Organization: Management Consulting & Integrated Markets

Location: Chennai

Position: Shared Services Senior Manager

Job Description:

Management Consulting professionals focus on strategy and take responsibility for organizational change and business transformation. Finance & Performance Management professionals support clients in developing finance organization, treasury and risk management strategies and development of new business insight and performance management capabilities, allowing them to achieve long-term growth. Finance Operations professionals support the clients’ leadership and business teams in developing financial strategies and capabilities.

Key responsibilities may include:

  • Engagement Management: Manage engagement risk, project economics including planning and budgeting, manage account receivables, define deliverable content, ensure buy-in of proposed solutions from top management levels at the client.
  • Business Development: Develops and maintains contact with top decision makers at key clients, organizes and leads pursuit teams, participating and leading aspects of the proposal development process.
  • Domain Development: Development of assets and methodologies, development of point-of-view, research or white papers, support development of marketing collateral, public speaking and publication in industry periodicals.
  • People Development: Performs role of counselor and coach, provides input and guidance into the firms staffing process, and actively participates in staff recruitment and retention activities.
  • Ability to meet travel requirements, up to 100%

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Minimum of 8 years experience in Finance, Shared Services and accounting back-office operations, i.e., accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, asset management, management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, etc.
  • Minimum of 4 years experience around moving decentralized finance and accounting operations to shared services
  • Minimum of 4 years experience in design, development and implementation of at least 2 complete life cycle finance and accounting shared services centers in the role of team lead over one or more of the work streams, or as a hands-on project manager

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience with one or more of the following ERP financials applications from a functional design perspective is preferred: PeopleSoft, Oracle or SAP
  • Experience working with a Big 4 consulting firm
  • MBA, CPA or CMA designation is preferred

Professional Skill Requirements:

  • Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
  • Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
  • Desire to work in an information systems environment
  • Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills

All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You’ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

Contact Details:

kinshuk.shukla[AT]empyrean-partners.com