Asia Pacific Finance Manager
Job Description
Who We Are
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm and the world's leading advisor on business strategy. We partner with clients from the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors in all regions to identify their highest-value opportunities, address their most critical challenges, and transform their enterprises.Our customized approach combines deep insight into the dynamics of companies and markets with close collaboration at all levels of the client organization. This ensures that our clients achieve sustainable competitive advantage, build more capable organizations, and secure lasting results.
Founded in 1963, BCG is a private company with offices in more than 90 cities in 50 countries.
What You'll Do
The position is an integral part of the Asia-Pacific (AP) Regional Finance Team, which supports the Regional Leadership in all areas of Finance. The position is aimed at supporting regional leadership & other key stakeholders with planning, forecasting, commercial & insightful management reporting to guide decision making processes.
In addition, the role provides commercial support as needed, with a focus on analysis to help guide decision making. This may include eg competitive intel tracking, reporting and analysis of large programs and supporting the AP Client Team as needed.
This role may also work on regional or global projects and provide support to other members of the (local and regional) finance teams across AP.
This position is built around teamwork and meeting customer needs which provides the opportunity to work with senior stakeholders in the AP region. The Manager teams with the local Finance teams, other regional and cross-functional team, and the global Finance community.The individual must be a team player and capable of working flexibly, virtually and across different cultures.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
Finance Manager for the AP Region- Primary responsibility includes developing insightful analysis, planning & reporting on financial performance of the business across the region including DSO tracking & analysis, outlook reporting & analysis, working in close collaboration with local system finance teams while constantly looking for opportunities for improvements with evolving needs of the business.
- The role is expected to work closely with Asia Pacific Finance Director/Senior Manager to manage and support the tracking of the opportunity pipeline, VBP case performance, competition analysis, pricing analysis, billing rate tracking & investment tracking by working closely with local system finance teams & client teams as required.
- Provide managerial support to AP Finance Senior Manager/Director with the coordination of the planning process for the AP geographies and the regional offices. Review and highlight key messages to regional leadership apart from implementing global guidelines.
- Collaborate with HR function to understand trends in relation to capacity & other areas assessing financial impact of people-related decisions.
- Work closely with Senior Manager/Director in preparation for regional chair presentations relating to EC, OC, WWOM Leadership meetings apart from Adhoc requests as required.
- Driving digital initiatives to improve efficiencies and effectiveness of our reporting and analysis in close collaboration with global BI&A teams as needed.
- Become a back-up to the other AP Regional Finance team members as & when required
- Supporting the broader global finance function in its transformation efforts including roll-out of new systems, policies, processes, and initiatives.
- Providing support to & sharing best practices with local Finance teams as required
- Building networks with other regional finance teams, liaising with Global services, Global finance and other Regional Functions as required
- Bachelor's / master's degree in accounting or finance
- Work experience:
- Internal: Significant experience in BCG Finance preferred, with deep knowledge of BCG accounting, planning, commercial and systems
- External: of around 8-10 years in handling the Finance planning & analysis, commercial & stakeholder management. Experience in service industry and more specifically consulting firms preferred
- Advanced computer literacy:
- Strong knowledge of Oracle Financial Systems, HFM and BCG's BIR tool preferred
- At minimum strong Excel skills required. Affinity with more advanced analytics tools like Tableau, Alteryx, MS Power, etc is a preference
- Strong knowledge of PowerPoint slide writing with familiarity to thinkcell preferred
- Strong business sense, working knowledge of BCG commercial process
- Good analytical skills with an attention to detail and an ability to look at data in different ways while also being able to see the bigger picture
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to operate effectively in a virtual team and a global environment through establishing positive and productive working relationships (self-motivated, responsive, service oriented)
- Proven ability to plan work effectively and prioritize work, even in demanding situations BCG is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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