Finance Transformation – Finance Strategy, SSC & Operating Model (Senior Co

at  Deloitte

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Deloitte Consulting has a career opportunity for a Finance Transformation – Finance Strategy, SSC & Operating Model Senior Consultant/ Manager. This challenging and fulfilling role offers significant skill development. As a key team member, you will define Finance Operating Models, conduct diagnostics, design future Finance organisations, and focus on shared services design & optimisation, implementing Centres of Excellence, and defining leading practice Finance processes. You will identify gaps in current finance processes and develop actionable recommendations to enhance finance operations, supported by strong executive sponsorship. Additionally, you will consult on the impact and benefits of implementing various technologies.
We value tech-savvy individuals with a curiosity about leveraging technology in a professional context, problem-solving skills, adaptability, strong communication, and the ability to remain logical in ambiguous situations.

About the role:

• Defining the Target Operating Model for Finance (i.e. identifying the future role of Finance, and understanding how it will deliver services to the business in terms of process, technology, people and organisation)
• Undertaking Finance diagnostic exercises to understand the ‘health’ of the Finance function and identifying what is required to solve the challenges it faces
• Designing, building, and implementing components of the future Finance organisations, particularly focussing on Finance organisation design, shared services design, implementing Centres of Excellence and defining leading practice Finance processes
• Performing detailed financial analysis to support business case development and benefits realisation
• Experience in shared service centre delivery across feasibility assessment, design, build and implementation
• Delivery of leading practise process design in an ERP implementation, working alongside Global Process Owners, business SME’s and Technology to drive full end to end process standardisation and simplification
• Consulting on the potential impact and benefits of implementing specific technologies. Examples include SAP S4HANA, Blackline and SAP Analytics Cloud
• Planning and managing a project to time and to budget in support of the overall project plan
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships. Supporting and leading bid and sales activities

About You:

• Qualified accountant with ACA, CIMA or other accounting qualification, and a strong academic record is desirable
• Strong and recent experience of finance transformation projects and programmes. Examples include Finance Operating Model Design, Finance process design (e.g. R2R, P2P, O2C), Shared Service Centres and Outsourcing and Business case development.
• Prior consulting experience in finance transformation or significant roles in large scale finance transformation projects in industry is essential
• Is a tech savvy individual with a general curiosity around technology and particularly how it can be leveraged in a professional context across organisations.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills, with a commitment to professional and client service excellence
• The ability to develop good working relationships is critical

If you believe that you meet most of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply. Deloitte is an equal opportunities employer and will ensure any reasonable accommodations are implemented as part of the recruitment and selection process.
What we offer
Your reward at Deloitte is competitive, supports our purpose and enables our people to never stop growing. Your reward at Deloitte is not just your salary, we believe in investing in our people’s personal and professional development and empowering their work-life balance. Our ambition is to achieve gender equality and enable continuous growth. We offer supports and benefits that suit you, wherever you are in life, including health and well-being, pension, savings, training, coaching and
enhanced leave options among others.
Keep on being you. Bring your full, absolute self to work, every day. Explore, question and collaborate. Stretch your thinking, while building a career that inspires and energises you. And, whatever motivates you, keep growing both professionally and personally – because when you make an impact that matters, we do too.

• Defining the Target Operating Model for Finance (i.e. identifying the future role of Finance, and understanding how it will deliver services to the business in terms of process, technology, people and organisation)
• Undertaking Finance diagnostic exercises to understand the ‘health’ of the Finance function and identifying what is required to solve the challenges it faces
• Designing, building, and implementing components of the future Finance organisations, particularly focussing on Finance organisation design, shared services design, implementing Centres of Excellence and defining leading practice Finance processes
• Performing detailed financial analysis to support business case development and benefits realisation
• Experience in shared service centre delivery across feasibility assessment, design, build and implementation
• Delivery of leading practise process design in an ERP implementation, working alongside Global Process Owners, business SME’s and Technology to drive full end to end process standardisation and simplification
• Consulting on the potential impact and benefits of implementing specific technologies. Examples include SAP S4HANA, Blackline and SAP Analytics Cloud
• Planning and managing a project to time and to budget in support of the overall project plan
• Building and maintaining strong client relationships. Supporting and leading bid and sales activitie