Business Performance Improvement - FPM (Financial Services) Associate Director

You Belong Here 

The Protiviti Career provides the opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver. At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm. 

Where We Need You 

Protiviti is looking for a Business Performance Improvement Associate Director to join our growing Finance & Performance Management team.   

What You Can Expect: 

As an Associate Director, you'll partner with our clients to identify and manage finance transformation opportunities. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through using the latest tools and methods. You'll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery. You'll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans. 

What Will Help You Be Successful 

• You enjoy identifying areas of business risk and opportunities to improve process efficiencies and support more strategic and profitable client business decisions. 

• You have experience in driving finance transformation and developing financial analytics. 

• You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences. 

• You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members. 

• You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities. 

• You have interest in contributing to the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business. 

• You excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities. 

Do Your Talents Include the Following? 

• Overall knowledge of finance and accounting operations, financial frameworks, financial accounting systems and business intelligence tools.  

• An understanding of core business and finance processes such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial & Management Reporting, Treasury, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement, Fixed Assets, Inventory and Revenue. 

• Manage service excellence by identifying key client business issues, determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches, evaluating and validating analysis and developing recommendations for the client in the context of the overall engagement. 

• Strong understanding of shared services and global business services design and implementation. 

• Experience in evaluating existing business processes, recommending enhancements, and implementing changes. 

• Identifying key client business issues, determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches, evaluating and validating analysis and developing recommendations for the client in the context of the overall engagement. 

• Evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data. 

• Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives. 

• Collaborating with Protiviti and Talent Solutions colleagues to identify and deliver Managed Business Solutions (MBS) projects. 

• Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele. 

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline (e.g., Accounting, Finance, or Related Field).  

• 9+ years working in Consulting, FP&A, Financial Reporting, Assurance Services, or related field, either in professional services or industry. 

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio, Access, and Tableau / Power BI.  

Our Hybrid Workplace: 

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.