Performance & Cost Improvement Senior Consultant

Position Summary

Performance & Cost Improvement Senior Consultant

Deloitte's Strategy and Transactions - Performance Improvement and Restructuring (PI&R) practice helps clients navigate critical business moments and transformational initiatives. We provide end-to-end support and advisory services across performance improvement, cost transformation, turnaround, restructuring, and financial and operational transformation.

PI&R works with boards and C-suite executives to develop execution-ready strategies and customized financial and operational solutions that drive structural, enterprise-wide change. We work closely with clients throughout their transformation journey to help them navigate financial and operational challenges, improve performance, and implement practical solutions that create lasting impact.

Within PI&R, the Performance & Cost Improvement (P&CI) team helps clients identify, evaluate, and implement enterprise-wide cost reduction and margin improvement opportunities. We support initiatives including cost reduction, margin improvement, operating and business model transformation, and analytics-enabled performance improvement. Our work focuses on structural, enterprise-wide changes designed to support immediate performance objectives and long-term profitable growth.

Recruiting for this role ends on 12/31/2026.

Work you'll do

As a Senior Consultant, Strategy, Growth, and Transformation on the Performance & Cost Improvement team, you will help clients evaluate and execute initiatives that improve cost structure, cash flow, and enterprise value. You will be responsible for:

• Lead small engagements or key workstreams within larger, complex engagements focused on operations improvement; enterprise transformation involving operating models or service delivery models (e.g., shared services or centers of excellence); non-labor optimization; or business process reengineering focused on cost reduction.
• Analyze operational, financial, and market data to identify value creation, cost optimization, and performance improvement opportunities across the enterprise.
• Support development of business cases, pricing analyses, and financial models tailored to client objectives.
• Plan and support transformation engagements across industries, including coordinating workstreams, managing scope changes, and tracking progress against engagement objectives.
• Work with client stakeholders to assess issues, develop strategic recommendations, and prepare deliverables aligned with engagement requirements; serve as a liaison between business needs and technology-enabled solutions to support implementation and execution.
• Contribute to proposal development and other practice-building activities, as requested.

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

PI&R defines and leads enterprise Board and C-suite agendas for non-distressed, underperforming, and distressed clients to improve margins and operational and financial performance, navigate financial difficulties, and improve cash flow to fund critical transformations.

The P&CI team helps clients identify, evaluate, and implement enterprise-wide cost reduction and margin improvement opportunities. The global practice includes more than 9,000 cost transformation practitioners, with experience across industries, deep sector knowledge, and industry-leading assets and accelerators.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree.
• 4+ years of management consulting experience in operations improvement; enterprise transformation involving operating models or service delivery models (e.g., shared services or centers of excellence); non-labor optimization; margin improvement; or business process reengineering focused on cost reduction.
• 4+ years of experience using financial analysis and data from multiple sources to assess value creation opportunities.
• 4+ years of experience developing models using Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Tableau, or similar tools.
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• You must reside within a commutable distance of your assigned office with the ability to commute daily, if required, without the need for overnight accommodations.
• You can expect to co-locate on average 1-2 times a week with variations based on types of work/projects and client locations.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:

• Advanced degree.
• Experience serving corporate and private equity clients.
• Experience developing business cases, pricing analyses, or complex financial analyses.
• Experience creating executive-level presentations and client deliverables using Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Visio.
• Experience supporting proposal development or mentoring junior team members.
• Experience using Microsoft Excel, analytics, and data visualization tools to support analysis and recommendations.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $128,000 to $252,500.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Deloitte is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruiting process, please direct your inquiries to the Global Call Center (GCC) at USTalentCICInbox@deloitte.com.

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Requisition code: 367547

Job ID 367547