Principal Business Applications Consultant

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal Business Applications Consultant based in the United States. In this senior consulting role, you will serve as a strategic advisor and technology expert, helping clients optimize their business operations through enterprise application solutions. You will lead complex implementation projects, design customized systems, and provide functional expertise across multiple business domains, including finance, accounting, materials management, human capital management, and project management. Working closely with client leadership and multidisciplinary technical teams, you will translate business requirements into effective solutions that drive efficiency and long-term value. You will also guide implementation strategies, facilitate design sessions, deliver training, and ensure successful adoption of enterprise applications. Beyond client engagements, you will contribute to business development, mentor consultants, and strengthen internal delivery capabilities. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced professional who combines deep technical knowledge, strategic thinking, and strong leadership skills in a dynamic, customer-focused consulting environment. Accountabilities: - Lead and manage complex business application consulting engagements, acting as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to clients across multiple business domains. - Develop and maintain strong client relationships, identifying business needs, understanding operational challenges, and recommending solutions aligned with organizational objectives. - Demonstrate advanced functional expertise in Deltek Costpoint Core and its associated modules and applications, depending on the assigned specialization. - Lead full-cycle enterprise application implementations, including system architecture, requirements gathering, solution design, configuration guidance, deployment planning, and user training. - Organize and execute client projects in accordance with agreed requirements, timelines, quality standards, and business objectives.

- Collect and evaluate business information through stakeholder interviews, process observations, surveys, documentation reviews, and other discovery methods. - Analyze operational data and business processes to identify inefficiencies, technical gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement. - Develop practical recommendations and alternative solutions to complex business challenges, taking into account client priorities, technical capabilities, and operational limitations. - Present findings, proposed solutions, and implementation recommendations to clients, providing clear explanations and supporting business justifications. - Prepare detailed functional design documents, implementation plans, process documentation, user guides, and other project deliverables. - Support clients throughout implementation and adoption, addressing discrepancies, resolving issues, and ensuring that solutions meet agreed requirements and quality expectations. - Lead functional design sessions and deliver training to users at basic, intermediate, and administrative levels. - Mentor other consultants and provide functional guidance to developers, project managers, sales professionals, data engineers, and technical specialists. - Collaborate with internal teams to identify process improvement opportunities and establish consistent approaches for client-supported activities. - Provide project estimates and levels of effort to the Sales team to support proposals, resource planning, and new business opportunities. - Develop and maintain internal and client-facing documentation, training materials, implementation templates, and knowledge resources. - Partner with Sales and Marketing teams to create, update, and improve technical and commercial materials.