Strategic Sourcing Consultant Senior Associate (Hildebrandt Baker Robbins) - Chi

Company:	Thomson Reuters Company Profile \| Current Opportunities (41)
Job Location(s):	Chicago
Employment Term:	Regular
Employment Type	Full Time
Start Date:	As soon as possible
Starting Salary Range:	Not Provided
Required Education:	Associate Degree
Required Experience:	Open
Related Categories:	Consulting Services, Management and Supervision

Position Description

Strategic Sourcing Consultant Senior Associate (Hildebrandt Baker Robbins) - Chicago, IL-PRO00002816

Description

Thomson Reuters is the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. Through its more than 50,000 people across 93 countries, Thomson Reuters delivers this must-have insight to the financial, legal, tax and accounting, scientific, healthcare and media markets, and is powered by the world's most trusted news organization. More information about Thomson Reuters and its financial performance can be found on www.ThomsonReuters.com http://www.thomsonreuters.com/

Hildebrandt Baker Robbins, a Thomson Reuters business, is a multidisciplinary consulting firm, helping law firms, legal departments and other professional service organizations plan, implement and measure key strategic, management, operations and technology goals. The firm serves major global law firms and corporations, and its consultants provide practical business and technology solutions from offices in New York; Washington, D.C.; Houston; Chicago; San Francisco; London; Somerset, NJ; Eagan, Minn.; Beijing; Hong Kong and Sydney.

Hildebrandt Baker Robbins is the undisputed leader in providing strategic counsel and managerial guidance to law firms, other professional services organizations and corporate legal departments worldwide. Our consultants are a highly talented group of professionals who offer a unique blend of core experience and specialized skills in their areas of expertise. Our employees are our greatest competitive advantage.

Our Global Strategic Sourcing practice helps clients in the legal, professional and financial services industries reduce costs and improve stakeholder value through proven methodologies to reduce costs across a variety of spend and indirect category areas.

Responsibilities:

Our Senior Associate Consultants play an active role in all phases of a project and work closely with clients. As a member of the Strategic Sourcing and Cost Optimization Practice, you will work with project team members and client personnel, facilitating requirements gathering and conducing data analysis and research to facilitate the implementation of cost savings opportunities. Also, will support practice business development and proposal efforts. Prior consulting experience, proven project management ability, demonstrated client relationship management skills, and a desire to learn are essential.

Qualifications

Candidates must possess the following skills and/or attributes:

Knowledge and Skills

Proven analytical and quantitative skills
Previous research, modeling and financial analysis experience
Self-starter with strong knowledge of business fundamentals
Experience providing resolutions, as an individual and group contributor, for complex problems
Demonstrated organizational and project management skills
Commitment to superior quality and accuracy
Strong oral and written communication skills
Ability to work effectively with clients, colleagues and support staff
Strong ability to analyze and organize data
Extensive domestic travel required
Flexibility for international travel and possible relocation

Experience

1-3 years of consulting firm experience
Prior Accounting, Economics or Finance internship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics or Finance

Thomson Reuters employees take pride in providing our customers around the world with information that is timely, accurate, unbiased and trusted. We have a profound respect for the professions and customers we serve and define our success in terms of their success. Our work environment is dynamic, innovative and entrepreneurial. We have a result-oriented culture that demands excellence, agility, and the desire to move quickly and precisely to seize opportunities. Our environment is both challenging and supportive - we give employees the opportunity to develop their skills and do their best work.

Thomson Reuters values diversity of culture and thought and seeks talented, qualified employees in all its operations around the world regardless of race, gender, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other protected classification under country or local law.

Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the H-1B visa cap has been met for the fiscal year 2010 (October 1, 2009-September 30, 2010.)

Job Professional/Consulting Services

Primary Location US-IL-Chicago

Organization Legal Hildebrandt Baker Robbins

Schedule Full-time

Job Type Standard

Shift Day Job

Travel Yes, 75% of the time