Performance Improvement & Restructuring – Working Capital - Consultant
Join our team of Strategy & Transactions professionals to help guide Deloitte client service teams through some of the critical moments and transformational initiatives. From strategy to execution, this team helps deliver integrated support covering valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design and transformation, infrastructure and real estate, M&A, and sustainability. Work alongside teams every step of the way, helping them navigate new challenges, avoid financial pitfalls, and support in providing practical insights at certain stages of their journey—before, during, and after any major transformational projects or transactions.
Position Summary
Level : Consultant or equivalent
As an experienced Consultant at Deloitte Consulting, you will be responsible for individually delivering high quality work products within due timelines. Need-basis you will be mentoring and/or directing junior team members/liaising with onsite/offshore teams to understand the functional requirements.
Work you’ll do:
As a Consultant, you will be responsible for owning and delivering workstreams, managing client interactions independently, and leveraging your experience to build your network.
• Manage data, curate insights, and deliver robust analytics to highlight key business issues and inform the project team and client where potential areas improvement exist.
• Use our proprietary solutions to deliver agile, highly interactive reporting and analytics that help our clients run their business more effectively.
• Prepare detailed analysis of transaction level detail to identify working capital improvement opportunities.
• Advise clients by identifying, evaluating and prioritizing actionable improvements to free up significant cash. opportunities from working capital across the Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay and Forecast-to-Fulfill processes
• Assess process maturity across the Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay and Forecast-to-Fulfill processes and identify areas for improvement.
• Identify areas for improvement in cash flow optimization and forecasting practices.
• Assist in implementing processes and create frameworks to sustain tactical improvements across Operational Processes, Working Capital & Cash Management and Forecasting.
The team:
Performance Improvement & Restructuring (PI&R) team delivers large, complex engagements that identify, design, and implement innovative solutions to support performance improvement, margin transformation, and restructuring programs. These programs typically accompany structural changes in a client's business and operating model.
We evaluate and improve a company's working capital management by benchmarking performance, analyzing data, and developing a strategic roadmap for enhancement. Additionally, we help execute and sustain strategies that optimize accounts receivable, accounts payable, and inventory processes, leveraging advanced solutions to ensure ongoing liquidity and operational efficiency.
Qualifications
Must Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications:
• 1-2 years of relevant experience for Consultants
• Understanding of accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, and their impact on cash flow.
• Supporting the development and maintenance of cash flow forecasts and liquidity models.
• Ability to assess process maturity across the Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay and Forecast-to-Fulfill processes & prioritize actionable improvements to free up cash.
• Familiarity with metrics such as Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), Days Payable Outstanding (DPO), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC), Weighted Average Terms (WAT), Weighted Average days to collect (WADTC), Weighted Average days to Pay (WADTP) etc.
• Demonstrated knowledge of advanced business analytics and data mining solutions & strong working knowledge of data structures and database design.
• Ability to interpret financial statements, cost structures, and operational data, experienced in Excel modeling, basic statistics, and financial calculations.
• Tools –
- Advanced formulas, pivot tables, and data visualization in excel
- Creating clear, executive-level presentations in PowerPoint
- Basic familiarity with Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, QlikView or similar data management tools
• Ability to prioritize & manage multiple workstreams and deadlines while ensuring accuracy in analysis and deliverables.
• Experienced in change management, project documentation (charters, and decision logs) & ensuring compliance.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
Good to Have Skills/Project Experience/Certifications
• Consulting Background
• Performance Improvement & Restructuring Advisory Experience
• Turnaround / Transformation project experience
Education:
• MBA is preferred. Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science
Location:
• Bengaluru/Hyderabad
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