Senior Financial Transformation Consultant

Guidehouse•Tysons, VA

18h•$98,000 - $163,000

About The Position

Guidehouse’s Financial Management Transformation professionals help clients in Defense and National Security optimize their financial management structures. They transform business processes, enhance operational efficiency, improve transparency and performance management, promote change management, and support compliance with Federal laws and regulations. This role supports fluid projects and calls for self-motivated individuals who can develop solutions independently or as part of a skilled team. Project members may interact with client senior management and develop technical competency, business development, client service, and people-development skills. The team applies specialized knowledge in financial management, process analysis, risk management, and performance measurement. The consultant supports financial transformation initiatives by partnering with stakeholders, modernizing processes, implementing technology and process improvements, developing metrics and dashboards, assessing current and future-state processes, and helping plan and communicate project work. The role also contributes to financial automation, analytics, visualization, and AI capabilities while ensuring solutions align with federal financial policies, audit readiness, and operational integrity. Travel is required up to 10%.

Requirements

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust; approved adjudication must be obtained before onboarding.
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, information systems, engineering, business analytics, or a related field.
Two years of experience in business transformation, financial management, data analytics, audit, or accounting.
Experience with low-code and no-code platforms, including SharePoint, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Tableau.
Strong attention to detail and 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 using project management best practices.
Experience documenting and evaluating business processes and recommending process improvements.

Nice To Haves

Active Public Trust or suitability.
Master’s degree, preferably in Business Analytics.
Certifications in Agile, Scrum, or project management (e.g., PMP, CSM, SAFe), strong understanding of these concepts, or interest in obtaining certifications.
Experience analyzing data using Python, R, SQL, or Databricks.
Familiarity or proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
Ability to develop insightful visualizations using Tableau, Power BI, or Qlik.
Experience with change management or organizational design, especially in financial environments.
Desire and ability to quickly develop technical skills related to analytics and automation and tailor them to client and mission needs.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with team members and senior stakeholders to modernize financial processes through innovative solutions.
Lead implementation of Microsoft 365 Power Platform tools, including Power Apps solutions, and present solutions to stakeholders for iterative feedback.
Create performance metrics and interactive dashboards using Microsoft Office Suite, Power Platform, SharePoint, Power BI, and other tools.
Identify and implement improvements to financial tools and templates, using technology to improve financial management.
Assess business processes and procedures, coordinate current-state assessments with stakeholders, review documentation, identify pain points, and recommend future-state solutions.
Assist in creating project plans for end-to-end development efforts and help set, communicate, and track realistic timelines.
Regularly communicate project task updates to senior-level executive clients and confirm shared understanding.
Collaborate with senior team members to incorporate financial management standards into solutions, aligning them with federal financial policies, audit readiness, and operational integrity.
Coordinate with team members and/or develop skills to build financial automation, data analytics, data visualization, and AI capabilities for financial management use cases.
Build financial metrics and dashboards; develop low-code applications and user interfaces; and build AI models to process and analyze structured and unstructured financial data, as applicable to client needs.