Senior Manager, Operational Finance, GBS - Finance Transformation in London

Do you want to work with business leaders, and alongside some of the most creative thinkers in the industry? Can you develop and deliver innovative and core technology solutions that transform the digital enterprise and maximise ROI? From strategy articulation and process design to technology enablement, we work together to simplify the complex, creating tangible value for our clients.

We help CFOs drive value for their organisations across three dimensions:

• Finance Business Architecture: a team with extensive experience in delivering the full Finance Business Architecture lifecycle and capability with a range of platforms (SAP S/4 HANA, Oracle, Workday etc.). We re-imagine and realise the business architecture, which underpins our client’s finance operations of the future.
• End-to-end Process Expertise: With our extensive experience in implementing Finance digital solutions to improve clients' Finance processes and business, we assist clients to design a finance function that is powered by machines and new models of talent to maintain the relevance and competitiveness of Finance.
• Project Management, Implementation & Business Adoption: encompasses activities required to manage Finance Transformation projects, implementing and supporting the business adoption. We help CFOs assess what they need and should be doing today and how to prepare for tomorrow to drive change through their organisation.

As a Senior Manager within the GBS team focusing on ERP-enabled transformation and transactional finance, you will have responsibility for the following:

• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving: Make decisions with confidence based on analysis of available information to drive business success.
• Business Process & Technology Acumen: Articulate informed opinions to address clients’ business challenges, by shaping the transformation strategy at the intersection of process, people, data, and technology.
• Delivery Excellence: Lead projects and provide strategic direction across the account to deliver a superior client experience by developing the approach to solve complex client issues based and by providing project management expertise including senior stakeholder management.
• Driving Change and Adoption: Communicate messages with clarity and confidence to senior stakeholders.
• Executive Presence: Project confidence, establish credibility with and influence clients at all levels.
• Intrapreneurship: Generate innovative ideas and turn them into profitable business opportunities for our clients and the Firm.
• Knows the Business and Sector: Advise the client to make decisions that positively impact return on investment; provides subject matter expertise on sector trends and leading practices.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Managing diverse teams within an inclusive team culture where people are recognised for their contribution.

Your professional experience should include:

• Prior work experience within finance transformation, finance operating model and service delivery model, financial processes design/standardisation, automation and change management.
• Experience in working in multi-functional teams in the design and/or implementation phases of more than one of the following elements: Finance Function Strategy, Roadmap, Business case, Operating model development (incl. Enabling Technologies), Organisation Design, Service Performance Management, Governance, and Operational Support Processes.
• Experience in at least one of the core finance processes: Record to Report, project and fixed asset accounting, intercompany accounting, Order to Cash, Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting, main Finance related policies, Procure to Pay and others.
• Experience within Robotic Process Automation, Cloud based technologies and working with the Finance function would be beneficial.
• Experience in at least one of the following – stakeholder management, change management, learning and development, capability development and build, succession planning and/or leadership development.
• Understanding and gathering client business requirements; supporting effective day to day client relationships.
• Experience in Finance Systems Implementation projects such as testing, design - or agile experience for supporting a technology delivery.
• Experience working with Finance software vendors both in go-to-market activities, and design and implementation of the technology and surrounding processes and change management (e.g. BlackLine, High Radius, Kyriba, Xelix, etc.).
• Some experience in the use of BI, reporting and data visualisation technologies to appropriately represent information and analysis.
• Work effectively in a team environment on client facing environment.
• Experience working in Data Architecture, ETL development, and Data Warehousing across Finance and Accounting processes.
• Holds skills and/or proficiency in the following: SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle SQL, Tableau, Python, VBA, Outsystems, QlikView and ACL and other similar tools.
• Finance professional qualification such as (but not limited to): ACA, ACCA, CIMA.

Our hybrid working policy allows you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely.

If you are looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break, we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more.

We work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.