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Shared Services Consulting Managers/ Consultants

Chicago, IL

Position Information

 Position ID: Consulting Mgr/Cnslt-MM

 Job Category: Business/Strategic Management

 Type: Full Time, Employee

 Salary: 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 USD /year

 Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree

Shared Services Consulting Managers/ Consultants

 

Shared Services Consulting Manager Description

 

Key responsibilities include

  • Directly supervise or coordinate the work of others on a small/medium sized team
  • Prioritize and oversee activities of others to meet deadlines and quality standards
  • Develop detailed work plans, direct project teams, deliver status, and manage to budget
  • Coach junior team members and foster an active learning environment.  Provide advice on procedures/work methods to colleagues
  • Exhibit working knowledge of familiar shared services functional areas by calling on previous job experience and training, and practical insight into unfamiliar functional areas
  • Be a self-motivated, enthusiastic team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills, well-versed in finance and accounting terms, latest industry trends, and applicable external factors
  • Participate in shared services business development activities
  • Provide leading practice finance and accounting transaction  processing analysis and design knowledge
  • Develop governance and services management framework
  • Understand Regulatory Compliance including Sarbanes-Oxley, IFS, Basel II
  • Guide team through problem definition, issue identification and work plan development using problem solving principles and past experience
  • Ability to meet travel requirements, 80 to 100%

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree 
  • 8+ years of experience in Finance and accounting back-office operations, i.e., accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, asset management, management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, etc.
  • 5+ year experience around moving decentralized finance and accounting operations to shared services

 

Shared Services Consultant Job Description:

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Organize and facilitate Shared Services process workshops to solicit business and process requirements
  • Work with client subject matter experts to clarify shared services requirements and processes
  • Document shared services functional  requirements 
  • Assist with governance and service management framework
  • Conduct business case analysis for a shared services project
  • Identify future state process improvements to maximize the value of the shared services 
  • Guide team through problem definition, issue identification and work plan development using problem solving principles and past experience 
  • Ability to meet travel requirements, up to 100%

 

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree
  • 4+ years of experience in Finance and accounting back-office operations, i.e., AP, AR, GL, asset management, management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, etc. 
  • 2+  year experience around moving decentralized finance and accounting operations to shared services
  • 2+ years in Design, development and implementation of at least 2 complete life cycle finance and accounting shared services centers in the role of team lead over 1+ of the work streams, or as a hands-on project manager

 

Preferred Qualifications for Both Positions

  • CPA, CFA, CA, MBA, CMA or experience as an accountant
  • Direct experience in creating business change using major ERP packages
  • ERP configuration, conversion or detailed process design

Contact Information

 Company: MRINetwork

 Email: Apply by Email


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