Finance Manager

The position is a member of the Global Accounting and Control ("GAC") team under the direction of the Global Accounting Director and the Global Finance Director & Corporate Controller. The GAC team has various responsibilities including consolidating and reporting BCG's financial information on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. In addition, GAC is responsible for establishing and communicating various accounting policies and procedures globally. The team is responsible for the dissemination of meaningful and accurate financial information on a consolidated basis, as well as on an individual affiliate office basis.

This role is responsible for the oversight of BCG's complex intercompany system. This includes internal cost sharing, allocations, invoicing process as well as understanding the impact of transactions on management, statutory and tax reporting. A key component of the role includes facilitating annual service agreements between various BCG businesses and shared service centers. The Intercompany team is responsible for the execution of intercompany transactions including invoicing and related accounting for these transactions. The team is also responsible for maintaining the integrity of intercompany processes throughout BCG and refining these processes when necessary. The team maintains responsibility for performing allocation calculations and instituting replicable processes. The team is an integral provider of documentation and back up support required for tax audits that may occur in any jurisdiction. Responsibilities of this role will include:
• Lead end-to-end process for internal local cost sharing (ILCS) and allocations for planning and actuals.YOU'RE GOOD AT
• Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis and Management Reporting: This role will be looked at as the subject matter expert for all financial aspects of internal cost sharing, which will require you to be proactive in learning and understanding the business.
• Project Management: A significant part of the role is managing our aggressive change initiatives, such as ongoing new system implementation and upcoming allocation re-visit.
• Building relationships will be critical to success in this role to establish a seat at the table with senior management as a true business partner.
• Further, you need to be confident in making and influencing decisions with senior management through ownership of the overall cost sharing process. To drive educated decision making, you need a sound understanding of the bigger picture and an ability to prioritize.
• This role will also require sound collaboration skills to balance overall business prioritization and individual role satisfaction.
• Ultimately this person will need to have a consultative approach to problem solving, working closely with stakeholders to understand the problem we are trying to solve, providing deep analysis, and offering viable solutions.

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
• A minimum of 8-10 years related finance experience
• Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/economics and/or a MBA preferred
• Excellent communication skills – both oral and written, with the ability to adjust to multiple audiences and the confidence to present to and influence senior management
• A passion for working in a collaborative team environment
• Critical Thinking and problem solving – proven ability to work through complex problems and analyses in providing a thoughtful concrete solution
• Motivation and self-drive – excited by tackling challenges and pro-actively finding new ways to provide value to senior leadership
• Advanced Excel skills and/or experience with other analytical tools (Such as Tableau, Alteryx, etc.)

YOU'LL WORK WITH

GAC team members come from a wide variety of professional and cultural backgrounds. You will spend a considerable amount of time working with other teams within GAC including Managing Partner & Director Accounting (MDP), Revenue Accounting, and Accounting Systems Operations Group (ASOG). The candidate with also work closely with local accounting/finance teams across the world and with teams within other functions in Global Finance including Tax, Treasury, Financial Systems, Global Field Operations and Financial Planning & Analysis