Finance Transformation - Senior Manager - Advisory

My Client, a global consulting firm based in Dublin City Centre, is looking to recruit high achieving individuals to be part of their growing business.

Our Finance Transformation team delivers globally integrated Finance service offerings to our clients, including:

• Finance Operating Model Transformation
• Business Performance Management (BPM) including Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting; and Management Reporting
• Digital Finance Transformation - i.e. ERP, BPM, RPA, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Blockchain and AI
• Global Business Services

Responsibilities

• Working in our Finance Transformation practice, you will:
• Work as part of a client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds.
• Develop in 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 the business and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve 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

Skills and attributes for success

• Proven people and team management experience. Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage a team of junior consulting professionals
• Characteristics of a forward thinker and self-motivator that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to learning new knowledge
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• 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 advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge.
• Understanding of finance and accounting technology landscape and packages and key trends in this space
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• A strong work ethic

To qualify for the role you must have

• A minimum of 7 years' experience delivering change in a Finance function environment - gained either from prior experience in consulting or through a track record of delivering change/transformation projects in industry (Preferred industry experience include Life Sciences, Utilities, Public Sector, and Consumer Business)
• Strong academic record including a third level degree, preferably in a finance/accounting, business or project related area
• MBA, ACCA/CIMA and/or PMP/Prince2 qualification are an advantage
• Knowledge of one or more of the following packages is required: SAP S/4 HANA, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, Oracle ERP, Oracle Hyperion Planning, Anaplan, Tableau, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere
• 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
• Experience delivering business change in one or more of the following areas would be expected:
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations including active participation in planning, business case, and design phases - as a subject matter expert in the area of finance and accounting
• Business Performance Management (BPM) implementations including active participation in planning, business case, and design phases - as a subject matter expert in the area of financial planning and analysis
• Programme/project management for large scale business transformation
• Reporting transformation using Business Intelligence, data analytics and visualisation tools
• Robotic Process Automation