Consultant - Finance Advisory

Job Description

TempHtmlFile Job Title: Consultant/ Assistant Manager/ Manager - Finance Transformation Location: Gurgaon/ Bangalore/ Mumbai Service line: Business Consulting Finance transformation - An overview Finance functions world over are witnessing a resurgence of the role of a finance business partner. To enable the finance business partner, there are investments being made in digital finance ranging from best of breed ERP -to - OpenAI. These digital investments also necessitate a new way of working, different skills and capabilities. KPMG s FT practice offers solutions to clients which deliver sustainable outcomes. Some of the solutions offered help the clients achieve the following: Finance Vision and Strategy - Co-create vision, strategic objectives, value drivers, KPIs fitting into a strategy map for the organization and the function. This helps our clients prepare and prepare for their long-term plan. Efficient Finance Operations - Ideate to implement world class finance operating model covering service delivery, finance processes, digital finance, insights, governance and people dimensions. This helps our clients achieve world class cost and/ or process benchmark levels. Enterprise Performance Mgmt . - Design and implement planning, forecasting capabilities to better manage market ups, downs and thus create value. This capability is central to finance for delivering on the performance mgmt. dimension of the CFO role. Effective Decision Support - Design and implement cutting edge digital technologies embedding leaner finance processes to help client stakeholders take the right decisions with the right amount of information at the right time. Enabling operations with these decisions through business partners or equivalent digital interfaces helps our clients operate with agility. key Roles & Responsibilities 1 Manage individual work or workstream independently 2 Research on topics related to client, client industry / sector, project topic from KPMG internal knowledge sources and secondary sources 3 Create plan for the workstream and socialize with larger team 4 Prepare and manage interactions with the client independently 5 Collate data collection sheets, work with client to collate the necessary data points, analyze/ test hypotheses and create client ready recommendation reports 6 Work with the team to create solutions to client opportunities, prioritize and articulate them to client 7 Timely status updates on project, project workstreams 8 Participate in steering committee meetings 9 Document project work for quality compliances, sales collaterals 10 Support the practice with research from KPMG, secondary sources as required for proposals, point of view/ thought leadership articles or practice initiatives 11 Train team members as necessary 12 Participate in global and India based knowledge sessions organized around future of finance and other topics related to finance, business consulting THE INDIVIDUAL To be part of the team, the individual should possess 1 An MBA in Finance or Chartered Accountant or Cost Accountant 13 Minimum experience of 2+ years in finance function or associated roles. Prior consulting experience will be preferred 14 Strong finance domain and function knowledge of challenges and solutions for two out of - payables, receivables, period end close, mgmt.. reporting, fixed assets, planning/ budgeting/ forecasting 2 Experience of working as finance user or implementation consultant on SAP / Oracle / MSD ERPs 3 Understanding of Financial planning and reporting platforms like SAC / BPC, HFM will be an added advantage 4 Understanding of application of automation / digital finance tools like RPA, workflows in transactional finance processes 5 Knowledge of MS office (MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.) is must 6 Strong written and verbal communication skills including presentation skill 7 Strong analytical and problem solving skills. Possess strong data analytics skills and knowledge of advanced data analytics, visualization tools will be an advantage 8 Demonstrate integrity, values, principles and strong work ethic 9 Have the ability to work under pressure - stringent deadlines and tough client conditions which may demand extended working hours 10 Willingness to travel within India or abroad continuously for short or long periods of time, as per project requirements .