finance transformation insurance consulting manager

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The Finance Transformation team sits within the Grant Thornton Financial Services Group and is no exception helping CFOs and their teams of Finance professionals assess current performance and develop future fit solutions whether they are looking to support a growing business, drive efficiency or respond to regulatory change.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

As a Finance Transformation Consulting Manager within the Finance Transformation team, you will:

• Support and shape complex client projects from proposal through to delivery with line management responsibility for junior team members
• Own specific client deliverables that will require you to prepare for and lead workshops and presentations
• Analyse sometimes ambiguous and unstructured data sets to arrive at client recommendations
• Proactively support the practice in the development of thought leadership and proposition material
• Support commercial and risk aspects of engagement management

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as a Finance Transformation Consulting Manager, the minimum criteria you’ll need is experience of driving change forward and managing other consultants as part of a Finance change / transformation environment within financial services. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.

• Finance vision, strategy, benchmarking, finance operating model assessment and finance target operating model design incl.
  • Finance organisation design (e.g. Future workforce models, multi-function shared services /outsourcing)
  • Finance function process improvement including digital process modelling, automation, workflow, RPA
  • Finance IT strategy & architecture (incl. data architecture, management and governance, chart of accounts design)
• A good understanding of the key aspects of relevant finance technology providers (e.g. ERP, EPM, intelligent automation platforms, BI & Analytics).
• Large scale accounting change (e.g. IFRS 9, IFRS 17)
• Enterprise cost reduction / optimisation exercises. Enterprise performance management including planning, budgeting and forecasting
• A good knowledge of the Financial Services industry (e.g. Banking, Insurance, Investment Management) and an understanding of the regulatory drivers shaping the market today
• Accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Knowing we’re right for you

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our CLEARR values – Collaboration, Leadership, Excellence, Agility, Respect and Responsibility.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.

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