EEA Transformation Consultant

The Hackett Group; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking an EEA Consultant to enhance financial processes for clients. Responsibilities include analyzing business requirements, optimizing financial workflows, and collaborating on software selection. Ideal candidates should possess strong analytical skills, communication abilities, and familiarity with financial software such as Oracle and SAP. This role emphasizes independence, motivation, and the capacity to manage multiple tasks efficiently, with occasional travel as part of the job.

Qualifications

• Experience in financial processes and best practices.
• Ability to gather and analyze business requirements.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Understand and articulate major financial processes.
• Interview clients about pain points for improvement.
• Analyze business requirements and create designs.
• Document financial process flows for improvements.
• Manipulate data to support assessments.
• Evaluate software vendors with clients.

Skills

Financial process understanding

Business analysis

Communication skills

Technical skills (MS Office)

Data analysis

Business intelligence platforms

Ability to multi-task

Tools

Oracle

Hyperion

Cognos

SAP

Job description

THE HACKETT GROUP – EPM, ERP & ANALYTICS (EEA) TRANSFORMATION PRACTICE

The Hackett Group (NASDAQ: HCKT) is an intellectual property-based strategic consultancy and leading enterprise benchmarking firm to global companies, offering digital transformation including implementation of leading enterprise cloud applications, workflow automation and analytics that enable digital world class performance.

The ERP, EPM and Analytics Practice (EEA) focuses on the design and implementation of Technology-Enabled Transformations for clients across a spectrum of industry verticals. These tech-enabled transformations are structured around the entire service delivery model and improving end-to-end processes via core Oracle platforms and a variety of niche/edge technologies. Hackett’s unique intellectual property engines enable clients to target and realize the benefits of these transformations to their business.

The Hackett Group implements and integrates the world’s leading EPM solutions to help eliminate manual processes, enable fact-based business planning and make informed decisions that drive competitiveness.

Please visit our website at www.thehackettgroup.com to find out more about our firm.

EEA TRANSFORMATION PRACTICE

The EEA Transformation Practice is the industry leader in developing and implementing strategic solutions for the Finance function that enable the function to improve decision- making capabilities, increase productivity and provide a platform for increased growth of the business. The primary offerings of this practice area are: EPM Strategy (Blueprint and Strategy, Org Design and People Development and Strategy/KPI Articulation), EPM Transformation (EPM Process and Data Optimization, EPM Center of Excellence/Delivery Model, Cost Management) and Finance Technology (EPM/BI Information Architecture, Planning and Budgeting Solutions, Consolidation and Reporting Solutions, and Management / other Enterprise-wide Reporting Solutions.)

Consultant Job Duties & Responsibilities

An EEA Consultant for The Hackett Group will typically be involved in the following activities:

• Understanding and articulating major financial processes and best practices within a business and/or industry
• Interviewing key client stakeholders regarding pain points and opportunities for improvement
• Collecting and analyzing business requirements and translating business requirements into process, functional and technical designs
• Logically organizing, analyzing and synthesizing client and research-based information
• Understanding and documenting financial process flows and suggesting areas for process improvement, especially in the areas of close and consolidation and planning, budgeting and forecasting
• Gathering, interpreting and manipulating data to support organizational assessments
• Collaborating with clients to evaluate software vendors and select components of the overall financial systems architecture

Characteristics of a Great Consultant

• Ability to manage and complete multiple tasks in timely manner
• Ability to effectively operate both independently and in a team environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong technical skills (MS Office Suite – Word, Excel, Access, Visio, etc.)
• Ability to compile and analyze large amounts of data
• Ability to learn a business intelligence platform (Oracle/ Hyperion, Cognos, SAP, etc.)
• Desire to travel

The Hackett Group also places high emphasis on a person being motivated, resourceful, professional, self-confident, entrepreneurial, independent, imaginative and tenacious.