RSM UK Deal Services
Finance Transformation Senior Consultant
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Finance Transformation Senior Consultant
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About RSM
As one of the world's largest networks of audit, tax, and consulting firms, RSM delivers big ideas and premium service to help middle-market businesses thrive. We are a fast-growing firm with ambitious goals—aiming to become the premium adviser to the middle market, globally.
Driven by our vision, we're committed to inspiring and motivating ourselves every day to improve. If you're looking for a firm where you can build a future and make a tangible impact, RSM is the place for you.
About the Role
At RSM, our consulting team combines diverse advisory experts to offer six core solutions: business transformation, forensic, deal services, restructuring, finance function support, and risk and governance. Our team delivers solutions tailored to address our clients’ unique needs and challenges, helping them achieve their goals in areas like:
- Global expansion
- Acquisition strategies
- Private equity investments
- Risk and governance management with boards
We prioritise data-driven insights, high-quality execution, and simplicity to empower clients in building sustainable, future-fit businesses.
Currently, we are growing our team, embracing digital-first approaches, and building deeper client relationships. One of our key practice areas is the Business Transformation team, which focuses on operational improvements across strategy, technology, finance, innovation, and people.
Finance Transformation Opportunity
The Finance Transformation team—which operates within our Business Transformation Consulting practice—is seeking an experienced professional to join our growing team.
The Shift in Finance
Over recent years, traditional back-office functions like Finance have evolved significantly in both what they deliver and how they operate. CFOs now face increased complexity and a constantly changing business environment, demanding they:
- Drive enterprise performance
- Guide strategic direction and growth
- Manage an efficient and effective finance function
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As a result, Finance teams must become more agile, streamlined, and efficient to deliver accurate, reliable, insightful financial information. However, many CFOs struggle to keep up with these changes.
At RSM, we partner with CFOs to design and implement future-ready finance operating models. We:
- Understand our clients’ businesses, visions, and needs
- Assess and deploy pragmatic solutions to elevate finance teams
- Strengthen effectiveness and enable them to serve their businesses better
- Modernise finance digital footprints
Key Responsibilities
- Establishing trust and credibility with clients quickly while building effective working relationships
- Serving as a problem solver, creative thinker, and self-starter, handling multiple priorities
- Working closely in teams to deliver value-driven transformation projects
- Contributing to client proposals and presentations, and acting as a trusted advisor when identifying and solving business challenges
- Managing engagements that prioritise organisational growth and adaptability
Requirements
To succeed in this role, you will need:
- A Finance qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AAT) (desirable but not essential)
- Solid PQE experience with an established portfolio of work, ideally in professional services
- A strong academic background with a relevant or business-focused degree (e.g., finance, accounting, business management, or data analytics)
- Proven knowledge of finance processes across:
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
- Record-to-Report (R2R)
- Procure-to-Pay (P2P)
- Order-to-Cash (O2C)
- Ability to use good-practice principles to identify process gaps, analyse their impact, and work with senior team members to propose solutions
- Experience working in cross-functional project teams, managing stakeholders, and driving change in complex environments
- Demonstrated experience with project management, delivering transformation initiatives on time and within budget
- Effective written and oral communication and presentation skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas for non-technical stakeholders
- Strong client relationships management skills
- The ability to collaborate in both virtual teams and independently
- A proactive, organised, and self-motivated approach
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Technical Skills
- High proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint
Benefits
We recognise that our people are our most important assets and offer a flexible reward and benefits package to support both professional growth and well-being:
- Hybrid and flexible working options
- 26 days of paid holiday (with options to purchase additional days)
- Lifestyle, health, and wellbeing benefits, including:
- Financial wellbeing resources
- Access to a free electric car scheme
- A virtual GP service
- An on-demand course library with 300+ training opportunities from our internal Talent Development team
Diversity & Inclusion
At RSM, we foster a sense of belonging where all identities, backgrounds, and cultures feel valued. We believe diverse teams bring richer ideas and greater insights, ensuring we authentically understand—and serve—our clients' needs.
This means:
- Creating a firm culture that embraces difference and strengthens inclusion
- Helping teams reflect the broad diversity seen in today’s client base
Our mission is clear: promoting a firm that celebrates uniqueness and strengthens collective impact. You are part of that story.
At RSM, the future of finance transformation is built on passion and precision. If you stand out as a well-rounded, results-driven, and relationship-focused professional, we’d love to hear from you.
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