Senior Manager, Business Value Architecture

Role Overview

• Build comprehensive financial models from scratch in Excel to quantify business impact, project ROI, and demonstrate the value proposition of proposed solutions to clients
• Partner with our consulting teams to lead individual deliverables related to Business Value projection, transformation engagements, often coordinating with concurrent Merkle data, technology, or digital experience implementation teams.
• Plan and facilitate client discovery through client interviews, document review, surveys / questionnaires, or marketing data analysis
• Manage daily consulting delivery efforts, including client meetings, discussions, workshops, deliverable reviews, or readouts
• Plan and manage business prioritization workshops applying a combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to select top recommendations
• Use market and competitive research to uncover trends, benchmarks, and best practices to inform recommendations
• Facilitate work sessions and interviews with our teams and partners to assess gaps, gather requirements, and validate recommendations
• Develop executive-level presentations, summarize findings into common themes that inform client recommendations. Identify main data points and measurements to show the impact of our approach and strategy on our client's business
• Support business development activities including identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities
• Collaborate and build relationships with our teams (account management, creative, analytics, operations) and partner agencies to determine feasibility and understanding of strategic plans

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree (this is required, but all majors will be considered. Preference for degrees in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, Data Analytics, or related fields)
• 3+ years of experience in FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis), corporate finance, strategy/consulting, business transformation, or digital transformation
• 3+ years of experience creating financial models, analyzing data, and working with large datasets in Excel or similar tools
• Experience translating insights into relevant recommendations and presentations – proficiency in PowerPoint required
• Comfortability and experience working within a matrixed organization in roles with a wide degree of latitude

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 15 paid holidays per year
• Paid sick and safe leave
• Paid parental leave