Grant Thornton
Technology Modernization - Microsoft - Sr. Associate
Grant Thornton, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
As a Microsoft Senior Associate, you'll perform advisory and implementation services to address business needs throughout client organizations for the Technology Modernization Practice - all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.
From day one, you'll be empowered by the greater Technology Modernization team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.
Your day-to-day may include:
Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, & build phases
Responsible for documenting business requirements, system design and transformational goals
Configure applications and conduct iterative unit testing
Help to create training materials and quick reference guides to support user adoption
Conduct training classes to prepare end users for deployment
Provide post-production support
Participate in full life cycle implementations
Assist in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
Other duties as assigned
You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, HR, Information Technology, MIS, or related field required, Master's degree is a plus
Minimum 2 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
Minimum of 1 full life cycle implementations of Microsoft products
Industry recognized professional certification required
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics, and reports
Experience with application integration & back-end data connectivity applications
Experience installing/configuring/implementing Infor Applications
Exposure or training on Microsoft Applications
Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects
Strong leadership skills, able to conduct meetings and write technically oriented documents
Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes based on business objectives
Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%
About Us
At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result - for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It's what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.
In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ? and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.
In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.
Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets.
About the Team
From day one, you'll be empowered by the greater Technology Modernization team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.
Your day-to-day may include:
Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, & build phases
Responsible for documenting business requirements, system design and transformational goals
Configure applications and conduct iterative unit testing
Help to create training materials and quick reference guides to support user adoption
Conduct training classes to prepare end users for deployment
Provide post-production support
Participate in full life cycle implementations
Assist in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
Other duties as assigned
You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, HR, Information Technology, MIS, or related field required, Master's degree is a plus
Minimum 2 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
Minimum of 1 full life cycle implementations of Microsoft products
Industry recognized professional certification required
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics, and reports
Experience with application integration & back-end data connectivity applications
Experience installing/configuring/implementing Infor Applications
Exposure or training on Microsoft Applications
Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects
Strong leadership skills, able to conduct meetings and write technically oriented documents
Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes based on business objectives
Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%
About Us
At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result - for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It's what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better.
In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ? and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services.
In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture.
Grant Thornton is part of the Grant Thornton International Limited network, which provides access to its member firms in more than 150 global markets.
About the Team