Associate Director - EPM Finance Transformation

KPMG · posted 7 months ago

Bengalurufinance transformation

About the role

KPMG Global Services - Consulting

Job Description: Consulting – Finance Transformation

KPMG Overview:

KPMG is a leading professional services firm providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We have 207,000+ outstanding professionals working together to deliver value in 153+ countries and territories.

KPMG Global Services Overview:

KPMG Global Services (KGS) is a strategic, global delivery organization that engages with KPMG member firms to provide innovative, scalable and customized solutions.

Set up in 2008, KGS is a joint venture between KPMG U.S., KPMG U.K., and KPMG India, along with the support of KPMG International. KGS provides Advisory, Tax, and Audit professional services to 50+ member firms worldwide.

Since its inception, KGS has been focused on making member firms increasingly relevant to their clients. By leveraging the experience and talent of more than 5,000 professionals, KGS successfully partners with member firms to effectively:

· Enhance speed to market and capacity to deliver seamless client operations

· Develop differentiated market offerings

· Build a scalable client-delivery model that rapidly adapts to their evolving needs

· Harness a multi-talented resource pool

· Standardize global capabilities and methodologies

· Drive greater efficiency and lower costs

Job Profile:

KGS Finance Transformation (FT) team collaborates with KPMG member firms (KPMG US, KPMG UK) to support on global finance transformation engagements and assist clients in making their finance function more efficient, effective and aligned to the organization’s business strategy. As part of this team, you will have the opportunity to work with leading global corporate institutions and advise them on their core finance processes within key areas such as:

· Finance & Accounting Process Optimization

· Digital Finance (BlackLine, Trintech, Aptitude, OneStream, Anaplan, etc.)

· Technology/ ERP Enabled Finance

· Enterprise Performance Management

· Global Business Services / Transitions

Some of the specific responsibilities include leading individual workstreams, creating/ owning client ready deliverables, contributing to proposals and other Business Development effort, managing project plans, managing senior stakeholder relationships, and developing/ mentoring junior team members by driving things on the ground independently while working closely with the Engagement Lead.

Overseas travel may be involved.

Desired Skills:

· Experience in any of the below

• Finance/business transformation projects across the phases from assessment, design through to implementation and benefits realization.

• Current state assessment and Target Operating Model design for Finance processes encompassing Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, management and statutory reporting etc.

• Functional consulting role in implementations of F&A solutions such as BlackLine, Trintech Cadency, Oracle ARCS, Oracle PCMCS, Aptitude, HighRadius, etc.

• Functional consulting role in implementations of EPM solutions such as OneStream, Anaplan, Oracle PBCS/ EPBCS, SAP BPC, etc.

• Strong knowledge of planning, budgeting and forecasting function, with ability to independently translate business requirements into technical solutions

• Strong functional understanding and exposure to leading ERP solutions (Oracle, SAP, Workday, Microsoft Dynamics)

• Industry recognized certifications in the above mentioned (but not limited to) solutions

• Transitioning F&A operations and setting up shared service centers (from business case development to implementation)

· Understanding of regulatory changes like ASC 606, ASC 842, IFRS 17 will be an added advantage

· Experience of working with Banking/ Asset Management/ Insurance sector clients will be an added advantage

· Self-starting, pro-active team player with an ability to work in challenging environments across industries/sectors

· Experience of producing thoughtful work products/deliverables independently with minimal instructions

· Experience in contributing to business development through RFP/ bid responses/ proposals

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills to clearly articulate the business challenges and explain proposed solutions.

· Ability to build collaborative relationships with project teams

· Strong analytical / MS Excel skills and Presentation/ PowerPoint skills

Experience:

· KGS Consulting Team is currently seeking an experienced Associate Director with relevant experience of at least 10 years. Relevant work experience will be considered based on the interview process.

Location:

· Bengaluru

Qualification:

· Candidate should have an MBA from recognized Tier-1 B-School or Professional qualification such as: CPA / CA / ICWA / CMA / CIMA / ACCA etc. along with 10+ years of relevant work experience (Preferably from Big 4 or other consulting firms)

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