Senior Financial Transformation Consultant

Guidehouse Inc.; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. is seeking a Financial Management Transformation professional to help Defense and National Security clients optimize financial management structures, transform processes, and improve efficiency and transparency through data analytics and automation.

You will collaborate with senior stakeholders, develop solutions, and contribute to project delivery while building skills in technical competency, client service, and people development.

Qualifications

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD Public Trust; candidates must obtain adjudication prior to onboarding.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, information systems, engineering, business analytics, or related field.
• Two (2) years of experience in business transformation, financial management, data analytics, audit or accounting.
• Experience with low-code/no-code platforms including SharePoint, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Tableau.

Responsibilities

• Support transformative initiatives by partnering with senior stakeholders to modernize financial processes.
• Lead the implementation of Microsoft 365 Power Platform tools and present solutions to stakeholders for feedback.
• Create performance metrics and interactive dashboards using Microsoft Office Suite, Power Platform, SharePoint, Power BI, and Tableau.
• Identify and implement process improvements across financial tools and templates using technology to improve financial management.
• Assess current-state business processes, coordinate with stakeholders, and recommend future-state solutions.
• Prepare project plans for end-to-end development and ensure realistic timelines are communicated and followed.

Skills

Public Trust eligibility

Business transformation

Data analytics

Project management

Client presentations

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, information systems, engineering, business analytics, or related field

Tools

SharePoint

Power BI

Power Apps

Power Automate

Tableau

Job description

Job Family

Finance & Accounting Consulting

Travel Required

None

Clearance Required

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do

Our Financial Management Transformation professionals help our clients in Defense and National Security optimize all elements of their financial management structure by transforming business processes, enhancing operational efficiency, improving transparency and performance management, promoting change management, and complying with Federal laws and regulations.

The nature of our projects is extremely fluid and requires self-motivated individuals who are willing to develop solutions on their own or in a team of highly skilled professionals. Project members are provided the opportunity to interact with our client's senior management, and to enhance their skills in technical competency, business development, client service, and people development. Our team provides specialized experience and knowledge in financial management, process analysis, risk management, and performance measurement to support project activities.

Specific initiatives and work products that this role supports include:

• Supporting transformative initiatives by collaborating with team members to partner with senior stakeholders to modernize financial processes through innovative solutions
• Leading the implementation of Microsoft 365 Power Platform tools, including Power Apps solutions, and presenting solutions to stakeholders for iterative feedback
• Creating performance metrics and interactive dashboards utilizing Microsoft Office Suite, Power Platform, SharePoint, Power BI, and more
• Identifying and implementing process improvements over financial tools and templates, and using technology to improve financial management
• Assessing existing business processes and procedures to identify pain points and areas for improvement. This includes coordination with process stakeholders to complete current-state assessments, review of relevant documentation to gain a thorough understanding, and evaluation and recommendation of future-state solutions
• Assisting in the creation of project plans to support the execution of end-to-end development efforts and ensuring that realistic timelines are set, communicated, and followed through, barring any significant holdups
• Communicating project task updates to senior-level executive clients on a regular basis and confirming shared understanding
• Collaborating with senior team members to embed financial management standards into the design and development of solutions, ensuring alignment with federal financial policies, audit readiness, and operational integrity
• Coordinating with other team members and/or building necessary skills to develop financial automation, data analytics, data visualization, and/or artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for financial management use cases. This may include: building financial metrics and supporting dashboards utilizing data visualization software (i.e., Tableau, Power BI, etc.); building low-code applications and user interfaces (using PowerApps, Power Platforms, Appian, ServiceNow, etc.); building AI models to process and analyze high volumes of structured and unstructured financial data (using Databricks, Snowflake, Palantir, Python, R, SQL, etc.).

What You Will Need

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, information systems, engineering, business analytics, or a related field
• TWO (2) years of experience in business transformation, financial management, data analytics, audit or accounting.
• Experience with low-code and no-code technology platforms, including SharePoint, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Tableau
• Heightened attention to detail, and the ability to create and edit technical and non-technical written work products and graphical presentations
• Experience Leading client meetings and presenting recommendations to senior-level leadership
• Experience utilizing project management best practices
• Experience documenting and evaluating business processes and making recommendations for process improvements

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Master's degree preferably in Business Analytics
• Certifications in Agile, Scrum, or project management (e.g., PMP, CSM, SAFe) and/or strong understanding of these concepts, or interest in obtaining these certifications
• Experience analyzing data using programming tools such as Python, R, SQL, and Databricks
• Familiarity or proficiency with cloud platforms, such as AWS or Azure
• Ability to develop insightful visualizations using Tableau, PowerBI or Qlik
• Experience with change management or organizational design, especially in financial environments
• Desire and ability to quickly develop an overall technical skillset related to an