Senior Director, Office of the CFO | Corporate Finance & Restructuring

Key Responsibilities

• Performing high quality client work and develop client relationships for CFO advisory service assignments, including taking a proactive approach and anticipating client needs.
• Managing projects and providing ‘hands-on’ leadership and direction across engagement work streams and initiatives with limited oversight, ensuring high-quality execution.
• Supporting Senior Managing Directors and Managing Directors in continuing to build and grow the practice. Develop knowledge management, including tools, methodologies, reports, models, work plans, checklists and processes.
• Assisting with practice development and marketing, including developing materials, surveys, events and case studies.
• Participating in writing thought leadership pieces relevant to CFOs and the OCFO practice.

Qualification & Requirements

What You Will Need to Succeed

• Exceptional interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to gain the confidence and respect of senior level executives.
• Vast leadership and technical skills, excellent project management and communication skills, a ‘hands on’ approach, as well as a sense of urgency and drive to help FTI service its clients.
• Results Orientation: Strong track record of delivery with strong reputation as a reliable consultant with a CFO advisory background, and an ability to meet clients’ needs with great attention to detail.
• Strategic Orientation: highly developed business acumen as primary orientation and be readily able to engage in broader business issues.
• Influencing and Partnering: A change agent who is able to point to a strong track record of delivery in organizations where they led similar business advisory engagement teams.
• Personal Motivation: An ambitious and entrepreneurial character that thrives in fast-paced environments and has a hands-on attitude with an ability to transform ideas into reality through execution.
• Team Player: Positive role model who looks to help team members, including coaching, instructing, mentoring and balancing work and personal commitments.
• Ability to develop creative approaches and the solutions necessary to resolve complex problems.
• Ability to quickly assimilate relevant information in unfamiliar situations. Very action focused, flexible and responsive.
• Excellent listening, verbal, written and presentation communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and organizational skills and strong influencing skills. Expertise with creating PowerPoint presentations.

Basic Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics, or equivalent.
• Professionally qualified (ACCA/ACA/CIMA), or advanced degree in Finance / Accounting (MBA, MS Finance, etc.) or equivalent.
• Experience in data analytics and using data to provide fact-based recommendations.
• Comprehensive experience across:
  • financial / accounting consulting and advisory;
  • or in a corporate finance rotational program focused on developing financial leaders, and/or in execution;
  • or leadership development roles in an industry finance, accounting, and/or FP&A function.
• Ability to synthesize and advise on complex financial and operational concepts and issues; and translate those to clear and actionable recommendations and insights.
• Substantial experience leading and managing teams of junior resources to execute on client deliverables.
• Ability to travel to client locations and FTI offices as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA qualification or Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) / Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) or equivalent certifications are advantageous.
• Experience with business intelligence or data analytics tools such as PowerQuery and PowerBI is preferred but not essential.
• Expertise with Microsoft Excel and strong ability to develop financial models with minimal oversight.
• Preferred prior experience in at least one of the three key offerings:
  • Planning Performance & Management: development and build of reporting and forecasting tools to support annual budgeting, rolling forecast processes, long-range planning and cash flow forecasting; development of operational KPIs, profitability analyses and dimensional P&L reporting; experience with integrated three statement models and capital allocation / strategic option evaluation; prior support of M&A strategies, due diligence processes, negotiations, and post-close integrations with particular focus on the finance function.
  • Accounting & Financial Reporting Advisory: controllership & monthly reporting; financial close process optimisation; key account reconciliations; accounting policies and procedures; the adoption of technical accounting standards (UK GAAP, IFRS, US GAAP etc.); and financial controls documentation.
  • Finance Transformation: finance function assessments; operating model design; service delivery model and design (shared service centre, outsourcing, global business service); cost reduction; process optimisation (OTC, PTP, RTR) / automation and financial / management reporting rationalisation; data design and development advanced data analytics.

Benefits

Our goal is to support the wellbeing of you and your families – physically, emotionally, and financially. We offer market competitive benefits (including pension), supplemented by 15 flexible benefits, to meet your needs. These include health, lifestyle and family friendly options. We also offer professional development programme, wellness, recognition, community volunteering initiatives, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements.