Finance Transformation Associate Director

Senior Manager/Associate Director – Finance Transformation (Finance Consulting / CFO Solutions)

Grant Thornton’s Finance Consulting / CFO Solutions practice is seeking an experienced Senior Manager/Associate Director to lead Controllership Transformation and Financial Close Automation engagements.

The role is a high‑profile intersection of finance operations, process redesign, and enabling technology, with visibility at the CFO and Financial Controller level.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end controllership transformation programmes from current‑state diagnostic to future‑state operating model design and implementation.
• Own financial close automation workstreams, overseeing solution design, vendor engagement, configuration, testing, user adoption and change management.
• Advise clients on close technology platform selection, with expertise in Flo Qast, One Stream and Prophix.
• Redesign financial close and consolidation processes, including close calendar optimisation, task management, account reconciliation and inter‑company automation.
• Develop and implement policy and control frameworks that reduce manual effort and audit risk.
• Drive automation of journal entry, reconciliation and variance analysis workflows to materially reduce close cycle times.
• Translate complex finance operations and technology challenges into clear, actionable roadmaps that clients can own and execute.
• Manage delivery across multiple concurrent engagements, ensuring quality, timeline and budget commitments are met.
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline through existing client relationships, network referrals and targeted outbound activity with CFOs and Financial Controllers.
• Author compelling proposals and lead pitches to CFO and Controller‑level stakeholders, articulating a differentiated point of view on financial close transformation.
• Build and mentor a high‑performing team of Managers and Consultants, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Represent Grant Thornton at external events, roundtables and industry forums to build our profile in the controllership transformation market.
• Key Qualifications
• Significant experience in controllership, financial close transformation or finance management consulting, with a proven track record of leading complex programmes.
• Hands‑on implementation or advisory experience with one or more close automation or EPM platforms such as Flo Qast, One Stream, Prophix, Blackline or comparable.
• Deep understanding of controllership processes: financial close cycles, account reconciliation, consolidation, inter‑company accounting, journal entry management and statutory reporting.
• Ability to design future‑state close operating models covering process, automation, controls, data and people dimensions.
• Experience working at senior client levels, comfortable building trusted relationships with CFOs and Financial Controllers.
• Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, ICAS or equivalent) strongly preferred.
• Strong commercial acumen, able to scope engagements, manage budgets and identify revenue opportunities.
• Nice to Have
• Experience in Private Equity‑backed environments, particularly improving close quality and auditability ahead of exit or IPO.
• Flo Qast implementation or roll‑out experience (certification an advantage).
• One Stream or Prophix consolidation and close management configuration experience.
• Familiarity with broader finance technology landscape: ERP (SAP, Oracle, D365), reconciliation automation and reporting tools.
• Understanding of the intersection between close quality, internal controls and external audit, and how to turn audit findings into a transformation business case.
• Sector depth in one or more of: Financial Services, Consumer, TMT, Infrastructure or Public Sector.
• Experience building or scaling a consulting practice area or service line.
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