Operations Manager Deal Services

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The Deal Services Operations Manager partners with Deal Services leadership to translate practice priorities into coordinated operational execution. This role supports business performance management reporting and analytics WIP/AR and billing follow-up resource and headcount tracking leadership communications onboarding support and key practice initiatives. The manager serves as a central operational point of contact for assigned leaders helping anticipate upcoming needs organize priorities create polished deliverables coordinate across internal functions and drive follow-through on time-sensitive initiatives that support growth profitability risk management and the talent experience.

Responsibilities:

• Partner strategically with assigned Deal Services leaders to support execution of short- and long-term practice priorities including growth profitability operational effectiveness and risk mitigation.

• Operate in a self-directed manner by anticipating leader and practice needs identifying operational gaps and recommending practical solutions that improve execution communication data quality and the delivery of client solutions.

• Partner with internal functions including Finance Resource Management Talent Marketing IT Legal Billing and other Consulting support teams to develop implement and maintain efficient operating processes and practice support routines.

• Develop maintain analyze and improve recurring Deal Services reporting and KPI packages that support growth profitability resource planning operational decision-making and leadership visibility including financial results revenue and pipeline utilization headcount leverage WIP AR realization billing goals project-level margins and related performance metrics.

• Provide direct operational support for time-sensitive confidential and leader-driven requests including meeting preparation action item tracking follow-up communications and coordination across stakeholders.

• Coordinate recurring leadership forums partner/owner communications training communications newsletters and meeting materials including agendas slide decks talking points and follow-up actions.

• Develop polished work products from open-ended leadership requests including analysis summaries presentation materials communications tracker updates and decision-support documentation.

• Create and execute project plans for assigned initiatives; revise plans as priorities change manage risks and issues identify corrective actions and drive projects to completion within expected timelines and scope.

• Support new service line solution technology and process deployments by coordinating with practice leaders technical counterparts internal support functions and vendors as needed.

• Provide ongoing operational support oversight and process adherence for assigned Deal Services initiatives policy and procedure updates systems and recurring practice management activities.

• Support onboarding training and knowledge transfer for Deal Services Operations team members and practice stakeholders helping team members understand key operating processes systems reporting and leadership expectations.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree required

• Minimum of five years of experience supporting management or leadership-level stakeholders in a professional services consulting operations finance or related business environment.

• Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives with Finance Resource Management Talent Marketing IT Legal Billing or other internal support teams.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities organize ambiguous requests create project plans track action items and drive work to completion with limited oversight.

• Advanced Microsoft Office skills particularly Excel PowerPoint Word Outlook and Teams; ability to create polished reports presentations trackers and written communications.

• Strong analytical skills including ability to work with financial operational resource headcount WIP AR pipeline and performance data.

• Ability to understand business results and financial concepts and translate data into concise insights risks recommendations and follow-up actions.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including ability to draft leadership-ready communications facilitate meetings and clearly articulate objectives decisions and next steps.

• Ability to navigate a matrixed environment build relationships across functions and influence stakeholders without direct authority.

• Experience supporting change management process improvement system implementation training onboarding or operational transformation initiatives.

• High attention to detail strong follow-through and ability to produce accurate organized and audience-ready deliverables under deadline pressure.

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