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Level: Manager or equivalent
The Manager on the Ascend Financial Operations Team is responsible for leading portfolio-level financial management, governance, and strategic investment alignment across Ascend initiatives. This role partners closely with Finance, Product Leadership, Product Governance, and Global Member Firms to ensure financial transparency, disciplined investment planning, and alignment to strategic priorities. The Manager will provide thought leadership, oversee complex financial analyses, and present insights and recommendations to senior executive stakeholders.
Work you’ll do:
- Lead financial operations for the Ascend portfolio, providing end-to-end oversight of investment planning, budgeting, forecasting, and spend management across programs.
- Partner with Finance, Product Leadership, and Product Governance to align investments with strategic priorities and business outcomes.
- Own and evolve executive-level financial dashboards (PowerBI), ensuring accurate, real-time visibility into current and forecasted spend, allocations, and variances.
- Provide proactive financial reporting, insights, and recommendations to SteerCo and senior leadership, including US and Global Consulting CEOs.
- Evaluate and challenge business cases, ROI, and funding requests for new capabilities, enhancements, and initiatives.
- Lead portfolio-level financial governance, including investment reviews, variance management, and decision support.
- Support and oversee contracting efforts, including estimating and managing global costs to enable and sustain Global Member Firm partnerships.
- Guide and mentor Consultants and Senior Consultants, reviewing deliverables and ensuring quality, consistency, and timeliness.
- Drive continuous improvement of financial processes, reporting standards, and governance models across the Ascend ecosystem.
The team:
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Qualifications
Must Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications:
· 8 - 14 years of hands-on experience in building, managing, and enhancing PowerBI dashboards for executive audiences
· Strong executive presence with demonstrated experience drafting materials and delivering financial updates to senior stakeholders (including US and Global Consulting leadership)
· Proven experience leading portfolio-level investment planning, budgeting, and forecasting across multiple programs
· Strong capability in evaluating business cases, financial models, and ROI for new investments and enhancements
· Demonstrated ability to maintain real-time financial visibility and provide forward-looking insights on spend and funding risks
· Extensive experience providing financial transparency, governance, and reporting to SteerCo and executive leadership
· Governance and Operations: 2–5+ years
· Project Management Office (PMO): Advanced
Good to Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications:
- · Experience leading or reviewing Deloitte pricing models and financial estimates
- · Strong understanding of Deloitte firm financials, assets, and operating models, including Ascend
- · Demonstrated experience aligning financial investments to enterprise and strategic priorities
- · Experience operating in a global, matrixed environment with Global Member Firm stakeholders
- · Project Financials & Budget: Intermediate to Advanced
Education:
- · Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related discipline.