Grant Thornton

Finance Transformation Senior Associate

Grant Thornton$110K — $140K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
  • 2+ years of experience in financial management or consulting
  • Experience in financial services with a consulting focus
  • Strong analytical skills for quantitative analysis and business case development
  • Knowledge of financial and banking operations including regulatory issues
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, and presentation skills

Responsibilities

  • Analyze business processes and identify areas for improvement
  • Define requirements to close business gaps and enhance operations
  • Perform cost and cycle time analysis to optimize processes
  • Act as the primary contact for clients, addressing their concerns directly
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and client stakeholders
  • Collaborate with senior team members on proposals and business development
  • Achieve targeted billing hours and utilize time effectively

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Access to resources for career advancement
  • Supportive culture focused on client success
  • Flexible work arrangements potentially including travel options
Full Job Description
Job Description

As a Business Consulting Senior Associate, you'll be responsible for business process analysis, requirements definition efforts for remediating gaps, cost and cycle time analysis/remediation, and the communication and change management required to ensure the success of our clients - all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.

From day one, you'll collaborate with our Business Consulting Practice to help clients transform their finance and operations functions, both process-related and reporting, as well as design and implement sustainable models that streamline operations, and comply to business needs. This role looks beyond just control points and focuses on Process Optimization changes that achieve necessary business transformation.

Your day-to-day may include:
  • Utilize previous consulting and industry experience to help companies set and achieve their long-term goals
  • Perform accurate analysis and designing effective solutions to a variety of client issues
  • Work directly with clients to address their issues and acting as the day-to-day relationship contact
  • Work closely with Grant Thornton teams to promptly identify and resolve client problems or issues
  • Develop and maintain strong internal and client relationships to provide maximum value to our clients through the delivery of our full solution
  • Team with partners and senior managers on proposals and business development calls
  • Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
  • Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills or qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Minimum 2+ years of work-related experience in financial management and/or consulting or experience
  • Experience working in financial services in a consulting capacity, with a focus on finance
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to perform quantitative analysis and develop business cases
  • Process analysis, Reporting & Business Intelligence, Data Analysis & Reconciliation
  • Working knowledge of Close-the-books, Chart-of-Accounts, Treasury, Financial Planning and Analysis & Financial Benchmarking
  • Knowledge of banking operations and related regulatory issues
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and simultaneous projects in a rapidly growing practice
  • Excellent interpersonal, facilitation and presentation skills
  • Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 30%

The base salary range for this position is between $110,400 and $140,760. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton's discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job -related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate.

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About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, the seventh largest accounting network in the world by combined fee income. Grant Thornton LLP is the sixth largest U.S. accounting and advisory organization. The firm operates 59 offices across the US with approximately 8,500 employees, 550 partners, and produces annual revenue in excess of US$1.9 billion. During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, The Times reported that Grant Thornton is in line to earn millions of pounds for acting as trustees in a bankruptcy case on behalf of the Russian state-owned DIA, who bypassed sanction regimes to obtain funds and assets from abroad in order to fund the war in Ukraine.
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