Are you passionate about digital innovation, advanced analytics, enterprise performance management and developing creative solutions within Digital Finance?
The opportunity
Digital Finance Performance Improvement works with clients to address mission critical issues for the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) creating value and delivering world-class future finance capabilities. You will work in multi-disciplinary teams for some of the biggest and most recognised corporate brands in the world, applying the latest technologies and analytical methods to help drive their business performance and digital finance transformation agendas that make a real difference to our working world. A growth area for us is Enterprise Intelligence - enabling strategic budgeting, planning, and forecasting that focuses on prediction and prescription, not just hindsight, to support a company’s financial health.
Skills and attributes for success
We are looking for professionals who are great communicators, team players, relationship builders with a real desire to learn. Professional in your approach, you will have a natural ability to establish personal credibility with clients. You will also be highly organised, capable of coordinating your own workload and that of other team members, meeting deadlines, proactively managing risks and delivering quality outcomes.A role model to those around you, you will live the values of the Firm daily, coaching and supporting the development of others.
You will add measurable value to your clients by delivering work that addresses their biggest problems and priorities, including the need to:
Deliver leading practise enterprise intelligence solutions:
Articulate, design, and implement a vision for Finance that draws on innovative global technology trends, leading practice and service innovation
Reimagine the role of the finance business partners within the enterprise defining new operating models and addressing how digital will impact the delivery of enterprise intelligence, and more broadly, how Finance will support a digital business
Define the value drivers / steering models, KPI’s and information models that underpin an integrated performance management framework that drives growth, margin improvement and/or shareholder value
Reporting simplification / transformation
Establish integrated performance management including transformation of the budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes (establishing new processes, governance, and enabling technologies)
Design and implement strategic planning, capital and asset management processes and governance
Develop commercial scenario modelling (e.g. gross to net, pricing analytics) to optimise revenue, margin and market position
Define information and data architectures that meet financial and management reporting requirements
Data visualisation design and deployment
Adopt “digital” ways of working to increase flexibility and accelerate delivery:
Plan, design, and execute design-led thinking process re-engineering workshops
Process design grounded in customer outcomes and user experience adopting LEAN methodologies and automation technologies
Structure and implement Agile delivery methods
Understand and apply relevant technologies such as:
SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
Oracle Hyperion
Cognos
Anaplan
Spotfire
Microsoft Power BI
To qualify for the role you must have:
A valid and certified professional accounting qualification
Experience of business development and solution design for complex multi-national businesses
Expert proficiency in your chosen market or sector
Experience of delivering change programmes within a finance function
Strong client relationships and a proven track record of originating and selling new projects
Proven ability to engage, manage and build senior relationships
Ideally, you'll also have:
A background in management consulting or have delivered large scale Enterprise Intelligence programmes in industry
Ability to create solutions to technical problems
Strong attention to detail, with the ability to storyboard and create high quality outputs
Excellent problem solving, facilitation, and presentation skills
Track record of line managing professional services staff, including coaching and developing staff
What we look for:
Core consulting skills: client management, analysis, presentation and facilitation, commerciality
Technical skills: strong technical insight, practical knowledge and capability in your specialist field
Versatility: proven ability to adapt and learn in an innovative environment
Market / sector knowledge: demonstrable market/sector expertise in your field
If you're interested in this role please email your CV to
cv@mwn.co.uk