Our Finance Capability team are trusted advisors to CFOs and their Finance teams supporting them to meet the challenges of a complex and rapidly evolving business environment. We help them navigate change to deliver efficiency, insight and value to their businesses. Our diverse and multidisciplinary team brings together skill sets across Finance.
The role we specifically require is within the Finance Transformation service offering with a focus on technology, specifically implementation of Workiva and other digital solutions.
Finance Transformation is a strategic restructuring of organisation’s finance operating model including systems, processes, and operations, aimed at increasing efficiency, enhancing decision-making, and aligning financial functions with broader business objectives using digital technologies and other improvements.
Your Opportunity
With continued growth and a strong pipeline, we are now seeking an Associate Director to join our team, with a focus to supporting Finance Transformation engagements across Statutory Financial Reporting, Management Reporting, Sustainability Management (Carbon and ESG Disclosure Management) and GRC solutions leveraging Workiva’s AI features for the benefit of clients.
You will work with some of the country’s leading clients as well as the wider national team, in a positive, collaborative and team focused environment. This role is ideally suited to candidates who have prior financial reporting and transformation experience as well as experience managing cross-functional teams ideally in a Consulting environment or in a transformation capacity. We are looking at individuals who are seeking an opportunity to broaden their experience working with different clients, as well as undertaking challenging and rewarding work harnessing their leadership, analytical and problem-solving skills.
How are you extraordinary
- Certified Workiva with a strong understanding of data design, queries, reporting concepts and Platform functionality across WData & WDesk. Proven experience in delivering complex Workiva engagements for large ASX listed group entities. We will also consider solid experience using Anaplan or Tagetik.
- Minimum ten years of recent experience in the areas of financial accounting and reporting, finance operations, shared services, financial planning & analysis, and accounting ideally in a consulting environment.
- Experience of preparing financial statements and sustainability reports
- Core finance process and finance operating model knowledge and experience (preferred)
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship management skills
- Excellent verbal and analytical skills with the ability to write at a client-ready quality level
Finance Operating Model Knowledge
- Understanding of leading practice across the finance operating model (e.g. in relation to processes and controls, systems, service delivery model) and deep understanding of process dependencies across other functional areas (for example procurement, sustainability management etc)
- Ability to provide strategic insights and support decision making across core finance operating model attributes with a strong understanding of the ‘record to report’ process
Technological Proficiency
- Deep understanding of how a system implementation project is delivered (e.g. phases, core teams, standard deliverables)
- Ability to articulate functional business requirements to technical requirements
- Advanced ERP / Cloud Reporting technology experience through previous engagements or industry experience with a particular focus on Workiva for Statutory Reporting (including Carbon Management), Sustainability Management and Governance, Risk & Compliance
- Experience delivering end to end Workiva engagements including technical design, build and deployment including development of User Acceptance Testing scripts
Delivery Management / Stakeholder Management
- Ability to lead day to day activities, managing internal and client teams to meet program timelines and identify risks and issues as they arise
- Training and development of colleagues across Consulting
- Ability to delegate / oversee tasks to completion
- Ability to form and maintain strong, trusted relationships with senior project stakeholders
- Agility and adaptability to navigate and manage key project disruptions