Market Facing Director; MFD), Finance Consulting, Financial Services

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The Finance Business Consulting team is looking for a Director level consultant with a strong delivery track record in Finance Transformation who can leverage business and technology based solutions to deliver outcomes for our clients.

As a Director in the Finance Business Consulting team, you are a strategic leader proven in delivering complex Finance Transformation programs across Financial Services. You bring deep expertise in Target Operating Model design, process and controls optimisation, organisational change, technology & data transformation and business readiness.

You are a trusted advisor to C-suite stakeholders, driving long-term value through innovative, technology-enabled solutions. Your leadership fosters high-performing teams, cultivates client relationships, and contributes to the growth and evolution of the practice.

This position demands a highly adaptable and flexible individual capable of navigating a diverse range of client issues, as the nature of the program's work is varied. The ideal candidate should be at ease assuming various delivery roles and tackling the associated challenges inherent to this role.

Based in London (other locations in our UK National Markets offices will be considered), but as part of a global organisation, the role will involve working with our UK and Global FS clients. EMEIA and international assignments are also a possibility.

As a Director within our Finance Business Consulting team, you will specialise in Target Operating Model design & implementation across Banking, Capital Markets or Insurance delivering both business and technology focussed outcomes. You will be offering valuable insight and advice to clients to support them making strategic and operational decisions about their businesses. You will also lead business and practice development of the Finance Business Consulting team helping drive the internal operations within the team.

You will be a trusted business advisor to our clients.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Act as a trusted advisor to CFOs, Finance CIO leadership and Finance leaders, shaping Finance transformation strategies and roadmaps across Banking, Capital Markets, or Insurance.
• Lead large, complex, end-to-end Finance transformation programmes - from discovery and business case through design, implementation, go live and stabilisation.
• Experience in delivering business and technology outcomes across large scale Financial Services organisations

• Lead requirements and as is assessment of organisation, processes, controls, technology, data, and operating model.
• Design the Target Operating Model (people, process, technology, data, governance) and leading practice process taxonomy (L1–L4).
• Define Working Day Timetable (WDT) and interventions to accelerate period close.
• Establish leading practice controls frameworks and finance controls, reducing EUC reliance and manual work.

• Understand how to delivery technology and data transformations, modernising finance systems, enhancing data capabilities and reporting

• Own business readiness, change management, training, and cutover plans to transition to business as usual (BAU).
• Facilitate design workshops; translate business requirements into business design that informs functional/technical designs.

• Provide strong programme/workstream leadership, including planning, RAID, and status/reporting disciplines.
• Oversee quality assurance, manage risks and third parties, and coordinate with cross service-line specialists.

• Build and mentor diverse, high performing teams; review/challenge outputs and coach junior colleagues.
• Drive innovation (new delivery models, accelerators, and tech enabled ways of working).
• Contribute to POVs, assets, and enablers to scale capability across the practice.

• Lead business development: originate opportunities, shape solutions, lead proposals/bids, and manage account growth.
• Be accountable for financial management of engagements (scope, commercials, profitability,…