Finance Transformation, Manager

Do you enjoy working in a client, customer facing environment? Have you worked in consultancy previously?

My client is looking for a finance manager with extensive client facing, consultancy experience with excellent communication skills. This would suit someone with a strong academic record including a third level degree, preferably in a finance/accounting, business or project related area and hold MBA, ACCA/ACA/CIMA and/or PMP/Prince2 qualification.

Strong process improvement experience in one or two of the following areas:

• Transactional processing: Order to Cash; Procure to Pay; Record to Report
• Financial planning and analysis: Budgeting, Planning, and Reporting
• Financial reporting including value & performance management
• Finance process & automation

You will be joining a highly experienced finance team who assists clients in building Finance functions that are business-focused, cost-effective and agile in meeting the needs of all their stakeholders.

These offerings include:

• Agile Business Finance - Delivering an optimised Finance function by ensuring a collaborative alignment between Finance, Business and Technology to build an Innovation-led Finance function to help empower teams, enhance capabilities and realise benefits faster.
• Value and Performance Management - Enabling Finance functions to identify and deliver sustainable long-term value through optimised planning, reporting and analytics.
• Global Business Services - Developing high performing operating models through process simplification, standardisation and leveraging enabling technologies.
• Finance Strategy and Operating Model - Development of a digital finance vision; target operating model; case for change, benefits realisation and transformation roadmap.

Key to many of our client's Finance Transformation engagements is the identification, evaluation and deployment of the right technology to support their clients' business agenda. This involves intertwining their Finance and Shared Services portfolio with other offerings like cyber security, analytics, RPA and digital technologies.

My client is looking for someone who can demonstrate experience of significant business transformation to work across multiple sectors and specifically those with a strong background in Finance transformation and technology. They are seeking individuals with consulting experience who have gained project and programme delivery experience.

• Work as part of a client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds. Foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment.
• Deliver high-quality work products within expected timeframes and on budget. Foster relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels. Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes. Manage expectations of client service delivery.
• Cultivate and manage business development opportunities. Understand our client and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve their clients. Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks.
• Contribute to PI Finance practice development specifically in the areas of operations, thought leadership, marketing activities and training
• Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge. Possess good business acumen. Remain current on new developments in Consulting services capabilities and industry knowledge.

Our client offers career progression and development along with a competitive remuneration package. Their comprehensive benefits package includes support for flexible working and car