Financial Transformation Manager

Job Family:
Finance & Accounting Consulting

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

• Leading financial transformation initiatives and partnering with senior government stakeholders to modernize financial operations through innovative business and technology solutions.
• Managing project teams and work streams, ensuring high-quality deliverables, effective resource utilization, and successful project execution.
• Leading the design, development, and implementation of Microsoft 365 Power Platform solutions, including Power Apps, Power Automate, SharePoint, and Power BI capabilities.
• Overseeing the development of performance metrics, executive dashboards, and data visualization solutions to support informed decision-making and operational transparency.
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial management processes, tools, controls, and reporting capabilities through technology-enabled solutions.
• Leading current-state assessments, stakeholder interviews, process mapping efforts, and future-state design activities to improve business operations and mission performance.
• Developing and managing project plans, work breakdown structures, schedules, risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful delivery.
• Serving as a primary point of contact for client leadership and providing regular updates, recommendations, and strategic guidance to executive stakeholders.
• Ensuring financial management standards, federal regulations, internal controls, and audit-readiness requirements are incorporated into solution design and implementation.
• Leading teams in the development of financial automation, advanced analytics, data visualization, and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to address complex financial management challenges.
• Coordinating the development of financial metrics, dashboards, low-code applications, workflow automation, and AI-enabled solutions using technologies such as Power Platform, SharePoint, Tableau, Databricks, Snowflake, SQL, Python, and other emerging technologies.
• Mentoring and developing consultants and senior consultants by providing coaching, feedback, and technical guidance to support professional growth.
• Supporting business development activities, including proposal development, solutioning, client relationship management, and identification of new opportunities.

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse.
• Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• SIX (6) or more years of experience supporting business transformation, financial management, audit, accounting, data analytics, process improvement, or related consulting engagements.

• Experience leading project teams and managing the delivery of client-facing work streams in a consulting or federal environment.
• Experience leading client meetings, facilitating stakeholder discussions, and presenting recommendations to senior executives and government leadership.
• Experience supervising, mentoring, and developing junior staff.
• Experience with low-code and no-code technology platforms, including SharePoint, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, and Tableau.
• Experience utilizing project management methodologies and best practices to manage schedules, deliverables, risks, and team performance.
• Experience documenting, assessing, and redesigning business processes and implementing process improvement initiatives.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop executive-level presentations, reports, and strategic recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to create and review technical and non-technical deliverables.
• Master's degree, preferably in Business Analytics, Finance, Information Systems, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, CSM, SAFe, CPA, CGFM, CDFM, Lean Six Sigma, or similar credentials.
• Experience supporting federal financial management organizations within DoD, DHS, or other civilian agencies.
• Experience analyzing data using Python, R, SQL, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar analytics platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure or AWS.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise…