) qualification, highly preferred
  
• Experience with automotive software or software as a service (SaaS) implementations
  
• Demonstrate management, analytical, organization, interpersonal, project management, communication skills, and highly developed Microsoft Suite skills (Word, Excel) required.
  
• Ability to engage effectively at the business and technical level, provide exceptional client service, demonstrate commitment to continuous learning in order to stay current regarding applicable strategies, see the "big picture" as well as the details, display appropriate ethical knowledge and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects
  
• Flexibility to travel to client site as needed and work outside of normal business hours due to client demands.
  
• Excellent analysis skills and the ability to develop processes and methodologies
  
• Exhibit a sense of urgency and commitment to quality and the timely completion of projects
  
• Ability to multitask across many different projects and stakeholders both internal and external
  
• Ability to communicate effectively and work with client resources from lower level to C suite
  
• Ability to travel, potentially up to 100 %
  

The compensation range for this role is $85,910 to $162,890. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.