Senior Director - Finance Transformation, CFO Advisory | Corporate Finance & Restructuring
December 24, 2022
About the Role
In FTI Consulting's Corporate Finance & Restructuring organization, we focus on our clients' strategic, operational, financial and capital needs by addressing the full spectrum of financial and transactional challenges faced by corporations, boards, private equity sponsors, creditor constituencies and other stakeholders.
Within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment, the Office of the CFO practice offers solutions to manage our client's CFO inbox for a company and help maximize its performance to position them for success to meet today's increasing challenges.
What You'll Do
How You'll Grow
The performance expectation for our client's finance function is at a new peak, and the demands placed on a CFO have never been greater. This is where you can step in and make an immediate impact. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with proven, hands-on project delivery experience to work with our Fortune 500 clients to help them plan, design, and execute key financial technologies to streamline their financial operations.
Qualifications:
*Individuals seeking an exemption from this requirement for medical or religious reasons should complete a request for accommodation form and submit the form to recruitingsupport@fticonsulting.com .
Our Benefits
Apart from the well-structured career path and excellent team environment, our employees enjoy a variety of perks and benefits. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
About FTI Consulting
What makes us unique? With more than 6,250 employees located in offices in every corner of the globe, we are the firm our clients call when their most important issues are at stake. Regardless of what level you are, you will have the opportunity to work alongside and learn from top experts in your field on high-profile engagements that impact history. Our culture is collaborative, and we value diversity, recognition, development and making a difference in our communities.
FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been recognized as a Best Firm to Work For byConsulting magazineand one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms byForbes. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter ( @FTIConsulting ), Facebook and LinkedIn .
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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In FTI Consulting's Corporate Finance & Restructuring organization, we focus on our clients' strategic, operational, financial and capital needs by addressing the full spectrum of financial and transactional challenges faced by corporations, boards, private equity sponsors, creditor constituencies and other stakeholders.
Within the Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment, the Office of the CFO practice offers solutions to manage our client's CFO inbox for a company and help maximize its performance to position them for success to meet today's increasing challenges.
What You'll Do
- The Senior Director will lead teams on the ground to reduce complexity and cost within the Finance function, improve service levels, enhance process efficiency and strengthen reporting capabilities. This role will be heavily client-facing and the candidate will be expected to function as a team or workstream leader on finance transformation projects.
- Further, the Senior Director in the Office of the CFO will:
- Lead Finance Transformation projects in areas such as the following: Finance function assessment, organizational redesign, cost reduction, lean process reengineering, financial close optimization, management reporting simplification, and shared services & outsourcing strategy and implementation.
- Manage client relationships on a day-to-day basis including ownership of deliverables, communications and management of the FTI team.
- Support the senior team in continuing to build and grow the practice through the development of tools, methodologies, reports, models, work plans, playbooks, checklists and processes.
- Proactively identify business development opportunities and participate in client pursuits.
- Perform high quality client work and develop client reports/messaging, including taking a proactive approach and anticipating client needs.
- Assist with developing and scaling knowledge management; including tools, methodologies, reports, models, work plans, checklists and processes.
- Lead engagement work streams across projects and teams with limited oversight.
- Providing independent perspective with respect to financial organizations, processes, technology and people.
- Taking a leadership role in helping coach, train, and mentor Jr. Staff.
How You'll Grow
The performance expectation for our client's finance function is at a new peak, and the demands placed on a CFO have never been greater. This is where you can step in and make an immediate impact. This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with proven, hands-on project delivery experience to work with our Fortune 500 clients to help them plan, design, and execute key financial technologies to streamline their financial operations.
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience project management and leading workstreams; execution of finance transformation, FP&A, and/or business process design/improvement initiatives
- Strong understanding of financial and accounting systems
- Demonstrable expertise in process improvement and organizational design
- Deep knowledge in finance best practices and governance
- Ability to take ownership of project leadership, training, and staff development
- Excellent teamwork, client-facing and interpersonal skills
- Ability to handle multiple client stakeholders and multiple external teams with confidence
- Aptitude for trouble-shooting and problem-solving, with demonstrated ability to exercise mature judgment and present solution paths to facilitate consensus
- Relationship building expertise
- Capability to sell work to new clients and further develop existing client relationships
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint etc.)
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) certifications, or an MBA, is preferred
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Finance, Accounting, Management Consulting, or other related field
- Ability to travel up to 80%
- Covid Vaccine required*
*Individuals seeking an exemption from this requirement for medical or religious reasons should complete a request for accommodation form and submit the form to recruitingsupport@fticonsulting.com .
Our Benefits
Apart from the well-structured career path and excellent team environment, our employees enjoy a variety of perks and benefits. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
- Competitive salary and bonus plans
- Generous paid holidays, time off and parental leave
- Full package of benefits plans
- Company matched 401K
- Annual paid volunteer hours
- Corporate matching for charitable donations
- Potential for flexible working arrangements
- Free snacks and drinks
- Upscale offices close to public transportation
- Pet insurance
About FTI Consulting
What makes us unique? With more than 6,250 employees located in offices in every corner of the globe, we are the firm our clients call when their most important issues are at stake. Regardless of what level you are, you will have the opportunity to work alongside and learn from top experts in your field on high-profile engagements that impact history. Our culture is collaborative, and we value diversity, recognition, development and making a difference in our communities.
FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been recognized as a Best Firm to Work For byConsulting magazineand one of America's Best Management Consulting Firms byForbes. For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Twitter ( @FTIConsulting ), Facebook and LinkedIn .
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
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