Consultant

Grade: Consultant

Location: London

Team: Advisory

Contract & Work Pattern: Full-time and Hybrid

Job Overview:

As a consultant you’ll be responsible for supporting and running finance advisory projects, owning workstreams, and taking independent accountability for deliverables. You’ll be expected to quickly add value to the projects, deliver with strategic clients, applying your knowledge, skills and experience to bring value to projects.

You’ll support or run full end-to-end lifecycles on a wide range of projects, including finance strategy development, finance operating model design, process transformation, and technology selection. You’ll be at the forefront of our day-to-day work with clients, providing market-leading advisory and enabling finance functions of the future.

Your day-to-day responsibilities

• Managing project outcomes and plans and deliverables in line with outcomes
• Working in multi-disciplinary teams and having the opportunity to take on responsibility quickly
• Owning specific workstreams and deliverables related to CFO advisory
• Delivering and supporting high-quality deliverables including finance strategies, finance operating models, optimised close processes and technology supplier selection
• Serve as the key point of contact for clients on specific accounts for your workstream
• Successful implementation of projects in line with project statements of works and plans

The kind of person we are looking for

To be successful in this role, you have:

• Experience in either consulting or industry with a strong background in auditing/treasury/accounting.
• Exposure to shaping and delivering a variety of consulting projects.
• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Excellent MS Office skills
• A bachelor’s degree, ideally with a focus on Finance and Accounting
• Superb written/oral communication skills
• Committed to service excellence within all engagements
• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking, quick comprehension, and high motivation to shape and implement your own ideas

Personal Characteristics:

• Always adopts a professional, diligent approach to all client facing engagements
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Results-oriented, motivated, self-starter
• Desire to work with a dynamic and exciting team, with a “roll-up your sleeves” approach
• Desire to work with clients across a wide range of industry verticals

A little bit about us

We are a boutique finance transformation and technology consultancy that has grown rapidly from five employees to over 120 in less than five years. Our ambitious organisation has a considered and structured approach with an emphasis on creating a positive, inclusive, and open working environment. Our innovative team of experts work with clients all over the world and we aim to ensure that every individual is given the opportunity to thrive and progress within their career. We are passionate about improving the finance function and the value it creates for the organisations we partner with.

Our values

We listen, we hear, we plan, we act

We take pride in even the small things

We give everyone a platform for growth

We take ownership for our wins and losses

We empower people to strive for more, challenge and take risks

We are passionate about building strong partnerships

We think holistically to deliver tangible value

We have fun at work because it makes us better at what we do.

What’s in it for you?

In addition to being an integral part of a boutique consultancy and an attractive salary, we offer a significant benefits package including

• Up to 10% matched pension contribution
• Performance bonus, increasing with length service
• Private healthcare
• Life cover
• Hybrid working, giving you the chance to decide which days to come into the office
• Free travel to the office
• Gym allowance or wellbeing allowance
• Monthly phone bill
• Paid staff socials
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee referral bonus.