Senior Salesforce Consultant

Attain Partners is an innovative consulting firm dedicated to disrupting the status quo to change the world and improve the lives of those we touch. From strategy to technology and everywhere in between, our experts use their unique skills to advance the important missions of education, nonprofit, healthcare, and state and local government clients.

People are at the center of all we do, and that's why we empower career growth, provide industry-leading benefits packages, encourage a flexible work environment, and foster a culture of inclusion to support the needs of our team.

Job Description

Attain Partners is seeking a Salesforce Consultant to support our clients to utilize Salesforce (CRM) software to improve their business processes. This person will be involved in executing on multiple projects for our clients. Our ideal candidate has a post-secondary degree in computer science or a similar field, several years of consulting experience, 5+ years of experience with Salesforce (SFDC), 2+ years of experience working in Higher Education and/or Education Cloud.

Job Responsibilities

• Support the full software development life cycle (SDLC) of Salesforce implementations, from discovery through deployment
• Partner with clients to understand business challenges, objectives, and desired outcomes
• Analyze and document client business processes and requirements
• Translate business needs into scalable Salesforce solution designs
• Provide ongoing communication and feedback to clients on development progress and milestones
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members to deliver projects on time and with high quality
• Contribute across all project phases, including analysis, design, configuration, testing, data migration, and end-user training
• Lead and/or support business development efforts
• Lead and/or support proposal development and solution design in support of new and expanded client work

Required Skills

• 5+ years experience with Salesforce
• Experience in a Business Analyst role
• Understanding of relational databases including data modeling, mapping and/or data conversion
• Extensive knowledge & experience with Salesforce implementation and hands-on configuration
• Hands-on in-depth experience using advanced Salesforce Flows
• 2+ years working in Higher Education and/or Salesforce Education Cloud
• Experience with external system integration and data migration
• Experience supporting development and delivery of training
• Experience supporting planning and execution of system UAT

Desired Skills

• Exceptionally self-motivated and directed as well as ability to set and manage priorities
• Experience in business analysis techniques including requirements analysis, conceptual design, creating detailed design specifications, and quality assurance
• Presentation skills, superior analytical, written, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills and ability to drive results
• Ability to succeed in fast-paced, highly collaborative and team-oriented environments
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork, organizational and workload planning skills