GS Finance Workforce Planning Manager

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What You'll Do

This role will fit within the Global Services & Global Function Digital Products Finance team. You will be part of the team responsible for reporting, forecasting and planning both FTE and compensation costs, led by the Global Services Finance Senior Manager. You’ll be part of an international team comprising a Planning Lead and two Analysts and be the lead SME for all reporting elements related to FTE and compensation reporting; equating to approximately 50% of all costs across Global Services and Global Functions Digital Products.

The key deliverables for the role will be:

• As a close business partner to multiple functions throughout the organisation, you will act as SME on all elements of FTE and compensation management, including creation of communications & presentations for Global Services leadership.
• Responsible for leading all FTE & compensation reporting, as well as the end to end process each month end you will deliver comprehensive, accurate, and timely management reporting to the Global Services Finance & Accounting and Functional Finance team.
• Create insightful analysis to allow stakeholders to understand performance drivers to proactively highlight risks, issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Deliver transformational improvements to the end to end process and system to support more efficient business decision-making and analysis for resource management.
• Partner with the Planning Lead to ensure an effective and co-ordinated budget planning and forecasting approach for FTE and compensation of all global functions, ensuring alignment of functional plans with overall plan parameters and full understanding of reasons for variance.
• Provide scenario modelling, analytics and business support to leadership with respect to strategic business decisions regarding headcount.
• Partner with the Senior Manager to help define, design and test new Workforce Planning Model solution.

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/economics, and/or a MBA preferred
• (management information systems experience a plus)
• 7+ years relevant work experience in a finance environment
• Advanced organizational skills with high levels of accuracy and diligence a must
• Excellent communication skills – oral and written, with the ability to adjust to multiple audiences and the confidence to present to and influence senior management
• A passion for working in a collaborative team environment
• Critical Thinking and problem solving – proven ability to work through complex problems and analyses in providing a thoughtful concrete solution
• Motivation and self-drive – excited by tackling challenges and pro-actively finding new ways to provide value to senior leadership
• Advanced Excel skills - experience managing and building scalable financial models and analysing large data sets
• Other systems skills a benefit, e.g. a working knowledge of Hyperion, Tableau, Workday, Alteryx, Think-Cell

Who You'll Work With

Global Services & our Global Function Digital Products business consists of a variety of functions providing corporate support to BCG's business and strategic priorities. Global Services is also comprised of teams and individuals who support partnership activities including firm governance and leadership, operational excellence and internal corporate development and oversight. They are a diverse group of experts, operators and specialists representing all levels who integrate and collaborate with their teams across the globe.

Key individuals for this role will be:

• GS & WWI Workforce Planning team (BOS/UK/NDE)
• GS Finance and Accounting team
• GS Functional Finance teams
• Global and Regional Finance teams
• GS Recruiting and GS Compensation teams
• Functional HR Business Partners and Local HR Operations teams

Additional info

YOU’RE GOOD AT

Work, management, organization and planning:

• Work to tight schedules but flex accordingly as business requirements change your priorities.
• Strong technical capabilities to work within a large and complex dataset with multiple inputs in a matrix environment, with the ability to able to step out of the detail to understand and explain the overarching story at a high level.
• Able to manage deliverables across multiple stakeholders with potentially conflicting priorities, prioritize transparently, and communicate openly to ensure constructive and positive outcomes.

Problem solving, analytical skills and decision making:

• Demonstrate both strong detailed analytics and big picture capabilities in problem solving approaches.
• Ability to frame issues at conceptual level and resolve complex issues/problems.
• Applies strong business skills and business judgment

Communication, interpersonal and teaming skills.

• Demonstrates strong communication skills to discuss compensation: oral, written and active listening.
• Build strong networks within and across finance and the wider BCG community.
• Ability to engage and influence, establish and maintain effective working relationships within all levels with a consultative approach to problem solving, acting as SME in providing deep analysis and offering viable solutions.

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