Consultant/ Senior Consultant – Finance Transformation

Sia Partners is a next-generation consulting firm dedicated to creating state-of-the-art narratives for transformation and innovation and deploying them at scale. Our goal is to deliver superior value and tangible results to our clients as they navigate the digital revolution and achieve transformations which generate a positive impact. Our global footprint and expertise in more than 40 sectors and services allow us to enhance our clients’ businesses worldwide. We guide their projects and initiatives in strategy, business transformation, IT & digital strategy, and Data Science. Why join the Sia Village?  Excellence | Entrepreneurship | Innovation | Teamwork | Care & Support | Employee Wellbeing These are the  six core values  that guide all our actions. As an expression of our values, our Sia Village concept describes our commitment to fostering a sense of community within and among our offices. We believe that knowledge sharing is the key, not only to innovation, but to the growth and development of our people. Your experience at Sia Partners will be enriched by a(n):   Entrepreneurial journey Career advocacy program that supports achieving professional development goals through guidance, and real-time feedback Continuous learning & development opportunities Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs with an ever-growing list of global affinity initiatives Annual seminar, an in-person value-add experience, that allows you to network with colleagues throughout North America

Our talented consultants enable our Financial Services Industry (FSI) Business Unit to deliver a myriad of business transformation solutions to our clients. The FSI Business Unit has led and managed projects for top-tier, global clients ranging from strategy, target operating model design, regulatory governance and remediation to technology transformation, program & project management, and business analysis. We have experience providing these solutions to clients within their Sales & Trading, Risk Management, Finance, Treasury, and Operations & Technology functions.  Our Sia Village makes an immediate impact for our firm and clients. At all levels and varying scales, our consultants execute upon client delivery, business development, business expertise, team collaboration and leadership. We support your professional development and career growth through on-the-job training, internal trainings & learning pathways, in addition to opportunities to ideate, build, promote and deploy best-in-class and convincing IP/Solutions that bring a distinctive added value to our customers. Through our firm’s career pathways and collaborative global teams, you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and develop as a consulting professional.   Responsibilities  Consulting Skills   Client delivery as part of an on-site or remote project team, able to define the framework and structure of deliverables, carrying out the production of complex deliverables  Manage the work, activities, and timelines of work for both them and their team, identifies priorities and workflows for interested parties  Utilizing a higher-level understanding of methodological concepts, coaches teammates in preparing client deliverables utilizing tools like PowerPoint, Excel, Access, MS Project and Visio, designing key deliverables for projects and supporting other consultants in the production of their deliverables    Present complex ideas, critical points and decisions required to team members and client contacts, including middle and top management   Perform simple and complex research and business analysis to solve for customer business challenges/issues to present unique, tailored solutions utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data   Manages internal team by promoting teamwork, motivate and help consultants to improve  Demonstrate credibility and legitimacy with client, capable of challenging client approaches and provide new directions, allowing the customer to evolve and deepens relationship  Defines the project framework and organization, managing one or different projects at a time, guarantees the follow-up of these assignments   Provide status reporting of progress, dependencies, issues, risks, and overall program health   Responsible for the work streams of a complex project and takes the lead on simple projects   Maintain program sites as a repository for all project information  Business Expertise Skills  Support practice, thought leadership, and people development activities firmwide  Maintains a deep understanding of business concepts, issues and challenges and key knowledge to master a business expertise   Cultivate knowledge related to a specific business challenge, issue, or deepen understanding within a sector and function domain  Contribute to the development of new solutions in own areas of expertise  Takes a leading role within internal firm knowledge-share activities and organizations, ensuring complete knowledge and competency transfer to other consultants  Design and implement business changes that drive transformation, functionality, and performance  Partner with our clients to help them develop high performance solutions to advance their operational performance industry standing  Business Development Skills  Write business proposals and presentations autonomously   Detect, trace, and qualify business opportunities   Relay information relevant to new business activities and prospects to manager, team, and business unit/line leaders  People Management Skills  Supervise a project team internally and on client assignment  Embody the firm’s values of excellence, entrepreneurship, innovation, teamwork, care and support, and employee wellbeing into their management style 

Bachelor’s degree required in Accounting, Finance, Business Management, or a related field from an accredited college/university is required  2-4+ years of recent client facing management consulting experience managing or creating project deliverables and managing a delivery team  Experience managing or creating project deliverables in a consulting environment, with broad experience in any of the following:  Financial Risk Management  Financial Planning & Analysis, Budgeting & Forecasting (experience in driver-based planning, zero-based budgeting, etc.)  Financial & Regulatory Reporting  Procurements (Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, etc.)  Model Risk  ERP / EPM Implementation  Regulatory Compliance (CCAR, BASEL, FRTB, etc.)  Treasury & Capital Management  Legal Entity Management  Expense & Profitability Management  Financial Controls, Processes and Procedures 

Experienced in delivery of a wide range of Financial Services solutions, maintains deep understanding of the industry and its challenges.  You possess strong client relationship development and client management skills  Excellent communication (written and oral) accompanied by strong interpersonal skills  Solid organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills  Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to know when to escalate and when not to.  Eagerness to be involved with internal initiatives and interest in guiding and leading.   Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting  Flexibility in approach and a willingness to adapt quickly and take initiative when working in unstructured environments with limited supervision  Bonus points if you possess any of the following:  Master’s level degree from an accredited college/university or other additional certifications warmly welcomed  Experience with ERP and EPM tools (NetSuite Anaplan, Kyriba, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle ERP, etc.)  Experience using Robotics Process Automation (RPA) tools (Automation Anywhere, Pegasystems, RedHat, BluePrism, UiPath, etc.)  Experience using Power BI and preferably other visualization tools (Tableau, etc.) to enable dynamic dashboarding  Experience and knowledge of Project Management principles and methodologies  Advanced Microsoft Office Skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)  A certification in one of the following strongly preferred: CPA, CFA, Finance Risk Manager (FRM), Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Series or other additional related certifications warmly welcomed  

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