Finance Analytics Leader - Consulting Firm

As a Finance Analytics Leader, your responsibilities include -

- Own the solution design for all industry verticals

- Build multi-year offering roadmap, being responsible for defining release cycles and tracking to them

- Create and liaison with partner organizations and other teams to shape the offerings and increase speed to market as needed.

- Commercialize the offerings by partnering with solution architects/ client partners teams.

- Lead strategic initiatives globally.

- Work with internal teams to build the solution proposal

- Front end along with BD/Sales and contribute to deal conversion

- Be aware of market trends/changes/competitive landscape

- Able to work independently in a cross-cultural environment, panning different time zones

- Deal with CXO level and their second line to sell our value proposition

Qualifications:

Minimum qualifications :

- End to End F&A domain experience, ideally with 5+ years of F&A Operations - first hand operational involvement in at least one of the F&A functional towers (RTR, PTP, OTC, FP&A),

- Analytical Skills - Researching and analyzing the right data to make product decisions with profit and feasibility in mind

- Strategic thinking by posing the right questions to understand the requirements, think outside the box and look at the big picture

- Developing value propositions and product strategy

- Conceptualize and create end to end view of offerings / solutions in all towers of F&A by using latest digital technologies / AI / ML.

- Agile in responding to changing demands, Consultative selling skills and Story-telling ability to win new relationships/opportunities

a. Strong communication skills - demonstrated ability to sell/convey value in a compelling manner to prospects ranging from front line managers to CFO

b. Experience leading sales proposals/cycles (RFIs, RFPs, Orals, Due Diligence, Contracting)

- Excellent Communication and stakeholder management

- Good project management and interpersonal skills

a. Organization skills are critically important

b. Must be someone who has willingness and demonstrated ability to get into details and not manage too high level

- Ability to work in diverse teams and with multiple stakeholders

- Facilitative Leadership skills - Influencing skills, mentoring and coaching - to be able to drive change in the organization

- The incumbent should be a very 'hands-on' person with a positive attitude.

- Awareness of latest digital technologies / trends.

- Understanding of Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning to embed in solutions / offerings.

- International experience, working with global cultures (including prior experience working with people from India = time zone challenges, cultural alignment)

- Demonstrated understanding for the BPO environment

Preferred qualifications:

- Experience applying analytical techniques in finance & accounting

- Exposure to Financial Planning & Analysis

- Proficiency in any BI Tool like Power BI, Tableau etc

- Good understanding of data and analytics technologies and cloud

- Familiarity with Machine Learning techniques

- Experience in SCRUM or other Agile methodologies