Senior Consultant Transformation & Performance Improvement(all humans)

Role Overview

As a Senior Consultant in our Transformation & Turnaround practice, you will take end-to-end responsibility for workstreams and projects in complex, high-stakes transformation and turnaround situations. You will work hands-on with owners, boards and senior management teams to stabilize performance, unlock value and implement sustainable change.

Rather than being limited to short-term crisis containment, this role focuses on using high-impact, often distressed situations as a platform for enterprise-wide transformation and measurable performance improvement. You will help design, structure, and drive transformation programs end-to-end, ensuring strategic initiatives are translated into operational execution and tangible results across finance, operations, and organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead transformation, turnaround and performance-improvement projects or major workstreams in time-critical, high-impact situations

• Design and execute hands-on value-creation and transformation programs across cost, growth, organization, governance and operating models, including strategic repositioning and restructuring initiatives

• Take responsibility for PMO setup and leadership for large-scale transformation and restructuring programs

• Act as CRO support / transformation office lead, coordinating initiatives, tracking impact, and driving execution discipline

• Analyze corporate performance and identify operational and financial value drivers

• Develop and manage integrated financial and operating models (cash flow, liquidity, P&L, balance sheet, scenarios) to steer transformation initiatives

• Take an active role in on-site execution, ensuring initiatives translate into measurable financial impact

• Manage communication with senior stakeholders, including management teams, shareholders, lenders and investors

• Lead, mentor and develop junior team members

• Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams across operations, transactions, legal and tax

Your Profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or a related field; MBA or CFA preferred

• Minimum of  4 to 5 years of professional experience in transformation, performance improvement, restructuring, private equity, transaction services or top-tier management consulting

• Proven experience leading complex projects or workstreams in fast-paced, ambiguous environments

• Proven track record in PMO roles and large-scale transformation governance

• Experience supporting or working alongside CROs, transformation officers, or executive turnaround leaders

• Strong understanding of financial and operational value drivers across the end-to-end value chain

• Advanced skills in financial modeling, cash flow management and KPI-based performance steering

• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments and build a compelling case for changeEntrepreneurial mindset with a hands-on, execution-focused approach

• Comfortable flexing between big-picture strategy and operational detail

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with credibility at senior-management level

• Fluent in English and German; additional languages are a plus

• Willingness to travel in a hybrid working model

What Sets Us Apart

• Real Impact: You work on high-stakes situations with direct influence on company survival and long-term success.

• Leadership Path: Clear development track toward Senior Manager, Director and general management roles.

• Interim Management Opportunities: Early exposure to operational leadership roles in client organizations.

• Entrepreneurial Culture: High-growth environment, flat hierarchies and the opportunity to help shape the firm.

• Global Exposure: International project assignments and collaboration with diverse teams.

• Early Responsibility: Direct interaction with client leadership and financial stakeholders from day one.