What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Senior Manager position at Boston Consulting Group?
Who We Are
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.
To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.
What You'll Do
The Southeast Finance Senior Manager is a senior leadership position within BCG’s North America Finance organization, responsible for providing strategic FP&A and decision support to the Southeast system. The Southeast system comprises five offices—Atlanta, Miami, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham, and Mexico, and is a dynamic, fast-growing region within BCG.
In this role, you will partner closely with system and office leadership, senior consulting and business services teams, to lead financial planning and forecasting, drive capacity strategy and provide critical business analytics. You will work cross-functionally with regional Finance teams and serve as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders across the Southeast and broader North America region.
This position will perform several critical responsibilities to support and manage Financial Planning and Analysis engagements, including:
Lead all aspects of local finance for the system (e.g. P&L oversight, capacity planning, forecasting, investments, cost management)
Drive the Southeast capacity strategy and planning process; partner with internal functions on multi-year capacity outlook and provide decision support to bring thoughtful solutions to data requests
Present insights, trends, and reporting to system and office leadership to inform decision-making and strategic planning
Support the financial aspects of office operations, accounting, and financial reporting in collaboration with local and regional teams
Interface with regional teams (including Commercial Finance, FP&A, Finance Operations and Accounting) to execute on financial plan and priorities
Drive process improvements by developing and promoting financial best practices across multiple stakeholder groups
Champion and support local and regional finance initiatives
Manage risk within the system
Implement firm policies and procedures
Lead, coach and develop the local finance team
You're good at:
Leading, coaching, and developing high performing teams
Engaging with senior stakeholders, providing meaningful financial insights and recommendations to support strategic decisions
Strong relationship-building skills and a collaborative, cross-functional mindset
Applying strong analytical skills, sound business judgement, attention to detail, and creativity to effectively solve problems
Supporting leadership and other key customers by performing rigorous analysis and effectively communicating key takeaways and recommendations
Proactive ownership mindset with the ability to operate independently and prioritize in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Creating a positive and productive team environment, valuing the contribution of others
Learning new topics and skills with a combination of intellectual curiosity, desire for professional growth, and receptiveness to feedback
What You'll Bring
10+ years in financial analysis/ planning or general accounting
5+ years of managerial experience preferred
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Strong problem solving, analytical skills, and judgment
Proactive and resourceful self-starter who takes initiative and ownership
High attention to detail, well organized and able to set priorities
Collaborative team-player with strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to cooperate with people at all levels and build positive, lasting relationships across functions
Ability to synthesize large datasets and develop and pressure test comprehensive analysis to inform the business and drive decisions
Experience with ambiguity and ability to effectively multi-task, take initiative and prioritize within a fast-paced, demanding environment
Proficient in Excel and PowerPoint (ability to train staff on intermediate or advanced level); Business Objects, Alteryx, Tableau and SAP a plus
Salary : $128,000 - $167,000