Consultant, Strategic Initiatives

Overview

Strategic Initiatives Consultant role, with a focus on building and growing the Strategic Initiatives team. The team partners with GB’s business leaders in scoping, designing and implementing lasting change to build a more dynamic and consistently excellent organization. Projects will span GB’s North America business and include:

• Efforts to ensure exceptional claimant and customer engagement and experience
• Delivery of end-to-end operational excellence throughout the claim lifecycle
• Pursuit and delivery of efficiencies across functions to reduce GB’s total cost to serve
• Establishment of operating controls/processes to minimize waste and reduce unintended revenue leakage
• Definition and clarification of operating model, with emphasis on roles/responsibilities/SLAs between functions to enhance speed and effectiveness of service delivery

Strategic project delivery for GB North America

• Support the planning and execution of specific initiatives through in-depth analysis and documentation preparation
• Partner with project lead(s) to establish initiative responsibilities, timelines and expected value for assigned projects
• Assist in the implementation of initiative governance to ensure timely execution and value delivery

Scoping, success definition and approach

• Assist team members and project lead(s) in defining project scope to clearly understand business needs, areas for analysis/investigation and expected value of efforts
• Assist team members in defining approach/work plans and ensure resource commitments from the business to ensure initiative success and execution

Value delivery

• Develop and communicate analytical insights to assist with business challenges
• Support project lead in identifying and establishing pragmatic solutions to obstacles encountered throughout business

Required:

• Bachelor s Degree in business, finance or related field
• 2 years of relevant work experience in a business strategy or consulting role
• Strong Excel skills (performing data analysis, reporting, and synthesis)
• Strong PowerPoint skills (drafting and developing presentations that effectively communicate complex ideas, analyses, and recommendations)

Preferred:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to conduct research and synthesize information
• Time management skills

We offer a competitive and comprehensive compensation package. The base salary range represents the anticipated low end and high end of the range for this position. The actual compensation will be influenced by a wide range of factors including, but not limited to previous experience, education, pay market/geography, complexity or scope, specialized skill set, lines of business/practice area, supply/demand, and scheduled hours.

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Medical/dental/vision plans, which start from day one
• Life and accident insurance
• 401(K) and Roth options
• Tax-advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA)
• Educational expense reimbursement
• Paid parental leave

Other benefits include:

• Digital mental health services (Talkspace)
• Flexible work hours (availability varies by office and job function)
• Training programs
• Gallagher Thrive program – elevating your health through challenges, workshops and digital fitness programs for your overall wellbeing
• Charitable matching gift program
• And more...

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organization. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and…