Associate Director- OneStream

CrossCountry; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Associate Director to join their Business Transformation practice. This role is pivotal in managing projects and delivering tailored solutions to clients, leveraging your extensive experience with EPM tools. You'll lead teams, enhance financial processes, and drive business development initiatives, all within a collaborative environment that values growth and success. If you're passionate about transforming client operations and enjoy working in a fast-paced, supportive setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in implementing EPM tools, especially OneStream.
• Experience in professional services like consulting or advisory.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from evaluation to implementation across various dimensions.
• Lead hands-on development and testing for OneStream implementations.

Skills

Project Management

Client Delivery

Analytical Skills

Financial Modeling

Business Development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

OneStream

Oracle

Hyperion

Job description

From the beginning, our goal was to establish an advisory firm that stands apart from the rest – one that is grounded in our Core Values and dedicated to creating a positive experience not just for our clients, but for our people too. We firmly believe in the strength of collaboration, enthusiasm, generosity, and perseverance as the driving forces behind our success. With advisory solutions spanning accounting and risk, technology-enabled transformation, and transactions, we partner with our clients to solve today’s challenges and deliver present and future value.

Our commitment to our people has earned us numerous awards, including Inc5000's Fastest Growing Companies and Glassdoor's Best Places to Work. Explore what our employees have to say about our unique culture by clicking here.

By joining our rapidly growing Business Transformation practice, you will serve as a trusted partner to our clients. You’ll bring your first-hand experience, unique perspectives, and functional knowledge to deliver tailored, integrated solutions that help our clients solve today's challenges and set the foundation for future success. As an Associate Director at CrossCountry Consulting, you will be responsible for a mix of client delivery, leading teams developing junior team members, and participating in business development activities.

What You'll Do:

• Manage projects through all phases, from evaluation to implementation, across organizational, process, technology (financial systems), and data dimensions
• Gather client requirements and translate into functional and technical design
• Lead hands-on development and testing throughout OneStream implementations
• Deliver organization, process, and technology enhancements to build an optimal FP&A function
• Manage projects adeptly, identify potential issues and risks, and use project management tools to craft effective solutions
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure smooth OneStream implementations, driving initiatives with leadership
• Participate in business development and leverage relationships to generate new opportunities, including leading pursuit development efforts, and driving scoping and planning sessions
• Identify improvement opportunities in client operations using analytics and strategic insights
• Play a key role in identifying and assessing business obstacles within the Finance organization by conducting thorough reviews of clients' current state, defining future state processes, and advising close management best practices
• Leverage knowledge of leading CPM-related business processes (e.g., Budgeting, Strategic Planning, Forecasting, Analysis, Consolidations and Reporting)
• Help drive future state functional and technical requirements for CPM/EPM Processes and Systems
• Effectively project manage and lead teams, contributing best practices while supporting various Business Transformation projects encompassing system strategy and selection, process and finance improvement, operations performance enhancement, change management, program and project management, data analytics, and business analysis
• Proactively manage escalations and provide timely resolutions for project issues and risks
• Lead integration efforts to enhance efficiency between finance systems and OneStream/EPM tools
• Enhance the client's CPM/EPM processes and tools, driving efficiency and accuracy in their external and internal reporting processes
• Support creation of thoughtware (e.g. whitepapers), and contribute to practice building efforts
• Play a key role in talent acquisition, including interviewing, hiring, and retaining top talent

What You'll Bring:

• 10+ years of experience implementing OneStream or similar EPM tools (e.g. Oracle, Hyperion), with hands-on design and client delivery
• OneStream Certified Architect is a plus
• Experience in professional services (public accounting, advisory firm or management consulting firm)
• Prior experience in Consulting, Finance, Accounting or Financial Systems
• Experience with analytical and modeling tools, with the ability to construct complex financial models for analysis and forecasting
• Experience in distilling key data into concise executive dashboards

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university