Hong Kong - Associate Director / Manager, Finance Strategy and Transformation, Management Consulting
KPMG
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Posted: 10-Sep-23
Location: Hong Kong,
Type: Full Time
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 20250646
KPMG China provides multidisciplinary services from audit and tax to advisory, with a strong focus on serving our clients' needs and their industries. Not only do we have an overriding commitment to provide the highest quality services for our clients, but we also strive to become a responsible corporate citizen that has a positive impact on our environment and community. At KPMG, you'll translate insights into action and reveal opportunities for all-our teams, our clients and our world.
Service Line Overview
In KPMG's Management Consulting practice, we don't limit ourselves to either strategy or implementation. Instead, we deliver both. Our team in Hong Kong is the fastest growing division within KPMG China and represents a young and enthusiastic team that always pushes itself to succeed. Since our creation, we've developed in-depth knowledge of an incredibly broad spread of sectors and services.
Being the consultant of our Finance Consulting team, you will be involved in helping our clients to review their current financial practice, identify possibilities to transform and enhance current business with process and target operation model review, supported by redesigned data, system and technology operation, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency, enabling better understanding of business through the lens of finance data and fulfill the rapidly changing demand for management information and regulatory reporting requirements.
We are looking for talents with an interest in pursuing a management consulting career in the Finance Consulting field. Please see below for the typical types of Finance Consulting projects:
Finance function transformations
Financial control framework design and implementations
Accounting and other regulatory change implementation programs
Cost optimisation
Finance process re-engineering
Finance systems implementation
Finance function sourcing strategy development and implementation
Finance systems architecture diagnosis and design
Finance data analytics, visualization, and business insights generation
Finance systems delivery and testing
Key Responsibilities
In Financial Strategy and Transformation Team, we improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the finance function and helps them transform from cost centre to business partner. You will find yourself advising CFOs and senior Finance executives on:
Critical data identification, data lineage tracing, data quality enhancement
Data and system architecture design
Data and system architecture option analysis
Budgeting and Planning Process
Budgeting and planning process best practice
Budgeting and planning tool comparison and recommendation
Budgeting and planning tool implementation
Optimisation of other finance processes
Closing process
Accounts Payables
Accounts Receivables
Etc.
Overall Finance Strategy
What initiatives CFOs can consider to transform Finance functions from a cost centre to a business partner
Experience & Background
Finance understanding and experience
Understanding of common pain-points encountered by Finance functions
Understanding of common solutions to the pain-points above
Experience on helping Finance functions address the aforementioned pain-points either as consultants or as in-house staff
Technical knowledge:
Understanding of common Finance systems and tools used by Finance functions
Experience of implementing common Finance systems and tools, including budgeting and planning tools, is an advantage
Experience on helping companies improve reporting process through enhancing data quality, designing data and system architecture and implementing data repository / database a plus
Experience in working with different Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) tools, such as Oracle Hyperion, Tagetik, Board, Annaplan etc.
Soft-skills
Strong people manager, able to lead large teams and develop others
Experience in performing business development activities a plus
Language skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
Native Cantonese speaking ability
Mandarin speaking ability is a plus
About KPMG
At KPMG China, we are committed to being an equal opportunity employer, with zero tolerance for any form of discrimination against any persons. It is important for us to create an inclusive, diverse and agile workplace for our people to develop and thrive at both a personal and professional level.
We strive to make ESG (environmental, social and governance) a watermark running through our organisation; from empowering our people to become agents of positive change, to providing better solutions and services to our clients to help them achieve their ESG goals. View Our Impact Plan to learn more about our ESG commitments and progress across four key pillars - Governance, People, Planet and Prosperity - and how we make a positive impact on our people, environment and society.
We encourage you to come as you are, and we welcome all qualified candidates to apply, and hope you unlock opportunities with us. Visit KPMG China website for more company information.
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