Technology Account Lead, Financial Services

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What You Will Do
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Guidehouse is seeking a highly motivated and talented leader to be part of a team delivering large scale Information Technology (IT) transformation projects for Financial Services public sector, focusing on the IRS account. We are looking for an experienced professional who has a deep understanding of the IRS technology ecosystem, strong project management experience, significant technical writing skills, IT and digital transformation knowledge, and a passion for problem-solving, business development and service delivery.

Our Technology Financial Services team members help our clients improve business value through optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of their IT capabilities. This high performing group plays a critical role in multi-disciplinary teams. We enable our clients to understand, plan for, and realize strategic opportunities presented by information technology through a collection of capabilities such as Enterprise IT Management, Mission Enablement, IT Transformation, and IT organization optimization.

On this team, you will focus on the “business” aspects of IT transformation, including but not limited to strategy, organizational change management; project, program, and portfolio management; communications and training; process mapping; and governance.

In this role at Guidehouse, you will play a crucial role in steering the strategic direction and operational efficiency of technology services within the financial sector, IRS Account. This includes:

• Proactively designing and presenting client solutions relevant to the current goals and priorities of the IRS
• Proactively leading the practice by driving the development of new business in the market, and providing technical advice across disciplines
• Joining an existing team applying deep industry expertise in the following service areas:
  Cloud, System Modernization, Low code / no code platforms, Data management, Operational strategy and effectiveness, and Managed Services
• Building strong networks within the firm to spot and capitalize on opportunities to get involved in projects that others are leading across several different business units and sectors
• Identifying and discussing key issues with our clients to identify potential opportunities
• Shaping and delivering various projects that exceed the expectations of our clients and our own assignment quality criteria
• Managing and delivering large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team
• Managing engagement financials
• Helping to grow and develop our team through hands on training and coaching

What You Will Need
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• BA/BS degree in engineering, computer science, finance, banking, or a related field
• Minimum of 10 years of designing, implementing, and supporting complex business processes in multiple technology environments, preferably for the IRS.
• High energy, persuasive, and someone who leads by example
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced challenging environment
• Aptitude for networking and sales
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Creative problem-solving ability and a collaborative, consultancy mindset
• Demonstrated the ability to identify and address client needs; develop and sustain deep client relationships using networking, negotiation, and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities; preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials including product demonstrations and technical whitepapers
• Demonstrated the ability to define project resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing, and collection
• Experience as a collaborative team leader to generate a vision, establish direction, and motivate members, create an atmosphere of trust, leverage diverse views, coach staff, and encourage improvement and innovation
• Per contractual requirements, US Citizenship is a requirement for…