Finance Transformation Consultant

The role involves providing objective advise, expertise, guidance and specialist skills with the aim of achieving the project targets. The Senior consultant will mainly work with the EY team to:

• Be part of the client engagements and lead specific work-streams
• Understand client requirements and finance processes, design and implement solutions including finance technology products, where required
• Map current processes & control systems and identify gaps and areas of improvement
• Design the target operating model (TOM) for future state processes
• Lead the delivery / execution of high-quality deliverables and manage service quality, brand and client expectations
• Contribute to brand development by writing articles, point-of-views and developing thought leadership
• Support the Engagement Manager for activities such as engagement economics and receivables, project resources and team utilization
• Support knowledge sharing efforts and train the team on new tools and technology
• Demonstrate significant industry / solution expertise
• Ensure compliance to the firms standards, processes and policies
• Contribute to the firm’s initiatives in business development, enhancing market leadership & growth, quality, people agenda and operational excellence
• Manage senior external/internal stakeholders independently
• Support people development through guidance and feedback

Professional Background

• 2 to 6 (Consultant – 2+ yrs., Sr. Consultant – 4+ yrs.) years of relevant experience in Consulting background (preferably) or Industry background (Business excellence / functional role/ Solution / Sales)
• Experience in Finance using technologies like SAP FI-CO, Blackline, Anaplan, Process mining tools, Digital Finance (RTR) and automation tools, Intelligent workflow design and implementation, analytics, visualization, and other tools for developing Finance transformation point of view and implementation plans
• Process optimization experience in process areas like Order to Cash (O2C), Record to report (R2R), Procure to Pay (P2P) and PBF (Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting)
• Experience in working on finance transformation, business diagnostics, business case development & analysis, performance improvement of finance operations, design of SLAs, process KPIs and reporting requirements
• Knowledge of current technology landscape, trends and solutions
• Exposure to data management and analytics
• Industry experience of managing finance function under controllership, FP&A, Revenue mgmt., transactional finance, etc. especially within the professional services domain
• Relevant consulting experience with Big 4 is preferred

Preferred Skills

• Experience in Financial planning & analysis (FP&A), Management Reporting, Financial statement close process (FSCP), Working Capital optimization and finance process improvements
• Hands-on experience on any ERP suite like Oracle, SAP especially FI or CO module
• Exposure to implementation of Robotics Process Automation (RPA) or Optical Character Recognition (OCR) tools
• Experience with process mapping or process mining tools like Microsoft Visio, IBM Blueworks, Celonis etc.
• Hands on experience with different data visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI etc.

Core skills

• Sharp focus on quality delivery
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and presentation skills
• Self-driven, eager to learn new technology products and willing to work in a fast-growing set-up
• Ability to work on client-facing engagements at CXO as well as mid-management levels
• Excellent business writing and verbal communication skills
• Strong inter-personal skills and ability to work with teams in a time-line driven environment
• Professional network and networking skills
• Ability to develop / customize solutions relevant to client
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel, Power Point and Word

Other

• Willingness to travel
• Willingness to learn and imbibe new skills
• Able to thrive in relatively unstructured situations
• High initiative and drive, positive attitude and high commitment
• Maturity and ability to handle pressure

Academic Background

• B.Com + CA / ACCA - 2 to 6 years of relevant experience post qualification
• B.E. /B.Tech or CA + MBA (from a premier institute such as IIMs, NITIE, SP Jain, XLRI, ISB, FMS etc.) with a good academic background

Base Location and Travel

• Bangalore/ Mumbai / Delhi
• The consultant would be required to travel to client location