Manager – Finance Transformation Sigma Consultants

The Corporate Institute; Gurgaon; On-site; INR 5,500,000 - 8,500,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute seeks a senior Finance Transformation Consultant to lead delivery of finance programs, including operating model design, process transformation and enabling technology such as Blackline, within time and budget constraints.

You will engage with client stakeholders, conduct workshops, drive project governance, and guide end-to-end deployments across shared services, accounts payable/receivable, and close processes, leveraging deep finance domain expertise.

Qualifications

• MBA or CA/CPA with 8–10 years in Finance and Accounts.
• Expertise in Finance, Operating Model, Shared Services.
• 5+ end-to-end implementations including assessment, design, configuration, testing, training and deployment of Blackline and related tools.
• Experience with reconciliations, close processes, and treasury management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Finance programs (target operating model, process transformation including enabling technology, shared services, zero-based organization/budgeting/spend).
• Design to-be processes and roles leveraging leading practices and enabling technologies, especially Blackline.
• Lead Process Transition, Knowledge Transfers & Process Re-engineering.
• Lead shared services operating model design and implementation including governance and service management.
• Lead business case analysis and business architecture implementation activities.
• Drive and build sales pipeline including BDs and Proposals.

Skills

Finance transformation

Operating model

Shared services

Process re-engineering

Project leadership

Client engagement

Workshop facilitation

Education

MBA (Premier B School)

CA/CPA

Tools

Blackline

Oracle ARCS

Trintech

Celonis

Workiva

Redwood

AICO

Tagetik

Job description

Job Summary:

Lead project delivery ensuring high quality within constraints of time and budget, application design, blueprint, solutioning, modeling, proof-of-concept development, etc.

Engage and lead client conversations, leading workshops and presenting to client stakeholders in management reviews, steercos.

Contribute to various aspects of finance transformation journey and the assessment of project requirements and deliverables to identify the best solution for clients.

Drive continuous improvement capability with regards to methodology, tools, practices, and maturity.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Support the practice in delivering Finance programs (target operating model, process transformation including enabling technology, shared services, zero-based organization/budgeting/spend).
• Design to-be processes and roles leveraging leading practices and enabling technologies, especially Blackline.
• Lead Process Transition, Knowledge Transfers & Process Re-engineering.
• Lead shared services operating model design and implementation including governance and service management.
• Lead business case analysis and business architecture implementation activities.
• Drive and build sales pipeline including BDs and Proposals.

Professional & Technical Skills:

• Postgraduate (M.B.A from premier B School), C.A. or C.P.A with at least 8-10 years of experience in Finance and Accounts domain.
• Process Expertise in Finance, Operating Model, Shared Services.
• 8+ years of experience in finance transformation related to Organization Structure, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Financial close, Asset Accounting, General Ledger, Chart of Accounts, Taxation, Treasury, etc.
• Implementing and consulting experience on Finance Technology relevant projects.
• Implementation experience and knowledge of financial close tools like Blackline, Redwood, Trintech, Oracle ARCS, AICO, Tagetik, Celonis, Workiva, etc.
• Certification in different Blackline Modules Account Reconciliation, Journal Entry, Transaction Matching, Tasks, Smart Close, etc. is an added advantage.
• Experience in handling at least 3 to 5 end-to-end implementations which includes assessment, planning, requirement gathering, design, configuration/development, testing, training and deployment of Blackline and other tools.
• Experience working on various types of Reconciliations, Variance Analysis, Risk rating of accounts, Journals, Close process management, Intercompany Transactions, Risk and Compliance management, Cash Management and Open items management.

Other Areas:

• Program Management: Effectively planning, managing, and coordinating multiple projects in a dynamic environment with numerous and complex stakeholders groups and execute on-time and on budget.
• Track record of successful delivery of large, complex programs.
• Drawing on extensive knowledge and experience across SAP and Oracle System Integration projects to provide insightful, deal-relevant points of view and recommendations based on robust analysis.
• People Management skills: Supervision of analysts and consultants and client personnel.
• Active role in the identification of opportunities by farming existing relationships and growing new networks.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and lead global distributed teams.

Additional Information:

• An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 clients.
• Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.
• Ability to embed responsible business into everythingfrom how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.
• Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities.
• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.