Management Consultant - Finance & CFO Advisory

Your Role

Our Finance & CFO Advisory practice are looking for experienced Finance Transformation Senior Consultants, Managers and Senior Managers to join the team. 

As part of our Corporate Experience practice, the Finance & CFO Advisory capability combines accounting, consulting and industry experience to focus on our client's most strategic Finance priorities. We act as strategic advisors to the Office of the CFO and a critical friend to their wider finance leadership team. 

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Contribute to strategic advice and thought leadership to clients on a wide range of finance-related topics with an emphasis on tangible value realisation and performance optimisation.
• Lead discrete workstreams in Finance & CFO engagements or smaller end-to-end engagements, including finance transformation, operating model & organisation design, process improvement, technology implementation, and strategic advisory, cost transformation & financial modelling projects, to deliver tangible value and drive business outcomes for the client
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including technology, operations, and strategy professionals, to deliver integrated solutions that address clients' complex finance and business needs
• Develop relationships with client stakeholders, deeply understanding their business needs and aligning solutions with their objectives and industry best practices
• Contribute to the growth of the Finance & CFO Advisory capability by developing thought leadership content, collaborating with internal teams across Capgemini, and building capabilities through innovative offerings and assets.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal Contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities),   offering development.
• Learning & Development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your Profile

You will have experience and expertise in the following areas:

• Experienced in business transformation and the programme management lifecycle, including: (1) a good knowledge of benchmarking practices and capability maturity assessments, (2) Expertise in developing compelling business cases highlighting the financial benefits and ROI of investments, and (3) expertise in operating model design and implementation.
• In-depth process expertise in designing optimised Finance processes, across one or more from: Record-to-Report, Order-to-Cash, Purchase-to-Pay, Acquire-to-Retire, Financial Planning & Analysis, Tax & Treasury.
• Practical knowledge of cutting-edge technologies (GenAI, RPA, Analytics) and current/emerging market trends (e.g. Shared-Services, GBS, ERP/Digital Core), including their application in a finance context.
• Proven experience of engagement management (scope, deliverables and commercials) alongside experience leading small and medium multi-disciplinary delivery teams or workstreams. 
• Currently working in a major Consulting firm, and/or in industry but having a Consulting background Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery. 

For Manager and Senior Manager Positions:

• Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be generating ( Senior Manager) or Contributing to ( Manager )c.£1m of consulting revenues.