Finance Consulting Manager

Grant Thornton UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Income protection

Matched pension

Life cover

Private medical, including Doctor@Hand

Job summary

Grant Thornton UK LLP’s Finance Consulting team helps clients strengthen their finance functions so they can support the wider business more effectively. You will lead multiple engagements, partnering with Directors and Partners to diagnose issues, design actionable improvements and deliver real value.

Based in London, you will manage budgets and timelines, build networks across CFO Solutions and other service lines, and communicate confidently with senior stakeholders including CFOs and PE

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams and projects with multiple senior stakeholders across concurrent client engagements.
• Structured, methodology-driven approach: identify root cause, propose the right response, and deliver the solution.
• Professional accountancy qualification listed above with post-qualification experience across finance processes and tech.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders with empathy and commercial awareness.
• Experience in at least one area: month end/year end, management reporting, process improvement, or finance system selection/implementation.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of engagement quality, compliance and risk matters.
• Lead projects and manage engagement budgets and timelines, often two at a time.
• Build internal and external networks and work with CFO Solutions and other service lines.
• Communicate confidently with senior client stakeholders, including CFOs, FDs and PE representatives.
• Contribute to practice development and improvement of toolkit and methodologies.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Empathy

Commercial mindset

Executive communication

Education

ACA, ICAS, CA, ACCA or CIPFA

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

• Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals
• The Finance Consulting team helps develop our clients’ finance functions so they can support the wider business more effectively
• Some engagements focus on a specific, known issue, such as speeding up month end, improving the quality of management information, or training teams on business partnering
• Others ask us to diagnose the root cause of a client’s challenges, benchmark a finance function against its peers, or redesign a “future fit” finance function ahead of an exit or IPO
• Whatever the brief, we work in close partnership with our clients, bringing insight, challenge and pragmatic support to prepare them for what’s next
• We’re happy to talk flexible working, including reduced hours and job shares
• We’ll support you to balance work and life
• Manage and lead projects, typically two at a time, . At times you will be the key lead for projects, liaising with a Director or Partner for guidance, challenge and review; on others you’ll work more closely with Associate Directors, Directors and Partners on larger, more complex client issues
• Build your own internal and external network, growing your experience of opportunity generation as you progress towards Associate Director and beyond. You will naturally work closely internally with our wider Consulting and CFO Solutions teams but will also interact regularly with other service line teams
• Use empathy and listening skills to uncover the real root cause of client issues, and translate that into compelling propositions
• Collaborate confidently across CFO Solutions, Consulting and the wider firm, bringing the right capability to clients regardless of departmental boundaries
• Communicate confidently with senior client stakeholders, including CFOs, FDs and Private Equity House representatives, and manage the expectations of senior colleagues
• Take real ownership of quality, compliance and risk matters
• Contribute to practice development, whether through business development, external marketing, or improving our toolkit, working alongside senior colleagues while building your own niche over time
• Take responsibility for managing engagement budgets and timelines

Benefits

• Income protection
• Matched pension
• Life cover
• Private medical, including anytime access to Doctor@Hand and Stronger Minds
• Professional subscriptions

It would be great if you also had some of the following, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box. We’ll help you develop along the way:Experience of finance change, process improvement, workshop facilitation, or transformation programmesExperience leading teams and projectsJoining us as a Finance Consulting Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need are:A proven track record of managing multiple senior stakeholders across concurrent client engagementsAbility to apply a structured, methodology-driven approach: identifying root cause, proposing the right response, and delivering the solutionA professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ICAS, CA, ACCA or CIPFA), with meaningful post-qualification experience and experience of a good range of finance function processes, technologies, pain points, and good practices.Ability to influence senior stakeholders with genuine empathyA strong commercial mindset, comfortable balancing client needs, engagement economics and riskProven experience in at least one of: month end and year end reporting; improving management reporting; process improvement; or finance system selection and implementationA background in finance consulting, external audit, or line-finance roles in industry