Director - Strategic Finance Consulting - PE Focus to 180K + Bonus

I'm retained by a US leader in Private Equity Consulting, with a specific focus on the office of the CFO, where they are a market leader in the United States.

As part of their global expansion, they are establishing their European HQ in London.
We are leading their search for a Director for their Strategic Finance practice.

They are interested in speaking with Director level candidates with strategic Finance experience gained in either Investment Banking , Private Equity/Portfolio Company strategic Finance and Consulting experience.

THE ORGANIZATION

Our client is a private equity-focused financial and technology consulting firm.
Rooted in a heritage of serving the office of the CFO, They work at the intersection of sponsors and management teams to maximize value.

The firm's services span the entire CFO function - including strategic financial planning and analysis, CFO-related technology, operational and technical accounting, transaction execution, interim leadership, and turnaround & restructuring solutions.
In Europe, their focus is Strategic Finance, TES, Transformation, Data & Analytics.

Across all of their services, clients are supported by deep expertise in data & analytics, CFO-specific technology and finance-led transformations.
They are headquartered in New York with ten offices around the globe.

There are a lot of firms that play in their space - but our client is unique.
They focus only on the Office of the CFO, they specialize in private equity, and they expand and contract based on the scope of their client's needs.
Through passion, drive, and a perfectionist attitude, they roll up their sleeves to execute the key finance initiatives that transform businesses.

As the go-to-partner to the private equity community, our consultants thrive at the intersection of sponsors and management teams - helping them measure, manage, and scale their businesses.
Rooted in a heritage of serving the office of the CFO, they leverage an execution-oriented approach to maximize value.

THE STRATEGIC FINANCE PRACTICE

They build leading FP&A capabilities to enable value creation for PE-Backed Companies.

Successful value creation in a PE-backed context is an ongoing process that starts with alignment and includes constant analysis, measurement, and collaboration around performance visibility.
Management teams and stakeholders require continuous access to actionable, timely insights to inform superior decision-making, enhance organizational performance and, when necessary, identify course corrections.

Our client's Strategic FP&A Practice helps Finance teams build capabilities to enhance performance visibility, planning activities, data analytics, and business partnering to enable and accelerate value creation.

By combining extensive operational FP&A experience, data and technology skills, and a proprietary engagement model, they develop and implement tools and processes and deliver solutions that meet the rigor and pace required in a PE-backed environment.

SERVICE OFFERINGS

Financial Onboarding | RADAR

FP&A Best Practices Implementation

Business Intelligence & Big Data Analytics

Management & Stakeholder Reporting

Budgeting & Forecasting Optimization

Cash & Liquidity Forecasting

Strategic Decision Support

PURPOSE:
Why does this job exist?

This role exists to support the growth of the firm and its reputation for delivery of the highest quality consulting services to Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies.
It will maximise our client's value creation opportunities through fast paced, execution-oriented delivery of the highest quality outputs, across all stages of the investment lifecycle.

These roles combine a tremendous opportunity to work with some of the world's most prestigious PE firms with a unique opportunity to participate in regional firm building for a global leader in PE consulting.

ACCOUNTABILITIES:
What are the key deliverables?

The Director will contribute to the firm's success through deliverables such as:

Client engagements that deliver real, measurable value, at pace.

High levels of client satisfaction

Projects and workstreams delivered on time and to the highest quality

ACTIVITIES:
What does the jobholder have to do?

• Provide project leadership and execute on client engagements, including directing and overseeing teams of consultants, managing work streams to agreed timelines, performing quality control of client deliverables and leading the presentation of deliverables.
  
• Act as relationship manager, responsible for addressing client and financial sponsor needs and associated communications throughout the course of engagements.
  
• Drive our know-how and best practices in the execution of all client engagements.
  
• Work with Business Development team to cultivate client relationships and drive marketing efforts for potential new engagements.
  
• Work closely with client management teams to assess project needs and lead the development of proposals and work plans for potential client engagements.
  
• Work with Consulting Execution team on practice development initiatives, including development of execution toolkits and resources for key service areas, as well as the build-out and ongoing maintenance of our consulting knowledge hub.
  
• Lead/participate in consultant teach-ins and other training exercises.
  
• Mentor junior consultants and actively participate in career development.
  
• Actively participate in the recruiting and on-boarding process for new consultants, as
• well as the performance review process for engagement teams.
  

RELATIONSHIPS:
Who does the jobholder have to work with?

Client leadership, management and employees

Private Equity Sponsors

Their Practice leaders, Managing Directors, VPs, and Associates

Other practices engaged on multi-practice projects

Internal operations colleagues

CULTURE:
What are the values and 'norms' surrounding the job?

They are more than a consulting firm.
They are home to a rare breed of finance professionals - people with backgrounds in private equity, investment banking, operational & technical accounting, transaction execution, and performance improvement.
Together, we work as practitioners (not theorists) to empower PE-backed CFOs across their entire function.

• We have an absolute focus on delivering value creation for our clients.
  
• We are entrepreneurial.
  We think like owners
• We are practitioners, not theorists.
  We get things done
• We are high energy, enthusiastic and resilient.
  
• We are passionate, we are positive.
  
• We are collaborators
• We challenge established thought.
  We take risks, we make bold decisions and bring a fresh way of thinking to our work
• We are coaches and are coachable.
  We lead when we can, teach what we kno.