Director - Future of CFO in Banking (Finance Transformation)

The Opportunity

Capgemini is seeking a Director-level executive to

• Oversee the preparation of accurate and timely financial reports, ensuring the overall financial health of the bank.
• Lead initiatives to optimize the bank’s capital structure, manage costs effectively, and allocate financial resources to maximize performance.
• Run multiple financial scenarios to forecast potential outcomes under different market conditions, ensuring preparedness for various economic climates.
• Understand the role of fintech in transforming traditional banking models and drive the integration of innovative financial technologies.
• Advise clients on financial operating model redesign, digital finance, regulatory changes, and process automation.
• Identify new business opportunities within existing and prospective clients to support business development efforts.
• Collaborate with sales teams to create compelling proposals and responses to RFPs.
• Drive the sales cycle and secure new consulting engagements.
• Lead the development of offers and consulting assets to support pre-sales, GTM pursuits, and capability demonstrations.
• Work closely with the account team to understand customer and partner requirements and constraints.

This person will have

• Proven track record in leading strategic conversations with senior banking executives, including CxOs and VPs, particularly in the areas of financial transformation, planning, and technology implementation
• In-depth expertise in financial transformation, encompassing platform integration, digital finance solutions, and the optimization of financial planning and reporting, combined with advanced skills in financial reporting, capital optimization, and liquidity management.
• Proven experience in strategic decision-making, particularly in fast-changing and uncertain environments.
• Ability to drive innovation and technological transformation within financial operations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage at the senior leadership level.
• Expertise in managing teams, identifying talent, and fostering leadership development.

The candidate should have strong leadership skills with proven experience managing and developing high-performing risk management teams, and the ability to influence senior management and global teams on strategic risk decisions. The firm seeks not only a strong leader who can articulate a vision, but one who can also drive execution of that vision in a very concrete manner that results in tangible business outcomes (bookings, contribution margin, revenue, market recognition).

The role demands a high level of autonomy; a strong appetite to drive change and overcome organizational complexity; and a high level of drive to build a business from its current strong foundations to a potential billion-scale business.

Additional Responsibilities include:

• Deep understanding of financial systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, cloud technologies, and automation tools to guide clients through system selection, implementation, and integration.
• Excellent aptitude, problem-solving skills, and quick prototyping / proof -of-concept-creation skills.
• Build, nurture, and lead a high-performing finance team that is agile, skilled in technology, and adaptable to change
• Lead high-level discussions and consultations with CxOs, VPs, and other senior executives of banking clients, focusing on financial transformation strategies and the optimization of financial planning processes.
• Advise clients on comprehensive financial transformation strategies that align with their long-term business goals, leveraging advanced technologies and industry best practices

Our Ideal Candidate

He/She/They will have 18-20 years of experience in Finance Transformation with deep expertise in key areas such as Process Optimization, Technology Integration, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Liquidity Risk Management and Oversight and a strong project track record and demonstrated P&L contribution to sales.

• He/She/They should be willing to take on a committed engagement role or client-facing advisory/delivery responsibilities while implementing our offers/solutions with our local and/or global teams.
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field. MBA or other relevant certifications (e.g., CPA, CFA, CMA) are strongly preferred.

This person is motivated to deliver high-quality work to drive customer satisfaction. They use their intellect, insight, and ability to build creative solutions with clients and colleagues while embracing a collaborative mindset. Key qualifications include:

• Strong customer orientation, decision making, problem solving, communication and presentation skills
• Very good judgement skills and ability to shape compelling solutions and solve unstructured problems with assumptions
• Very good collaboration skills and ability to interact with multi-cultural and multi-functional teams spread across geographies
• Ability to think strategically while remaining detail-oriented, ensuring that both the big picture and day-to-day execution are aligned.
• Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset, with the ability to anticipate client needs and provide actionable insights.
• Superb leadership and team building skills with ability to build consensus and achieve goals through collaboration rather than direct line authority