Strategy Consultant - Finance Transformation

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

Youll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, youll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role And Responsibilities

A Strategy Consultant should have proven experience and knowledge in the areas of Finance Transformation including (finance process redesign, Finance transformation, Finance Digital transformation, Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting, F&A SSC, Target Operating Model Design) needed to ensure the successful delivery of consulting services and leading to high client satisfaction. You will have the following responsibilities:

• Work with solutioning & advisory team to source, solution & sales opportunities
• Working with CFO and FP&A teams to understand their requirements
• Work closely with clients’ finance and controllership teams to define the ideal finance operating model, optimal finance processes and key controls to be embedded in the processes
• Analyse business requirements and translate them into effective planning and analytics-based solutions, if required
• Define and design the planning, budgeting and forecasting processes for the CFO organization – to enable visibility, control and decision making
• Oversee and manage finance transformation programs, manage project timelines, resources, and ensure successful delivery
• Engage with clients to gather and analyse business requirements related to data analytics and reporting.
• Translate business needs into technical solutions
  
  

• Excellent skills in the finance transformation / CFO Advisory domain
• Strong and proven capability in CFO agenda of planning, analytics, record to report, order to cash, procure to pay, consolidation
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Strong oral & written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience of client facing work with client handling capabilities under challenging circumstances
• Experience with project management methodologies and tools.
  
  

• Strong techno-functional understanding of planning & analytics solutions and broader finance transformation agenda
• Familiarity with SAP ERP systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, SAP BW) and other data sources.
• Knowledge of data warehousing and ETL processes.
• Experience in a consulting role with a focus on data analytics and business intelligence.
• Certifications in planning and analytics solutions will be preferable