Senior Business Transformation Consultant – Finance Transformation

International Business Machines Corporation; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting in Amsterdam is seeking a Senior Business Transformation Consultant specializing in Finance Transformation to help CFO organizations define strategies and execute programs that improve performance and enable data-driven decisions.

You will lead end-to-end finance initiatives, apply AI-enabled workflows, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and deliver measurable business outcomes for multinational clients.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of finance operating models and end-to-end finance processes.
• Experience with finance process optimisation, automation, and (AI-enabled) technology-enabled transformation.
• Ability to translate business challenges into structured transformation approaches, business cases, and actionable roadmaps.
• Ability to engage credibly with finance and business stakeholders across multiple levels of the organisation.
• Strong collaboration and delivery management skills within cross-functional and client-facing environments.
• Structured problem-solving and analytical capabilities with practical implementation focus.
• Proven experience delivering finance transformation projects within consulting, advisory, or large enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver finance transformation strategies aligned to business objectives and growth ambitions.
• Develop target operating models and transformation roadmaps.
• Support data-driven decision-making through financial and operational performance insights.
• Engage with CFOs, Finance Directors, Controllers, and functional SMEs.
• Drive transformation initiatives in collaboration with cross-functional and technical teams.

Skills

Finance transformation

Automation

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional teamwork

Data-driven insights

End-to-end finance

Education

Master's Degree

Job description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Senior Business Transformation Consultant specializing in Finance Transformation, you will help clients define and execute strategies that improve finance performance, enhance decision-making, and create sustainable competitive advantage. You will work with CFO organizations to assess current capabilities, identify performance gaps, and design transformation roadmaps across finance processes, operating models, data, and technology.

You will support clients through large-scale finance transformation programs, helping them redesign and optimize end-to-end finance processes by applying Eliminate, Simplify, Standardize, and Automate principles. This includes driving the adoption of AI-enabled workflows to improve operational efficiency, strengthen quality and controls, and enable scalable, data-driven finance operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Finance Transformation Strategy
• Define and deliver finance transformation strategies aligned to business objectives and growth ambitions.
• Develop business cases, target operating models, and transformation roadmaps.
• Support the selection, evaluation, and implementation of process efficiency improvement initiatives/use cases
• Support data-driven decision-making through financial and operational performance insights.
• Engage with CFOs, Finance Directors, Controllers, and functional SMEs
• Drive transformation initiatives in collaboration with cross-functional and technical teams.

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Strong understanding of finance operating models and end-to-end finance processes, including PTP, OTC, RTR, and FP&A
• Experience with finance process optimisation, automation, and (AI-enabled) technology-enabled transformation
• Ability to translate business challenges into structured transformation approaches, business cases, and actionable roadmaps
• Ability to engage credibly with finance and business stakeholders across multiple levels of the organisation
• Strong collaboration and delivery management skills within cross-functional and client-facing environments
• Structured problem-solving and analytical capabilities combined with practical implementation focus
• Proven experience delivering finance transformation projects within consulting, advisory, or large enterprise environments

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Experience in Management Consulting, Business Advisory, Finance Transformation, or Performance Management programs.
• Experience working with multinational organizations and complex transformation programs.

The successful candidate will combine strong transformation delivery experience with excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. The role requires the ability to operate confidently with senior finance leadership while driving practical, measurable business outcomes