Job Title:  Consulting - ET&P:F&P - FT Strategy & Operations - Associate Director

Consulting

ET&P-Finance & Performance |FT Strategy & Operations |Senior Consultant

What impact will you make?

Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where you’ll find unrivaled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential

Deloitte is where you’ll find unrivaled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

The Team
 

Enterprise Technology and Performance (ET&P) is a Service Area within Consulting where professionals provides various service offerings on Finance, Supply Chain, SAP, Oracle and Project/Program Management. The goal is to help clients achieve outstanding value from their enterprise technology investments with a holistic and strategic approach to technology transformation.

The Enterprise Technology and Performance (ET&P) team is looking for talent to join the Finance and Performance practice. The practice provides guidance to CFO’s office and finance teams to design strategies, implement and deliver solutions for finance processes, operation and supporting technology to navigate through the complexities of finance function. The team focuses on providing insights to drive profitability and growth resulting in value creation.

Service offerings by the practice are as follows-

• Finance Strategies, Organization and Talent – Focuses to define the positioning of finance function
  • Our team provides offerings such as service-delivery and operating-model design, and Business Process Outsourcing advice, ways to synchronize governance and business practices across organization locations to enhance collaboration and drive efficiencies
  • Our team provides strategic services including technology, data, systems architecture, and talent strategies to ensure successful transformations in areas such as general strategy, capital management, IPO readiness, and events and turnarounds
• Business Process Re-engineering driven technology implementation – Focuses to reinforce top-line business strategies by energizing core operational processes and technology implementation (ERP, process mining, automation and visualization tools). We leverage our active alliances in market with SAP, Oracle, High Radius, Celonis etc. for implementation.
  • Operational Finance – Our team transforms and optimizes day-to-day operational finance functions using lean methodology in end-to-end process areas such as order to cash, procure to pay, close, consolidation, reporting
  • Business Finance - Our team leverages the power of advanced analytics and statistical forecasting to support process transformation, including business finance process like Driver based planning, budgeting and forecasting, Cost & profitability management, Management Reporting Framework and wireframe design, use case identification for financial analytics
• Enterprise Performance Management – Focus is on the complete range of the finance function with linked interactions
  • Our team provides services to streamline process for financial consolidation, development of financial and management reporting solution and profitability and cost analytics solutions, design of performance dashboards and development of models for Budgeting, Forecasting, and Business Planning. We leverage our active alliances in market with SAP, Oracle, Anaplan, OneStream, Board etc. for implementation.
• Advisory for Project Management – Focus is to deliver excellence by supporting projects and programs to fulfill business requirements and hygiene
  • Our team provides offerings such as end-to-end portfolio, program and project Management, advisory for agile transformation, design and run enterprise PMO setup, advisory for transition, migration and change management

Job Overview

The primary role of a Senior Consultant will be to make immediate and direct contribution to enhance our clients’ competitive position and performance in ways that are distinctive, innovative, and sustainable. Assist Finance organizations in solving complex challenges and adding greater value to the business

To achieve this, you will be expected to perform the following activities:

• Lead Project Delivery –
  • Drive large scale transformations, complex and cross functional engagements
  • Advice clients on the creation of strategies and capabilities to support enterprise-wide decision-making, improve finance operations, and strengthen stakeholder management
  • Lead the solution design and implementation ensuring high quality adhering to the timelines and defined budget
• Engage in Executive- Level Interactions –
  • Engage with C-level executives and senior leadership within client organizations to understand their strategic objectives and challenges
  • Participate in high-level discussions and presentations, translating complex concepts into clear, actionable strategies
• Drive Business Development –
  • Lead RFPs/ proposal preparation by collaborating across competencies/ alliances/ service lines
  • Cultivate and nurture client relationships beyond project delivery, exploring avenues for repeat business
• Stakeholder Management – Build and maintain relationships CXOs across target clients within your sector/ service line
• Manage Project Financials – Managing project financials, WIP, Debtors, Billing as per defined standards
• Mentorship and Team Culture-
  • Lead and inspire a team of consultants, providing guidance, mentorship, and support.
  • Foster a collaborative and positive team culture, promoting professional development and knowledge sharing.

 Skills Required

• Qualifications:
  • Candidates CA Qualified- 1st Attempt preferred (Strong Articleship) / MBA from a premium institute / CPA/ ACA/ ACCA/ CIMA/ CFA or equivalent
  • Excellent academic credentials for both undergraduate and graduate coursework
• Experience
  • 7-12 years of relevant experience across consulting and/or industry roles, post qualification would be preferred
  • Prior experience managing end to end client engagements and programs
  • Prior experience in managing teams
• Skills and Competencies
  • Ability to challenge the status quo, deliver compelling and well-structured arguments for change and transformation
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Willingness and ability to take initiative and learn independently
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products such as PowerPoint, Visio, Excel, Word etc.
  • Working knowledge of any technologies in digital finance would be an added advantage
  • Willingness to travel - This role required travel as per project requirements
  • Ability to challenge the status quo, deliver compelling and well-structured arguments for change and transformation

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte India, we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

In addition to living our purpose, Associate Directors across our organization:

• • Develop high-performing people and teams through challenging and meaningful opportunities
  • Deliver exceptional client service; maximize results and drive high performance from people while fostering collaboration across businesses and borders.
  • Influence clients, teams, and individuals positively, leading by example and establishing confident relationships with increasingly senior people
  • Understand key objectives for clients and Deloitte; align people to objectives and set priorities and direction.
  • Acts as a role model, embracing and living our purpose and values, and recognizing others for the impact they make

How you’ll grow

 At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there’s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development

Programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Centre.

Benefits

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits. Learn more about what working at Deloitte can mean for you.

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