Finance Transformation Associate Director - Lead Controls

Overview

Associate Director - Business Consulting, Finance Transformation

Location:

London - hybrid working
Salary:
Competitive, based on experience

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an audit-trained finance transformation professional to join a leading global professional services firm as an Associate Director within its Business Consulting practice. Robert Walters is partnering with this business to recruit a senior leader with a strong assurance, controls, and governance background.

This role is suited to candidates who began their careers in external audit or audit-led advisory, and who have since built a strong track record delivering large-scale finance transformation programmes. You will work with ambitious, growth-focused organisations, helping them modernise finance functions, strengthen control environments, and implement sustainable operating models. The role combines client leadership, team development, and business development responsibilities.

As an Associate Director in Finance Transformation, you will act as a trusted advisor to CFOs and senior finance leaders, leading complex consulting engagements from diagnostic through to implementation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading end-to-end finance transformation programmes with a strong controls and governance focus
• Designing and delivering finance diagnostics, maturity assessments, and workshops
• Developing future-state finance operating models, process maps, and control frameworks
• Advising clients on best-practice finance processes across Record to Report, P2P, O2C and Financial Controls
• Managing and coaching consulting teams, including performance management and development
• Building senior client relationships and contributing to long-term account growth
• Leading proposal development, pitches, and wider business development activity
• Supporting ERP and digital finance initiatives (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Workday, automation)
• Managing multiple work streams while maintaining high delivery and quality standards

This role is specifically aimed at audit-trained professionals with subsequent transformation or advisory experience.

You will have:

• Audit-trained qualification (ACA preferred; ACCA considered with strong audit background)
• Proven experience delivering finance transformation or finance advisory engagements
• Strong grounding in financial controls, risk, governance, and regulatory environments
• Experience designing or assessing finance target operating models
• Confidence facilitating senior-level workshops and executive discussions
• Demonstrable people leadership and coaching capability
• Experience contributing to and winning consulting proposals
• A structured, analytical, and solutions-focused mindset
• Interest in digital finance tools and emerging technologies

You'll join a firm known for its collaborative culture, accessible leadership, and strong commitment to professional development. Flexible working is embedded, alongside clear progression to Director level.

• Competitive salary and cash allowance
• 27 days' holiday plus seasonal allowance
• Private healthcare and wellbeing support
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Flexible benefits and lifestyle options
• Electric car salary sacrifice and cycle-to-work schemes

If you are an audit-trained finance transformation professional looking to step into a senior consulting leadership role, please apply directly or email kay.edle@robertwalters with your CV.

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