Finance Transformation Senior Associate
About The Position
As a Finance Transformation Senior Associate, you will support clients in transforming finance and operations functions, including processes and reporting. You will help analyze business processes, define requirements to remediate gaps, evaluate and remediate cost and cycle time, and support communications and change management. The role focuses on process optimization and designing and implementing sustainable operating models that streamline operations and meet business needs, beyond control-point changes. You will work with the Finance Transformation Practice, clients, and Grant Thornton colleagues to analyze issues, design solutions, manage client relationships, resolve problems, and contribute to proposals and business development. The role requires travel as needed, with expected travel up to 30%. Consistent with the firm's hybrid work model, the position requires in-person attendance at least three days per week at a Grant Thornton office or client site.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- At least 2 years of work-related experience in financial management, consulting, or related experience.
- Experience working in financial services in a consulting capacity, with a focus on finance.
- Strong analytical skills, including quantitative analysis and business-case development.
- Experience or knowledge in process analysis, reporting and business intelligence, data analysis, and reconciliation.
- Working knowledge of Close-the-books, Chart-of-Accounts, Treasury, Financial Planning and Analysis, and Financial Benchmarking.
- Knowledge of banking operations and related regulatory issues.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and simultaneous projects in a rapidly growing practice.
- Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Ability to travel as needed; expected travel is up to 30%.
- Ability to attend in person at least three days per week at a Grant Thornton office or client site.
Responsibilities
- Use consulting and industry experience to help companies set and achieve long-term goals.
- Perform analysis and design solutions to client issues.
- Work directly with clients to address issues and serve as a day-to-day relationship contact.
- Work with Grant Thornton teams to identify and resolve client problems or issues promptly.
- Develop and maintain internal and client relationships to provide value through the delivery of Grant Thornton's solutions.
- Work with partners and senior managers on proposals and business development calls.
- Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization).
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Support business process analysis, requirements definition to remediate gaps, cost and cycle-time analysis and remediation, and related communication and change management.
- Help transform clients' finance and operations processes and reporting, and design and implement sustainable models that streamline operations and meet business needs.
Benefits
- Personalized and comprehensive benefits; details are available on the company's careers website.
- Employees may be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to applicable plan terms, conditions, and eligibility criteria.
- Work-location, weekly-schedule, and flex-time-off options under the firm's hybrid work model.
- Work-life integration options.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
