Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy expertise and creativity we help clients accelerate operational digital and cultural transformation enabling the change they need to own their future.
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Your Role: A Functional Expert Driving Finance Transformation
As a manager in our Belfast-based delivery team you will move beyond simple system configuration to become a trusted advisor on financial process design and optimization. Responsibilities may include:
- Solution Design & Implementation: You will conduct deep-dive analyses of complex client requirements through virtual workshops and process mapping sessions. You will then translate these business needs into robust scalable and best-practice-aligned solution designs. Your hands-on work will involve configuring market-leading cloud applications (such as Oracle EPM/ERP OneStream Workday etc.) building financial models developing integration workflows and creating sophisticated reports and dashboards that provide critical insights to our clients.
- Functional Solution Design: You will lead the functional design of financial systems. This involves conducting workshops with Controllers and FP&A Directors to define Chart of Accounts (CoA) structures design financial consolidation logic and map Record-to-Report or Plan-to-Perform processes. You will ensure the technology solution aligns strictly with accounting standards (IFRS/GAAP) and strategic reporting needs.
- Finance Transformation: You will advise clients on best-practice finance operating models. This includes streamlining period-end close cycles automating reconciliation processes and designing driver-based forecasting models that provide actionable commercial insights.
- Client Collaboration: Serving as the translator between IT and Finance you will manage relationships with finance stakeholders across Europe. You will articulate how cloud solutions impact day-to-day accounting operations and strategic planning.
- Project Delivery: Manage specific functional workstreams (e.g. General Ledger Consolidation Planning) with autonomy. You will own the creation of functional specifications user acceptance testing (UAT) scripts and training materials for finance users.
- Onsite Engagement: While primarily based in Belfast (hybrid) you may travel to client sites across Europe for critical design workshops and go-live support ensuring that the human side of finance transformation is managed effectively.
The Profile Were Looking For: A Self-Motivated Financial Change Manager
We are looking for candidates who are accountants or finance professionals first and technologists second. Required background includes:
- Experience: You have 10 years of experience in Finance Transformation FP&A or Core Accounting with exposure to implementing financial addition to this you will have demonstrated experience leading a team.
- Professional Qualifications: A recognized accounting qualification (ACCA CIMA CPA ACA or European equivalent) is highly desirable. A deep understanding of financial statements double-entry bookkeeping and consolidation rules is essential.
- Essential Background: Experience within a Big 4 Finance Transformation practice or a top-tier consulting firm is highly preferred. Alternatively we welcome industry professionals (Finance Managers Systems Accountants) with strong project experience.
- Functional & Technical Expertise: You possess a strong understanding of financial processes and have hands-on functional experience with one of the leading platforms:
o Financials: Oracle Cloud ERP (GL AP AR FA) Workday Financials or SAP S/4HANA.
o EPM/FP&A: Oracle EPM (FCCS PBSC) OneStream or Anaplan.
- Client-Facing Skills: You can discuss variance analysis with a Financial Controller as comfortably as you can discuss data integrations with an IT Lead. You excel at solving complex functional problems (e.g. intercompany eliminations multi-currency reporting).
- Languages: Fluency in English is essential. Professional proficiency in another European language (German French Spanish Dutch) is a desirable.
Equal Opportunity & Compliance
Huron is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. All employment decisions are made without regard to race colour religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin age disability or any other legally protected status.
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Required Experience:
Manager
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