Senior Consultant, Finance Transformation (Management Consulting)

Job title: Senior Consultant, Finance Transformation (Management Consulting)

Company: KPMG

Job description: Overview

You’ve got big plans. We have opportunities to match, and we’re committed to empowering you to become a better you, no matter what you do.

When you join KPMG you’ll be one of over 219,000 professionals providing audit, tax, advisory and business enablement services across 147 countries.

With the support to do things differently, grow personally and professionally and bring your whole self to work, there’s no limit to the impact you can make. Let’s do this.

The opportunity:

KPMG’s Finance Transformation Advisory Practice helps organizations maximize efficiencies and drive business value across the organization. The Finance function is evolving to become a business partner that supports, provides insights and challenges the business, creating value by improving the quality of decisions and ensuring that a chosen business strategy delivers the highest financial value at an acceptable level of risk. The question we, as KPMG, want to answer is “What can we do to improve what finance brings to the organization?”
What you will do

• Help deliver projects to improve finance functions in one or more functional areas including: budgeting and forecasting, financial close and consolidation, management and financial reporting, cash management and program accounting, working capital management, benchmarking, shared services and/or financial transformation
• Design and implement process improvements and systems within the areas listed above
• Execute the day-to-day activities of advisory engagements for a variety of clients including finance function diagnostic, process redesign, system implementation
• Serve as a liaison between clients and senior management
• Prepare reports and presentations for clients
• Assist with the creation of proposals and other business development activities to help meet revenue targets
• Identify and communicate findings to senior management and client personnel
• Support business development activities such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities; work with the appropriate KPMG resources from other service lines/industries.

What you bring to the role

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or a related field from an accredited university with excellent credentials
• Completion of an Accounting or Financial Designation or MBA
• Three to five (3– 5) years of combined advisory or relevant industry experience in financial management
• Project delivery or consulting experience is preferred
• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate with client stakeholders, work closely in a collaborative team environment, and lead teams and project deliverables
• Experience directing meaningful process and strategy improvements that demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work creatively to address client requirement
• Previous experience working with technology that enables finance services, such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, Hyperion, and Business Intelligence tools, is considered an asset

Keys to your success:

• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Highly driven, autonomous, resilient and team player with a strong work ethic
• Being proactive in determining priorities and managing multiple deadlines

Learn more about where a career at KPMG can take you.
Our Values, The KPMG Way

Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters

KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice.

If you have a question about accessible employment at KPMG, or to begin a confidential conversation about your individual accessibility or accommodation needs through the recruitment process, we encourage you to contact KPMG’s Employee Relations Service team for support at email: cdnersteam@kpmg.ca or phone: 416-777-8002 or toll free 1-888-466-4778 Option 3.

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• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or a related field from an accredited university with excellent credentials
• Completion of an Accounting or Financial Designation or MBA
• Three to five (3– 5) years of combined advisory or relevant industry experience in financial management
• Project delivery or consulting experience is preferred
• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to communicate with client stakeholders, work closely in a collaborative team environment, and lead teams and project deliverables
• Experience directing meaningful process and strategy improvements that demonstrate strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work creatively to address client requirement
• Previous experience working with technology that enables finance services, such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, Hyperion, and Business Intelligence tools, is considered an asset

Keys to your success:

• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Highly driven, autonomous, resilient and team player with a strong work ethic
• Being proactive in determining priorities and managing multiple deadlines

Learn more about where a career at KPMG can take you.

• Help deliver projects to improve finance functions in one or more functional areas including: budgeting and forecasting, financial close and consolidation, management and financial reporting, cash management and program accounting, working capital management, benchmarking, shared services and/or financial transformation
• Design and implement process improvements and systems within the areas listed above
• Execute the day-to-day activities of advisory engagements for a variety of clients including finance function diagnostic, process redesign, system implementation
• Serve as a liaison between clients and senior management
• Prepare reports and presentations for clients
• Assist with the creation of proposals and other business development activities to help meet revenue targets
• Identify and communicate findings to senior management and client personnel
• Support business development activities such as identification, proposal development, and other pursuit activities; work with the appropriate KPMG resources from other service lines/industries.

Expected salary:

Location: Vancouver, BC

Job date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 23:44:20 GMT