Financial Transformation Manager

Guidehouse•Tysons, VA

About The Position

Guidehouse’s Financial Transformation professionals help clients in Defense and National Security optimize financial management by transforming business processes, enhancing operational efficiency, improving transparency and performance management, promoting change management, and complying with federal laws and regulations. The role calls for a proactive leader who can manage teams, deliver client outcomes, and develop innovative solutions to complex financial management challenges. Managers lead project delivery, mentor team members, work regularly with senior government stakeholders, and support business development. The manager leads financial transformation initiatives and project teams, partners with government stakeholders to modernize financial operations, and oversees delivery of technology-enabled solutions. Work includes Microsoft 365 Power Platform solutions, executive dashboards and performance metrics, process assessments and redesign, financial automation, analytics, data visualization, and AI capabilities. The role also manages project plans, schedules, risks, issues, and dependencies; provides strategic guidance to client leadership; ensures solutions account for financial management standards, federal regulations, internal controls, and audit readiness; develops consultants; and supports proposals and new business opportunities. The position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust, with approved adjudication required before onboarding. An active Public Trust or suitability is preferred. Travel is required up to 10%.

Requirements

Ability to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust; approved adjudication is required before onboarding.
Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Analytics, or a related field.
Six or more years of experience supporting business transformation, financial management, audit, accounting, data analytics, process improvement, or related consulting engagements.

Nice To Haves

Active Public Trust or suitability.
Experience leading project teams and managing client-facing workstreams in a consulting or federal environment.
Experience leading client meetings, facilitating stakeholder discussions, and presenting recommendations to senior executives and government leadership.
Experience supervising, mentoring, and developing junior staff.
Experience with low-code and no-code platforms, including SharePoint, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Tableau.
Experience using project management methodologies to manage schedules, deliverables, risks, and team performance.
Experience documenting, assessing, and redesigning business processes and implementing process improvement initiatives.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including developing executive-level presentations, reports, and strategic recommendations.
Strong attention to detail and ability to create and review technical and non-technical deliverables.
Master’s degree, preferably in Business Analytics, Finance, Information Systems, Public Administration, or a related field.
Professional certifications such as PMP, CSM, SAFe, CPA, CGFM, CDFM, Lean Six Sigma, or similar credentials.
Experience supporting federal financial management organizations within DoD, DHS, or other civilian agencies.
Experience analyzing data using Python, R, SQL, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar analytics platforms.
Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS.
Experience designing and implementing enterprise reporting, business intelligence, or analytics solutions using Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik.
Experience leading change management, organizational transformation, or business process reengineering initiatives.
Experience supporting proposal development, capture activities, or account growth efforts.
Ability to identify innovative applications of automation, analytics, and AI to improve financial management outcomes and operational efficiency.
Desire and ability to quickly learn emerging technologies and apply them to complex client challenges.

Responsibilities

Lead financial transformation initiatives and partner with senior government stakeholders to modernize financial operations.
Manage project teams and workstreams, ensuring high-quality deliverables, effective resource utilization, and successful execution.
Lead the design, development, and implementation of Microsoft 365 Power Platform solutions, including Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, and Power BI.
Oversee development of performance metrics, executive dashboards, and data visualization solutions.
Identify opportunities to improve financial management processes, tools, controls, and reporting through technology-enabled solutions.
Lead current-state assessments, stakeholder interviews, process mapping, and future-state design activities.
Develop and manage project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, risks, issues, and dependencies.
Serve as a primary client leadership contact, providing updates, recommendations, and strategic guidance to executive stakeholders.
Ensure financial management standards, federal regulations, internal controls, and audit-readiness requirements are incorporated into solution design and implementation.
Lead teams developing financial automation, advanced analytics, data visualization, and AI capabilities.
Coordinate development of financial metrics, dashboards, low-code applications, workflow automation, and AI-enabled solutions using relevant technologies.
Mentor and develop consultants and senior consultants through coaching, feedback, and technical guidance.
Support business development through proposal development, solutioning, client relationship management, and identification of new opportunities.