Finance Lead Central Europe Consulting
CurrentLeading Planning & Operations Team by providing advice, developing a business plan, overseeing the day-to-day operations, driving compliance and spearheading continuous improvements to enhance productivity and profitability. Responsible for financial and operational management in the implementation of the area.Key Responsibilities• Provide financial leadership to the finance planning and finance operations teams with a focus on strong fiscal stewardship of the business and the provision of financial insights to inform key business decisions.• Responsible for oversight, management, audit and compliance of financial processes for the area.• Work with the Business Leads and Finance Managers to produce the monthly Outlook, ensuring the accuracy, integrity and feasibility of these consolidate the Geo Outlooks, analyses and explain variances, prepare the P&L, identify risks/upsides and submit the final committed Outlook to the leadership team and Global Consulting CFO details.• Manage the day-to-day Consulting business through a financial lens ensuring continued analysis, identification and mitigation of business risks.• Contribute to improvements in the overall productivity and profitability of the Consulting business through performance analysis supported with recommendations for the Geo/Country Leaders.• Drive the annual planning process for Consulting Services by working with the leadership team to devise the measures by which the Consulting business should be set and managed i.e. revenue growth, target billability, headcount growth etc. • Assist in the development, deployment and customization of global processes, systems, tools, and metrics to facilitate management of the Consulting business.• Train, mentor, and assist solution teams and Consulting management with implementing standard Consulting operating practices • Manage a team of Finance and Operations Managers, consultants across the countries (3-6 direct and 7-10 indirect)