Finance Team Lead

Job title: Finance Team Lead

Job description: WHAT YOU’LL DO

As a member of the North America Regional Finance Shared Services team, the Finance Lead will be very involved with the finance operations for 26 BCG offices in North America including the key areas of financial management, project management, client contract management, and revenue and cash management. This role will lead a team of 8-10 employees at various levels and support the rollout of a Contract-to-Cash Center of Excellence and quickly growing team to deliver high quality financial services to case teams across North America and drive process innovation and standardization.

WHO WE ARE

BCG pioneered strategy consulting more than 50 years ago, and we continue to innovate and redefine the industry. We offer multiple career paths for the world’s best talent to have a real impact on business and society. As part of our team, you will benefit from the breadth and diversity of what we are doing today and where we are headed next. We count on your authenticity, exceptional work, and strong integrity. In return we are committed to supporting you in discovering the most fulfilling career journey possible-and unlocking your potential to advance the world.BST is the operational heart of our business and is invaluable to our success. Roles such as finance, human resources, risk, and IT, help propel BCG forward. BST employees support the core of the organization and provide outstanding value to the business. As a BST member, you will work with inspiring, talented, dedicated, and curious colleagues in an energizing, fast-paced environment in which people are treated with respect and help one another to succeed. Working at BCG provides you with the opportunity to grow through interesting and challenging work and to have an active voice in your personal career development.

YOUR EMPLOYEE TYPE IS

Regular

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance, with 5+ years of business experience required, MBA preferred
• 2+ years of experience managing multiple direct reports
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint presentation experience with the ability to turn data into business insights
• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a challenging, fast-paced, and growth environment
• Ability to communicate well with all levels of staff; displays customer service oriented behavior
• Ability to work with interruptions, is a dependable and cooperative team player
• Utilizes sound judgment in dealing with work flow and uncertain situations
• High level of initiative and resourcefulness – results oriented, self-motivated, dependable
• Experience with data analytic tools such as Tableau and/or Alteryx preferred
• Oracle Financial Systems and Business Objects experience preferred
• Exposure to big data analysis, trend analyses, and process improvements required

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Candidates should be aware that BCG currently maintains a policy requiring all US & Canada based employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated prior to their employment start date. BCG is an equal opportunity employer and will provide a reasonable accommodation to those unable to be vaccinated for medical or religious reasons where it is not an undue hardship to the company to do so as provided under applicable federal, state, provincial and local law.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

JOB FAMILY

Finance

YOU’RE GOOD AT

Contract-to-Cash
The Contract-to-Cash team of the Shared Services group is responsible for ensuring key components of client financial management are performed accurately and efficiently to ensure billability and efficient operations as part of a Center of Excellence in North America. The team partners closely with the regional Controller Analysis team on shared initiatives such as analyzing financial performance against our annual targets (e.g. Days Sales Outstanding). Additionally, the team ensures data integrity, performs regular reconciliations, and liaises with a variety of business teams to enhance internal processes and achieve process improvements and standardization.

The Finance Lead will grow to become a subject matter expert on ClientView, BCG’s in-house system for end-to-end case management, and provide guidance to the team and ensure activities are performed accurately and efficiently. The Finance Lead will also be responsible for providing leadership, training, and support for a large team along with another Team Lead, managing internal controls and reconciliations of all transactions, processes, and communication of reporting to management. The Finance Lead will be responsible for any Contract-to-Cash related analysis and reporting as necessary.

Innovation and Centralization
The Finance Lead will assist Finance Leadership in ramping up our shared service model to streamline and standardize our finance processes across North America. The individual in this role will work with management to identify and implement best practices to scale our operations as efficiently and effectively as possible under the shared service model. Working with multiple stakeholders across the Finance, Legal, and IT organizations, the Finance Lead will manage projects leveraging our various accounting, project management, and reporting systems to unlock efficiencies and optimize our internal finance and accounting operations.

YOU’LL WORK WITH

As part of the North America Regional Finance Shared Services team, you will partner closely with other regional Finance teams, local Finance teams in BCG locations across North America, case teams, and clients participating in the delivery of reliable services to support business needs.

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