BCG—Finance Senior Manager - Global RTR process

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Description: Who We Are Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact. To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive. What You'll Do As part of the Global Finance Operations Services team, you will provide end-to-end leadership for Record-to-Report (RTR) operations, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, timeliness and compliance of financial accounting across multiple geographies. The scope includes general ledger accounting, period-end close, balance-sheet reconciliations and substantiation, fixed assets, lease and intangible accounting, intercompany processing, financial consolidation and reporting and related financial controls. You will be accountable for building a high-performing RTR organization with strong financial controllership, consistent global processes and clearly defined service and performance standards. Working closely with regional and local Finance teams and other key stakeholders, you will drive simplification, standardization, automation and continuous improvement while ensuring that accounting policies, controls and statutory requirements are consistently applied. As the function operates in a mature steady-state model, a key priority will be to improve close quality and efficiency, strengthen balance-sheet governance, enhance digital capabilities and identify opportunities to expand the scope and value delivered by the operations center. Roles and Responsibilities - Lead end-to-end RTR operations across general ledger, period-end close, balance-sheet reconciliations, financial statement preparation and consolidation, intercompany accounting, fixed assets, leases and intangibles. - Ensure accurate, timely and compliant month-, quarter- and year-end close and reporting, with strong focus on first-time-right quality, balance-sheet integrity and timely resolution of accounting issues. - Maintain strong financial controllership, ensuring adherence to accounting policies and standards, effective operation of financial controls, audit readiness and timely remediation of control deficiencies. - Oversee financial statement preparation and consolidation activities, including consolidation adjustments, intercompany eliminations and resolution of reporting issues. - Manage operational performance against agreed KPIs and service levels, using data and root-cause analysis to address recurring issues, improve quality and increase predictability. - Drive standardization, simplification and continuous improvement across RTR, leveraging technology and automation to improve quality, controls and productivity. - Act as the senior escalation point for RTR accounting and operational matters, partnering with Finance, Tax, Treasury, Risk, Technology and other teams to resolve issues effectively. - Build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders, including Senior Managers, Finance Directors and Heads of Finance, providing clear visibility of performance, risks, issues and improvement priorities. - Lead audit and risk-review readiness and ensure policies, procedures, controls and process documentation remain effective and current. - Lead and develop a team of approximately 10–14 RTR professionals, with accountability for capacity planning, performance, capability development, engagement and succession. - Support finance transformation and operating-model changes, ensuring effective implementation, knowledge transfer and transition into steady-state operations. What You'll Bring Education & Experience - Bachelor's/ Master’s degree in finance, Accounting or a related discipline. - Professional accounting qualification such as CA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CMA, ICWA or equivalent strongly preferred. - 14+ years of progressive Finance and Accounting experience, including significant experience in RTR operations and/or financial controllership within a complex multinational environment. - Demonstrated experience leading multi-entity and multi-geography RTR operations, including period-end close, general ledger accounting, balance-sheet governance, financial statement preparation and consolidation, intercompany accounting and financial controls. - Strong knowledge of IFRS and/or US GAAP, with experience applying accounting policies and control frameworks across multiple jurisdictions. - Proven experience improving close performance, accounting quality, controls and operational KPIs through process standardization, root-cause analysis and continuous improvement. - Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing teams within a GCC, GBS, global finance operations or shared-services environment. - Strong experience with enterprise finance platforms such as SAP, Oracle or similar ERP systems, including the use of automation, workflow, analytics and emerging AI capabilities to improve finance operations. - Experience supporting RTR transformation, migration, technology implementation or operating-model initiatives is preferred. Who You'll Work With We pride ourselves on a collaborative working environment and use digital tools to foster that collaboration across a global company. Global Finance & Operations Services aims to provide best-in-class operational excellence and execution through partnership, trust and credibility - providing a foundation for smooth finance operations, coordinated change and strong performance across individual processes with high service levels Additional info YOU'RE GOOD AT Technical and Functional Expertise - Strong financial accounting and end-to-end RTR expertise across general ledger, close, balance-sheet reconciliations, intercompany, fixed assets and financial controls. - Strong experience in financial statement preparation and consolidation, including consolidation adjustments, intercompany eliminations and review of financial information. - Sound knowledge of accounting standards, financial reporting requirements and financial controls, with the judgement to resolve complex accounting and operational issues. - Experience managing RTR operations across multiple entities and geographies within a GCC, GBS or shared-services environment. - Experience with ERP-enabled finance processes and the application of workflow, analytics and AI-based technologies to improve quality, controls and productivity. - Strong understanding of financial systems, data flows, chart of accounts, system hierarchies, mappings and interfaces supporting RTR processes. - Demonstrated experience improving RTR performance through standardization, simplification and continuous improvement. Leadership and Problem Solving - Strong people leader with experience managing and developing teams of approximately 10–14 professionals. - Able to set clear priorities, manage capacity and performance, coach team members and build capability and succession. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify root causes, exercise sound judgement and make effective decisions in complex situations. - Able to balance accounting, control and service requirements while delivering against demanding close and reporting timelines. - Comfortable leading through ambiguity and change, creating clarity and accountability for the team. Stakeholder Management and Communication - Strong stakeholder-management skills with the credibility to partner effectively with Senior Managers, Finance Directors and Heads of Finance. - Able to communicate accounting issues, operational performance, risks and required actions clearly and concisely to different audiences. - Effective at working across Finance, Tax, Treasury, Risk, Technology and transformation teams to resolve cross-functional issues. - Confident in constructively challenging stakeholders, managing competing expectations and escalating material issues when required. - Collaborative, pragmatic and service-oriented, with the ability to operate effectively in a global and matrixed environment. At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development. For this role, you will generally be expected to work from a BCG office or in person with clients on a regular basis (typically around 50% of working time), depending on business needs and in line with local policies and practices. We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. BCG is an E - Verify Employer. Click here for more information on E-Verify. Skills: record-to-report operations, financial statement preparation, ifrs, general ledger accounting, balance-sheet reconciliations, financial consolidation, us gaap, financial controls, intercompany accounting, fixed assets accounting, lease accounting, intangible assets accounting, root-cause analysis, process standardization, continuous improvement, erp systems, sap, oracle, team leadership, stakeholder management, problem solving, capacity planning, performance management, knowledge transfer, change management, data analytics, workflow automation, ai-based finance operations, financial reporting