Consulting Analyst

5 months ago


Toronto, Canada Watson Advisors Full time

Salary:
THE OPPORTUNITY

WATSON is seeking an Analyst in either its Vancouver or Toronto office to support clients through all aspects of projects as part of WATSON's Advisory Consulting Practice. A key member of the team, the Analyst will work closely with all members of the WATSON team including Partners, Consultants, and Associates to deliver high-quality advice and recommendations tailored to each client's unique context.

THE ORGANIZATION - WATSON Advisors Inc.

Background

WATSON was founded on the belief that bringing an intentional approach to governance helps organizations perform better. Since 2005, WATSON has helped hundreds of boards shape the future of their organizations through six areas of focus:

- Structures and Practices: We ensure governance structures and practices serve the organization and facilitate effective board performance and dynamics.
- Board and Director Effectiveness: We help directors evaluate and improve their group and individual performance.
- Education: We provide governance education and peer learning for directors and those who support the board.
- CEO Lifecycle: We guide boards in their role of managing the CEO through all stages of their employment, including CEO evaluation and succession planning.
- Oversight of People and Culture: We support boards to oversee organizational performance, leadership, people, and culture.
- Talent: We recruit highly qualified directors and executives on behalf of our clients

Our mission is to enhance the capability of organizations that contribute positively to society in Canada and beyond. WATSON's clients include private and public companies, professional services firms, family-owned businesses, public sector entities of various models, regulatory bodies, major trade and professional associations, credit unions, co-operatives, and not-for-profit organizations. WATSON is known for its leading-edge approach to governance and for providing clear, practical, and tailored advice. Our professionals are called upon regularly as trusted advisors to discuss foundational and emerging governance practices and to help clients navigate difficult issues. From our in-depth experience working with boards, we have developed strong knowledge of what good governance looks like and how to best help organizations benefit from strong governance.

THE ROLE - Analyst (Advisory Practice)

WATSON seeks to recruit an Analyst, eager to be part of expanding WATSON's ability to serve organizations across the country as a truly national governance advisory firm. This role contributes to all aspects of WATSON's Advisory work, including board, director and CEO evaluations; comprehensive governance reviews; policy/process development; governance education sessions; CEO performance, CEO succession, and broader leadership and performance work. An Analyst may focus more on one type of work than others, depending on their background and WATSON's client's need, but in general work across multiple project types and have the opportunity to learn and be challenged by a range of work.

The Analyst is involved in all phases of the project life cycle, from proposal development and client interaction to survey and interview design, interviewing, research, analysis, and report writing.

Roles & Responsibilities
- Project Excellence
- Manage multiple project timelines and milestones using project management tools and processes
- Arrange internal project meetings, including project kickoff, regular check-ins, and debrief meetings
- Keep team on track for timelines, bringing any project delivery timeline variances to the attention of the team
- Implement project budgets and proactively monitor project progress relative to budget; identify and alert the team to any fee variances; generate invoices based on project milestones
- Analyze efficiencies and learnings at the end of each project and provide recommendations
- Project Delivery
- With direction from Consultant/Associate, assist or lead on project deliverables including but not limited to surveys (drafting, launching, response analysis); fact-finding research; drafting/contributing to interview guides, sitting in on client interviews, identifying key themes, preparing first drafts of reports
- Business Development
- Supporting RFP responses and client presentations for prospective engagements
- Maintaining accuracy of data in CRM
- Contributing to marketing initiatives (thought leadership, marketing activities, webinars, etc.)
- Contributing to internal initiatives (process improvement, creating templates, research & knowledge transfer, etc.)

Qualifications, Skills, Experience
- Post-secondary education in business or communications, or other related discipline; and/or 1 - 3 years of relevant experience, preferably in a fast-paced professional services firm or similar type of environment
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Experience with Qualtrics and Salesforce would be preferred, but not re



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