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In Consulting our business is transformation and we are known for our focus on and commitment to achieving results. We combine strategy, technology and management consulting expertise to help organisations succeed with an understanding of how business works and a knowledge of how the right technology in the right place can create competitive advantage.
Our Finance Team provides full lifecycle support to CEOs, CFOs, controllers and treasurers and other members of the CSuite to optimise the value delivered by their finance and broader business/corporate services/back office functions and to improve their contribution to the overall performance of the business.
The right person will have skills in technology-enabled Finance and corporate services transformation covering areas such as Finance, HR, Procurement, IT, with experience of selling and implementing technology-enabled global business services models. Typical technologies are Microsoft Dynamics and Oracle.

We deliver high value solutions, from strategy to execution, solving our clients’ complex business problems through technology enablement. These include:

• Finance and business services operating model transformation (service and interaction models, organisation design process change, shared services, sourcing etc) from strategy and assess through to implementation
• Driving value from technology to enable operating model transformation (Cloud ERP, Robotics Process Automation and AI, EPM, Consolidation and Reporting, Data Models, Priority Based Budgeting) covering all elements from vendor assessment and selection, architecture design through to systems and business integrator implementation.
• Achieving business insight and achieving business growth
• Changing culture in Corporate Services.

About the role:

This is a senior level appointment for a Director to be responsible for:

• building relationships with our key clients within National Government Services
• identifying client needs, proposing solutions to them and closing sales
• leading the delivery of projects
• developing the careers of the teams working with and reporting to you

Requirements:

Essential skills & experience

• Consulting track record (ideally Big 4) with extensive experience & network within National Government Services
• Experience of leading large scale global technology-enabled Finance and wider Corporate Services transformation programmes from assessment and strategy through delivery
• Experience of leading the design and implementation of leading finance technologies (ERP & EPM systems, RPA, AI). Microsoft and Oracle being the preferred ERP technologies.
• Operating model re-design and experience of shared services and outsourcing; Finance Business Partnering.
• Leading and developing teams
• Understanding our clients’ business and showing strong commercial acumen
• A substantive track record of new business sales
• Senior stakeholder management and relationship building

Desirable skills & experience

• Experience of Lean methodologies for process/ cost optimisation
• Experience of developing thought leadership, new methodologies and propositions in this area
• Formal accounting qualification or equivalent understanding of accounting principles and processes.
• Understanding of broader business services office processes and technology, i.e. HR, payroll, procurement, CRM.

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