Manager / Senior Manager – CFO Services

Job description

Description Key responsibilities: • Review and deliver on day-to-day execution of projects / engagements to ensure successful delivery of client requirements; SSC experience is an additional advantage • Owning the project planning, process management and communicating progress to clients and leadership; Driving development of content, either directly or by providing guidance to the team (provide ideas, frameworks, inputs etc.,) • Manage project scope and maintain A&M pace of work; Deliver senior client presentation and good presentation skills; Draft and present reports for senior stakeholders • Coaching / mentoring the team on work, delivery, upskilling, excel skills, report writing etc., • Strong execution support across various financial and operational systems: • CRM tools (e.g. salesforce) • Vendor management systems • Financial systems (e.g. Oracle, SAP, Hyperion, FCCS, QuickBooks) • Expense management systems (e.g. Zoho, SAP Concur, Happay) • HRMS (e.g. Workday, success factors) • Payroll systems (HGS, Ascent etc.,) • Operational systems like time sheet management tools etc., • Any other tools, dashboards, platforms, systems that clients use for their operations or business purposes • Strong program management skills across functions / departments and ability to manage multiple stakeholders • Supporting and contributing to other projects, for example, by sharing expertise or best practices; Contributing to improvising of methodologies, tools, products, techniques and developing new ideas and approaches • Responsible for leading and independently managing CFO services kind of engagements: • Finance transformation projects (PEPI / Corporate clients) • Finance organizational design / service delivery model design • Financial system strategy, roadmap and selection • Digitally enabled finance & accounting • Rapid cost reductions • Taking control of finance function • Draft JDs, hire key finance stakeholders, training and transitioning • Finance performance improvements (PEPI / Corporate clients) • Vision and strategy development • Finance planning, reporting and analysis • Budgeting and forecasting • Working capital optimization • Management reporting / MIS support • Month-end close support • Merger integration & carve-out services (PEPI / Corporate clients) • Finance integration planning and execution support • Synergy planning and capture • Integration / carve-out assessments / due-diligence • M&A performance improvement and play books • Finance diagnostic / implementation projects • Interact with leadership/ CXOs at clients during project delivery; Manage multiple stakeholders in client teams at all levels as well as within A&M; Ability to work seamlessly with multiple domestic / global teams (at client end as well as A&M) • Actively drive business development and practice management initiatives. Educational Qualification & Skills: MBA / PGDM with finance specialization from IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta or Indian School of Business or a CA topper in first attempt with 6 to 8 years of post-qualification experience. Following Experiences Are Desirable • CFO services team from strategy consulting firms • Finance transformation / finance effectiveness experience from consulting firms • Finance controllership, financial planning & analysis etc., • Post-merger finance integration exposure • Program/ Project Management in large scale cross-functional projects • Management consulting experience in any functional consulting area like Finance, MIS & MR etc., • Leading large-scale cross-functional transformation programs. Must Haves – • Excellent communication and presentation skills • Outstanding in Excel and PowerPoint • Team player with ability to work across large teams (internal and external).