Consultant / Senior Consultant - Finance Transformation

About the role

Sia Partners is a consulting firm focused on transformation and innovation, and its Financial Services Industry (FSI) Business Unit delivers business transformation solutions to clients across sales and trading, risk management, finance, treasury and operations and technology. This full-time position in Singapore involves delivering complex financial transformation projects, either on site or remotely, and leading work streams and teams.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver client work as part of an on-site or remote project team, defining the framework and structure of deliverables and producing complex outputs
• Manage work, activities and timelines, prioritising tasks and workflows for the team and stakeholders
• Coach teammates on methodological concepts and use of tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Access, MS Project and Visio
• Present complex ideas and decisions to team members and client contacts, including middle and top management
• Carry out research and business analysis using quantitative and qualitative data to propose tailored solutions
• Lead work streams of complex projects and take the lead on simple projects, while supervising project teams internally and on client assignments
• Define project frameworks, track progress, dependencies, issues, risks and programme health, and maintain project repositories
• Support practice, thought leadership and people development, share knowledge with colleagues and design and implement business changes that drive transformation
• Write business proposals and presentations independently, identify and qualify business opportunities, and relay relevant information to managers and business unit leaders

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Management or a related field from an accredited institution
• 2-4+ years of recent client-facing management consulting experience managing or creating project deliverables and managing a delivery team
• Experience in at least one of: financial risk management, FP&A, budgeting and forecasting, financial and regulatory reporting, procurement, model risk, ERP/EPM implementation, regulatory compliance, treasury and capital management, legal entity management, expense and profitability management, financial controls, or financial controls processes and procedures
• Deep understanding of the financial services industry and its challenges
• Strong client relationship and management skills, excellent written and oral communication, and solid organisational, multi-tasking and time-management skills
• Teamwork, flexibility and willingness to take initiative in unstructured environments with limited supervision

Required skills

• PowerPoint, Excel, Access, MS Project and Visio
• Financial planning and analysis, budgeting and forecasting, regulatory reporting and compliance
• Problem-solving and troubleshooting, with the judgement to know when to escalate

Bonus points for a Master's degree or additional certifications.