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Director, Finance Transformation
Dallas, Texas, United States
$189,000-$225,000 / year
full-timedirector HybridFinancial Advisory / Private Equity Consulting
Tech Stack
Description
You will lead finance transformation engagements for private equity-backed portfolio companies, focusing on finance strategy, process improvements, and technology enablement. You'll manage multi-workstream programs, mentor junior team members, and help drive business development in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment.
Requirements
- Minimum 8+ years of relevant professional experience working in a client serving role at a top-tier public accounting or financial advisory firm, and/or mix of client service and private industry experience at a senior level
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or related field; MBA is a plus
- Proven experience successfully managing large engagements with multiple workstreams and coordinating internal teams
- Deep knowledge and experience in overseeing or driving change in business processes including lead-to-cash, source-to-pay, record-to-report, FP&A
- A strong and up-to-date knowledge of process best practices related to professionalization of the finance function
- Extensive expertise in design and implementation of strategies, processes and technology which increase effectiveness, reduce costs and improve enterprise value
- Experience enabling financial processes with finance automation and technology deployment
- Experience performing financial and operational assessments
- Experience driving strategic finance transformations
- Experience working in a private equity environment
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Strong client service mindset
- Self-starter with a strong work ethic
- Strong team player
- Leader of others; leads by example
- Excited to be part of a growing team
- Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions
- Passionate about delivering exceptional client service
- Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid, flat organization
- Willing to get hands dirty in details while seeing the whole picture
- Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams
Responsibilities
- Lead finance function diagnostics: assessing an organization’s people, process and technology to come up with recommendations and a value-creation roadmap
- Design and execute process enhancements across lead-to-cash, source-to-pay, record-to-report, and FP&A
- Design future state operating platforms (organization structure, finance processes, technology stack)
- Develop implementation plans for initiatives on a strategic roadmap, supported by quantified benefits/value and qualitative substantiation
- Manage execution of plans to optimize technology, drive process automation (within ERPs or leveraging bespoke technologies and AI)
- Set up and drive transformation program governance to support multi-workstream engagements
- Lead change management across multiple functions and workstreams
- Determine and measure the ROI of improvement initiatives, putting in place risk mitigation strategies
- Bring deep financial expertise and leading practices to engagements
- Manage multi-workstream transformation programs at a single client, or manage multiple smaller projects at different clients
- Manage junior resources (Vice Presidents, Associates, or Analysts)
- Interact and build relationships with C-level personnel at portfolio companies and private equity sponsors
- Assist in growing the firm by identifying and driving business development activities
- Take a lead role on internal firm initiatives to enhance capabilities
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