Global Finance Excellence Senior Manager, Risk, Policy & Projects

WHAT YOU'LL DO

You will be a member of the Finance Excellence (FinEx) team, whose core purpose is to enable and inspire our Worldwide team of Finance professionals to deliver best in class finance solutions in a scalable, consistent, and harmonized way, in an evolving business environment, by:
• Operating with a harmonized set of processes, policies, and tools,
• Building enhanced skills, capabilities, and community,
• Delivering a compelling EVP that nurtures top Finance talent, and
• Innovating, incubating & unlocking new solutions for the function, where needed, globally.
In this position you will fulfill a role in:
• Shaping global standards, designing, and implementing process & policy measures,
• Driving continuous standardization and improving quality, and
• Securing and protecting BCG's business operations.

KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The FinEx Senior Manager is responsible for the management of various initiatives including:

• Organize and lead roll-out of new and updated Finance policies, focusing on both change management and implementation (where appropriate)
  • Help identify policy gaps that require attention
  • Assist policy owner in the drafting of any new policies, gathering and incorporating input from stakeholders.
  • Ensure new policies and updates adhere to policy governance model.
  • Develop roll-out plans, including awareness campaigns, working with local teams to test and roll-out in pilot systems prior to global implementation.
  • Manage, track, and communicate status of roll-out.
  • Develop tools to enable adherence and monitor compliance.
• Policy Governance
  • Coordinate quarterly meetings of policy governance committee to review and prioritize policy portfolio.
  • Review changes and provide input to Finance policies as required.
  • Maintain central repository for Finance Policies.
  • Oversight of WW Finance Microsite Policy pages and policies to be placed on Global Policy site.
• Risk Management
  • Manage Tableau reporting of Finance Minimum standards.
• Project related responsibilities
  • Commercial Finance
    • Engage with local and regional finance teams to collate best practices in relation to Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
    • Lead forums and networks to share best practices on client contracting and DSO.
  • New Office Set-Up
    • Support the process in vetting business case and work with Global Functions to ensure key questions are addressed.
    • Assist sponsoring BCG system with set-up activities as required.
  • Retro and planning FinEx quarterly sessions
    • In preparation for these sessions, connects with the wider FinEx team to understand requirements and capacity to contribute towards other FinEx led initiatives; past and future
  • Ad-hoc topics
    • Organize and lead initiatives, focusing on both change management and implementation (where appropriate).
    • Define, manage, and control project scope, developing detailed project and resource plans, balancing dependencies, and setting predictable and realistic delivery dates.

YOU'RE GOOD AT

• Working in a complex global environment at pace. You thrive in leading and driving change in an often-ambiguous environment. You are comfortable managing multiple deliverables with multiple inputs often with high impact, time sensitive requirements.

• Stakeholder Engagement. You can hear what someone needs, translate it into your own words, and create it. You are politically and organizationally savvy and can navigate/influence complex matrix organizations. Build and manage relationships with key stakeholders locally, regionally, and globally as appropriate.

• Communicating in a mature and thoughtful manner – demonstrating credibility and displaying “executive” presence. Senior leaders will value your contributions to the conversations you participate in.

• Structuring and analyzing information. You take an idea for organizing data and turn it into a useful deliverable. Strong attention to detail.

• Logically considering how complex projects get completed and change is enacted.

• Be a trusted advisor and able to support issues, communication, and influence outcomes.

• Be a change ambassador across the finance function, infusing learning, creating forums to share best practices and develop change management skills and capabilities across our teams.

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• Significant experience managing, supporting, and running finance change programs in a global organization, Advanced Business degree or Project Management qualification beneficial.
• You come from a Finance Change or Auditing background and are a chartered accountant (desirable)
• Track record of successful change and project management to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness. Managing the technical and cultural aspects of change.
• Strong communicator, both written and spoken, as well as ability to create compelling pitches/stories and accompanying slides to influence stakeholders as appropriate.
• Experience at BCG or other professional services firm in a business partnership role is beneficial.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including PowerPoint, Word, Excel and appetite to leverage more progressive digital tools for work process and teaming.
• Experience working successfully within a complex matrix structured organization is essential. Global/International experience and track record of managing teams and projects across borders.
• Experience managing teams and stakeholders, and an orientation towards achieving results.
• Virtual work with international team members, some travel to support team or other work efforts.

YOU'LL WORK WITH

This role will require interaction with a wide range of stakeholders including our Finance leadership and other functional leadership, etc. You will also work with specialists from Finance and other functions as required.