Job Description

Unit4 Principal Finance Consultant
Location: Home Based
Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 (+ bonus, benefits)

Skills: Unit4 Finance Implementation experience, Excellent communication / Consultancy skills, CMA, CFA, CFP or similar qualifications, team leadership experience

We are looking to recruit a Unit4 Principal Finance Consultant, with experience of implementing Unit4, for a leading software consultancy. As a Principal Finance Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in leading a team of Consultants while actively contributing to project delivery.

This is still a 'delivery' focused role and 80% of your time will be focused on working as a Senior Consultant on Unit4 Finance Implementation projects.

The other 20% of your time is focused on managing the team. Previous management / team leader experience is highly desirable.

This is a fully remote role with travel to customer sites for projects (approximately once or twice a month).

Key Responsibilities:

• Team Leadership: Lead a team of 8 Consultants, providing guidance and support to ensure successful project delivery.
• Hands-On Role: Engage in hands-on project delivery, leading system design workshops, providing application consultancy, and guiding customers through all stages of the Finance implementation process.
• Solution Design: Provide expertise in business sector and application design, overseeing and coordinating the work of workstream consultants and build consultants as required.
• Customer Relationship Management: Develop and maintain excellent customer relationships, acting as a trusted advisor and delivering high-quality solutions to meet business objectives.
• Pre-Sales Support: Assist with the pre-sales process, supporting the development of new business proposals, delivery of demonstrations, and client meetings when required.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Scope Management: Ensure solutions remain within the agreed scope of the project, raising any potential scope creep to the Project Manager and managing client expectations.
• Mentorship and Development: Lead, support, and mentor team members, identifying development needs and facilitating continuous personal growth.
• Knowledge Sharing: Stay up-to-date with Finance industry and product knowledge, promoting best practices and providing support and guidance to all departments as needed.

Essential Skills:

• Customer Relationship Building: Ability to develop and maintain excellent customer relationships, acting as a trusted advisor.
• Team Leadership: Experience in leading teams, ensuring efficient project delivery and team development.
• Deadline Management: Ability to work to deadlines and tight timescales, ensuring project milestones are met.
• Finance Software Implementation: Demonstrable experience of implementing Finance software solutions, delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Presentation Skills: Excellent presentation skills, capable of delivering to all levels including senior stakeholders and C-level audience.
• Organisational Skills: Highly organised with excellent attention to detail, ensuring thorough project management.
• Initiative and Flexibility: Ability to work under own initiative as well as part of a team, adaptable with a can-do attitude.

Desirable Skills:

• Professional Qualifications: CMA, CFA, CFP or similar qualifications, enhancing expertise in the finance domain.
• Quality Management: Understanding of ISO9001 QMS systems and quality management processes, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Consultancy Soft Skills: Training in consultancy soft skills, facilitating effective client engagement and communication.
• Commercial Awareness: Good commercial awareness, understanding business needs and aligning solutions accordingly.
• Project Delivery Experience: Experience working as part of a multi-disciplined project delivery team, ensuring collaboration and synergy.
• Methodology Understanding: Understanding of implementation methodologies such as Prince2, PMI, enhancing project management capabilities.