Senior Consultant, BC, Finance Consulting (Finance Strategy and Transformation)

Iris Software; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in London is seeking a Senior Consultant in Finance Strategy and Transformation. You will drive business performance improvements for major clients while working in multi-disciplinary teams. Candidates must have a professional accounting qualification and experience in management consulting. This role offers competitive remuneration and comprehensive benefits, including support for flexibility and career development.

Benefits

Competitive remuneration

Support for flexible working

Career development opportunities

Diverse and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• A valid and certified professional accounting qualification is required.
• Experience in management consulting or significant project experience in industry is ideal.
• Proficiency in your chosen market or sector.

Responsibilities

• Work with clients to understand business problems and priorities.
• Deliver transformation projects that improve organizational efficiency.
• Support diagnostics and assessments for potential finance and GBS setups.

Skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Tools

Service Management Tools

GenAI and Agentic AI

Accounting Automation

Consolidation and Reporting

Job description

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Senior Consultant, Consulting, Business Consulting, Finance Consulting (Finance Strategy and Transformation) – UK

Are you passionate about supporting organisations to set-up and improve their Finance and Global Business Services (GBS) through enterprise performance management, digital innovation, and developing creative solutions?

The opportunity

Finance Consulting works with clients to address mission critical issues for the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), creating value and delivering world-class future finance capabilities, leveraging the EY brand as impartial, trusted advisors.

You will work in multi-disciplinary teams for some of the biggest and most recognised corporate brands in the world, applying the latest technologies and analytical methods, to help drive their business performance and digital finance transformation agendas that make a real difference to our working world.

A growth area for us is Finance Strategy and Transformation – supporting companies in either taking their first steps to establish their shared services / global business services capability, or developing the maturity of existing Finance and GBS organisations. We support our clients across the full lifecycle of the transformation journey, including:

• supporting current-state diagnostics
• supporting the development of a vision, strategy, and operating model
• co-ordinating an activity analysis, and creating a business case
• crafting an integrated implementation roadmap
• guiding location and sourcing model selection
• supporting the design and implementation of future state processes and technologies (particularly across record-to-report, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, as well as financial planning and analytics)
• shaping future organisation design
• supporting transition to future models
• designing and implementing experience-led service management
• all encompassed by end-to-end programme management

Your key responsibilities

You will work across EY’s Finance Strategy and Transformation practice where you’ll have access to some of the most recognised organisations globally, responsible for delivery of agreed work products, and building relationships across client organisations.

You will work with clients to understand their most critical business problems and priorities, consulting with your EY peers to evaluate, design, and deliver solution options that leverage cutting edge technologies.

You will help drive the performance of client businesses through delivery of critical transformation projects that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the organisation.

Skills and attributes for success

We are looking for professionals who are great communicators, team players, relationship builders with a real desire to learn.

Professional in your approach, you will have a natural ability to establish personal credibility with clients. You will also be highly organised, capable of coordinating your own workload and that of other team members, meeting deadlines, proactively managing risks and delivering quality outcomes.

A role model to those around you, you will live the values of the Firm daily, coaching and supporting the development of others.

You are expected to have technical knowledge and experience to deliver some of the components of a Finance and/or GBS programme as listed below:

• Support diagnostic activities to assess maturity of processes, technology, and people
• Support future-state Finance and/or GBS vision, strategy, and high-level operating model
• Support the assessment of potential locations for Finance and/or GBS centres
• Support the design future-state Finance and/or GBS and retained processes and organisation (including PTP, OTC and RTR)
• Develop a transformation implementation roadmap
• Support the implementation of future-state processes and technologies
• Manage transition of activities into new locations (e.g. knowledge transfer)
• Support design and implementation of new processes and organisation structures; being able to identify opportunities for technology

It is helpful if you understand and apply relevant technologies such as:

• Service Management Tools
• GenAI and Agentic AI
• Accounting Automation
• Consolidation and Reporting

…and importantly, understand the underlying role enterprise Data plays in all of the above

To qualify for the role you must have:

• A valid and certified professional accounting qualification
• Either:
  • A background in management consulting
    Or
  • Significant project and business improvement experience in industry
• Proficiency in your chosen market or sector
• A truly consultative approach

Ideally, you\'ll also have experience of:

• Working in a Finance or GBS environment
• Ability to create solutions to technical problems
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to storyboard and create high quality outputs
• Excellent problem solving, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Track record of line managing professional services staff, including coaching and developing staff

What we look for:

• Core consulting skills: client management, analysis, presentation and facilitation, commerciality
• Technical skills: strong technical insight, practical knowledge and capability in your specialist field
• Versatility: proven ability to adapt and learn in an innovative environment
• Market / sector knowledge: demonstrable market/sector expertise in your field

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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