Innovation Analyst

Overview

Baker Tilly is a leading advisory, tax and assurance firm, providing clients with a genuine coast-to-coast and global advantage in major regions of the U.S. and in many of the world's leading financial centers - New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Baker Tilly US, LLP (Baker Tilly) provide professional services through an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly US, LLP is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services to its clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and business advisory services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities are not licensed CPA firms.

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Job Description:

Innovation at our firm is intentional, structured, and strategically aligned.

Our Innovation team operates at the intersection of enterprise strategy, service line evolution, and emerging technology. With defined capabilities in AI Monitoring, Innovation Pods, and structured opportunity development, we help the firm anticipate change, evaluate impact, and translate insight into actionable direction.

As market dynamics accelerate and AI continues to reshape how work is delivered, our mandate is expanding. We are evolving and scaling our capabilities to meet growing business demand and ensure the firm remains competitive, adaptive, and forward-looking.

We are seeking a high-potential, analytically minded Innovation Analyst to support this next phase of growth. This early-career role is designed for someone energized by structured problem-solving, emerging technology, and cross-functional collaboration - and who wants exposure to strategy, innovation, and enterprise decision-making.

The Opportunity

As an Innovation Analyst, you will support two core engines of our Innovation function:

• AI Monitoring - disciplined scanning and structured assessment of AI developments that may impact the firm
  
• Innovation Pods - focused, cross-functional teams that explore, test, and frame high-impact AI opportunities
  

You will collaborate closely with Innovation Leads, Service Line representatives, and Technology partners. As part of a focused and visible team, this role includes exposure to senior leaders across the organization.

What You'll Do

Support AI Monitoring & Signal Intelligence

• Curate, tag, and organize internal and external AI signals
  
• Contribute to structured monitoring artifacts, including signal logs, watchlists, and summary reports
  
• Support maintenance and enhancement of AI Radar dashboards and reporting tools
  
• Conduct targeted research to help distinguish meaningful signals from noise
  
• Prepare materials that inform leadership posture decisions and strategic discussions
  

Enable Innovation Pods

• Support and participate in structured exploration sessions using creative problem-solving and human-centered design approaches to reimagine workflows, services, and client experiences
  
• Help synthesize exploration and experimentation outcomes into clear, decision-ready materials
  
• Contribute to structured evaluation approaches such as desirability, feasibility, and viability scoring
  
• Assist in developing executive-ready artifacts that frame opportunities and inform direction
  

Strengthen Innovation Discipline

• Support intake, tracking, and organization of innovation ideas
  
• Contribute to portfolio visibility and reporting as processes mature
  
• Assist in refining templates, frameworks, and documentation standards
  
• Flex across Innovation initiatives as priorities evolve
  

This role requires comfort with ambiguity and the ability to contribute effectively as the team continues to refine and scale its operating model.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in consulting, strategy, analytics, innovation, or business operations
  
• Bachelor's degree preferred or 5 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree
  
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail
  
• Able to structure ambiguous problems into organized, logical outputs
  
• Strong written communicator capable of producing executive-ready materials
  
• Confident verbal communicator with the ability to engage professionally with senior stakeholders
  
• Curious about AI and emerging technology, with interest in understanding business impact
  
• Comfortable operating in an evolving, high-visibility environment
  
• Motivated by contributing to meaningful, forward-looking work
  

Why Join the Innovation Team

Play a direct role in helping the firm meet evolving business demands.
Our Innovation team is central to how the organization responds to market change, advances service line strategy, and translates emerging technology into actionable direction. The work you support informs leadership decisions and shapes how the firm competes and grows.

Intersection of strategy, service lines, and technology.
Innovation operates where enterprise priorities, service evolution, and emerging technology converge. This role offers a unique vantage point across how the firm anticipates change and positions itself for long-term success.

Accelerated professional development.
You will build disciplined innovation capability - learning how to monitor, assess, and structure opportunities that translate into real business outcomes - while positioning yourself for future specialization within the Innovation function or aligned service areas.

The pay rate ranges for this position are listed below. Actual compensation is influenced by a variety of relevant factors including but not limited to applicant's skills, prior experience, qualifications, degrees, professional certifications, work arrangements and geographic location. Baker Tilly offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package to eligible employees.
In Chicago, IL: pay rate range is $72,370 to $95,000

In Milwaukee, WI and Madison, WI: pay rate range is $65,790 to 86,360