Interim Head of Commercial Improvement (6 month FTC)

• Primary objective is to deliver the Firm's Commercial Agenda through the rollout of a global reporting PowerBI Dashboard and optimising the existing Profitability Tool.
• Spearhead the Change Management aspects of the initiative by driving tailored communication and partnering, fostering a culture of commerciality and innovation within our business.
• Broader objective is to manage the team to deliver the commercial roadmap - includes the Pricing Tool and Tagetik.
• Pricing Tool - drive full adoption globally for our Consulting practice and drive system integration from project set-up onwards to unlock revenue recognition and live project profitability insights directly from the Tool.
• Tagetik - manage the Group Finance Systems Manager to develop a clear roadmap and drive delivery. End objective is for Tagetik to be single-source of global MI and Reporting, surfaced through a PowerBI Dashbard.
• To drive adoption of commercial tools, improving commercial acumen and revenue leakage awareness throughout the consulting business..
• Collaborate with Partners across our geographies to proactively obtain a customer-focused output and ensure the tools are built with end-users in mind.
• Leading development of Commercial training, content creation and delivery of training courses, webinars and interactive virtual courses.
• Working with Learning & Development and regional teams as the Commercial training content development lead.
• Team up regularly with Regional Directors of Commercial Finance to drive local knowledge and build subject-matter expertise locally.
• Work with the Group FP&A team members to ultimately provide commercial insights that can be used in reporting to ExCo and Partners.

• Manage the team members responsible for data integrity and data flows to ensure that the information surfaced in the live Dashboards is robust and aligned with the expectations in the field

• Ad hoc group commercial requests

• Understanding for how a consulting business works
• Proven success in a project delivery role for change and learning, understanding how to achieve organisational change
• Problem solving: Takes the initiative to proactively resolve issues
• Innovation and creativity: Uses creativity to think outside the box and encourages others to do the same
• Applied thinking: Adapts knowledge and analysis to provide effective Solutions
• Results oriented: Focuses on delivery, shows drive to achieve high standards and strives to exceed expectations
• An excellent communicator, comfortable presenting to a group and giving opinions to senior group discussions
• A self starter, keen to take ownership and is proactive
• Seasoned professional, ideally with professional services background
• Strong staff management skills. Including the ability to develop individuals to reach their potential and deal with underperformance if required
• Team player, with exceptional interpersonal skills, able to work with a diverse and broad range of stakeholders across the organisation. Demonstrable ability to influence
• Good written and oral communication skills, able to communicate clearly, concisely, accurately and in ways that promote understanding, to both finance and non-finance specialists
• Strong influencing skills, able to challenge stakeholders at all levels when needed
• Strong finance system skills, including excel and using and developing reporting tools
• Ability to work flexibly with conflicting demands so that work is scheduled in order to meet changing priorities and deadlines. Ability to plan and organise own workload effectively and get things done
• Excellent computer skills (MS Word, PowerPoint, advanced Excel modelling)
• Highly organised individual
• Group role experience
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) and evidence of continuous professional development

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process

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