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GerrardWhite
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London, Greater London
Working Capital Executive
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Job Type: Full-time |
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Salary: £60,000 per annum |
Overview
The Role LI-P Our client is one of the market leading advisers in the "Working Capital" space and is part of the world's largest specialist cash and working capital advisory practice The cash and working capital team supports businesses in improving the effectiveness of their processes and commercial arrangements, in order to free cash that is tied up on the balance sheet. Focusing on sustainable change underpinned by Cash Forecasting and Reporting, they deliver value through measurable improvement. The team have experience supporting the complete spectrum of companies across multiple sectors or geographies, whether a successful business seeking to enhance shareholder value, or an organisation experiencing a cash crisis. Y our Key Responsibilities As a Senior Executive, you will take a project delivery role in addition to contributing to business development and team management. You will take responsibility for leading teams or part of teams on engagements, depending on the scale of the engagement. You will plan and execute tasks with the project team, inputting knowledge and subject matter expertise, coordinating the production of deliverables to the agreed timescale and communicating progress and any issues requiring escalation to the Senior Partners /Directors as required You will be supporting business development through activities such as sector benchmarking helping to identify potential new engagement opportunities and supporting the Assistant Director / Director/ Partner in pursuing them. As an influential member of the team, you will help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop. Skills Required for Success Displays a good understanding of the drivers of cash and liquidity performance and the potential opportunities that can be implemented to deliver sustainable performance improvement Able to synthesise complex issues, form initial hypothesis and identify the data required to confirm hypothesis Experienced at analysing information/ data, to solve problems and formulate views and conclusions Able to confidently present solutions, issues and findings in both a concise written and oral format Experienced at providing detailed practical advice on overcoming business issues/ challenges, including the implementation of cash and working capital opportunities Good project management skills, ensuring the quality and consistency of performance in every task, whilst working to tight deadlines Develop and maintain productive working relationships and manage the communication with day to day client contacts Assist with management of the financial aspects of engagements by preparing a budget, organizing resources, monitoring engagement economics and communicating the status to the project leaders Understand the capabilities of the firm, looking for opportunities to bring in other specialists and service lines to broaden engagements and achieve the best possible solution Identify potential sell-on opportunities and support the project leaders in pursuing these to broaden and extend live engagements Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training Restructuring professional Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills Ideal Candidates must have 3- years consulting experience on finance and operational performance, or in a role within industry on day to day cash and working capital management, treasury or working capital improvement programmes The ability to build strong relationships across the firm, and can actively participate in business development Appreciation of the risks inherent in advising businesses and their stakeholders Ideally, you'll also have Professional accountancy qualification Supply chain management, customer collections or Treasury (such as cash management, hedging financial risks, cash pooling) Whilst not necessary, preferred candidates will have European language skills Experience of visualisation tools including Tableau and Spotfire People development experience and can effectively supervise, coach and mentor staff Own network of contacts with work providers, or will understand how to build one In return they will offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance