What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commercial Finance Manager position at Boston Consulting Group?
The Commercial Finance Manager will quickly take on significant responsibility and receive frequent exposure to senior customers, including client service partners and finance leadership:
- Using and championing ClientView which digitizes and streamlines our pipeline, case opening, contracting, invoicing, and case reporting processes
- Managing and developing a team of finance professionals including assisting the team in prioritizing requests, meeting deadlines, addressing out of scope requests, and managing project work
- Evaluating case economics, including project budgeting, forecasting, accounting, variance analysis, and price realization
- Analyzing revenue trends and identifying key drivers, and investigating project overruns with case manager
- Managing and leading monthly forecasting process
- Tightly managing DSO through timely invoicing and collection of accounts receivable, and implementing process improvements and best practices to achieve firm DSO targets
- SOW management
- Working with client as appropriate to ensure we are aligned on achievements of milestones and coordinate billing
- Reviewing contracts to ensure terms and potential risks are captured and reported correctly
- Act as a thought partner for local Managing Directors and Partners as it relates to investment decisions and tradeoffs, and help lead business forward on multiple dimensions
- Teaming with multiple stakeholder groups to understand business objectives and ensure efficient financial processes
- Collaborating with a wide variety of business partners, including other local office functions, internal teams across BCG, and the firm’s corporate office
- Partner with practice area teams as it relates to the financial success of the practice area
- Creating and evolving insightful, efficient reporting in response to business needs
- Managing and taking ownership for all financial aspects of case management
- Completing and responding to ad hoc requests in a timely manner
- Ensuring adoption of finance policies and highlighting potential risks
- Supporting regional leadership and other key customers by performing analysis and effectively communicating key takeaways and recommendations
- Providing training to internal customers
- Performing other duties as assigned or required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance with MBA preferred, with 8 years of experience ideal
- Managerial experience preferred
- Experience in a professional services environment a plus
- Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; experience with Business Objects, HFM, Tableau, or Alteryx a plus
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Provide leadership, establish trust and credibility amongst all levels
- Ability to communicate well with all levels of staff; displays customer service-oriented behavior
- Attention to detail, well organized and able to set priorities
- Strong analytical ability and ability to use data to tell a story
- Ability to work effectively under narrow time limitation to produce accurate result
- Collaborative team player with strong interpersonal skills, willingness to pitch in and help out wherever needed, and proven ability to cooperate with people at all levels and build positive, lasting relationships
- Ability to analyze and present data in a meaningful way
- Ability to respect all BCG information as personal and confidential
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