About YCP Group

YCP is a Singapore-headquartered management consulting firm founded in 2011. Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market (JDR listing, December 2021), YCP operates with 700+ professionals across 20+ offices globally. In Asia, YCP is present across 13+ cities including Tokyo, Singapore, Jakarta, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Ho Chi Minh City, and Shanghai.　The Management Service Division (MSD) delivers three core service offerings: Advisory (strategy consulting), PMO (project management), and Transaction (M&A advisory). With a track record of 3,000+ projects and 500+ clients across the Asia-Pacific, YCP combines deep local market knowledge with cross-border execution capability.

YCP covers 13 industry sectors including Automotive & Mobility, Energy & Natural Resources, Healthcare, Consumer & Retail, Financial Services, Technology, Industrials, and Private Equity & Investors. Our core strengths lie in cross-border transactions, M&A, and digital transformation, underpinned by on-the-ground presence and networks that global firms cannot replicate.

Why YCP

• Unparalleled autonomy and ownership — While many consulting environments follow a hierarchical progression before individuals lead engagements , at YCP, you own your scope, deliver under your own name, and build your reputation from day one. You define what you work on, how you deliver it, and what comes next.

• Accelerated path to Partner — Career progression in consulting is often time-bound and tenure-driven. At YCP, top performers can reach Partner in under 5 years. The level of discretion and speed is in a different league.

• SEA × Japan: a unique positioning — While cross-border engagements are often one of many focus areas in consulting, YCP is deeply specialized at the intersection of Southeast Asia and Japan as our core business — and we are positioned to be the #1 firm in this segment.

• Entrepreneurial way of working — End-to-end ownership from proposal to delivery. You can design new service lines, launch in new countries, and build what doesn’t exist yet. This is a culture where you create your own opportunities.

• Cross-border, multi-country engagements — Working across multiple countries on a single project is the norm, not the exception. You develop both on-the-ground market instinct and strategic perspective through daily collaboration with multinational teams.

Analyst

Operational Transformation Division | SEA | Strategy & Management Consulting

Level

Junior

Experience

Up to 3 years

Who you will work with

We are a diverse international team of extremely talented and capable individuals who work together to exceed the clients' expectations, on every element of every contract. It's our #Changemakers that have made the Renoir Group the success that it is today. As a business with an instinct for delivery and improvement, Renoir is always aware that we must constantly look towards the future and develop the talent that will drive the business forward. It's vital to recruit, develop, reward and inspire the people whose ideas, ambitions and energy constantly refresh Renoir's competitive edge.

What you will do

As a Project Manager you will be directly involved in managing and delivering large scale transformation programs and projects for Group Finance functions across our clients. You will work alongside clients to optimize the structure of their Group Finance function and transform their contribution to the business. Key to many of our Finance Transformation engagements is the identification, evaluation and deployment of the right strategy, processes, structure and technology to support our clients’ business objectives.

The ideal candidate will have a general understanding of the Finance area across the entire spectrum of its functions: Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), General Ledger (GL), Cash Management, Management Accounting and high-level understanding of Procurement with a proven track record and ability of assessing and driving improvements.

You will:

• Help to define the business strategy for our clients, identify future business needs and corresponding services.
• Identify pain points, improvements, opportunities and solutions to improve the different business functions of our clients.
• Applying subject expertise in evaluating and document business operations and processes.
• Analysing work processes, systems, organizational function, and structures using interviews, observation, data and techniques to determine where and how to improve the function.
• Support the mapping and re-engineering of processes and SOP’s from L1-L4.
• Support in the identification of best-fit digital solutions.
• Creation and definition of the Transformation Roadmap.
• Manage projects and cross-functional teams across Finance, Operations functions, IT, and other relevant business functions.
• Lead teams in performing current state documentation, gap analysis, requirements gathering, future state design, and implementation across the organizational, process, technology (financial systems) and data dimensions.
• Manage projects through creating, coordinating, and maintaining an integrated project plan as well as using project management tools.
• Serve as liaison between client, project team, development team, and other stakeholders.
• Identify and resolve issues, risks, and project team conflicts.
• Manage teams and individuals by tracking and directing performance against objectives, ensuring the project team delivers project requirements on time.

Job requirements

Skills in:

• Finance Transformation: processes, structure, reporting, digital solutions.
• Group Finance processes, industry KPI development, customer profitability, capital allocation and more.
• Operational Finance: Close, consolidation and reporting, order to cash; procure to pay, record to report, finance applications and data structures.
• Operating Model Optimization: Targeted process optimization, operating framework and organization design.
• Experience on Digital Transformation: Digital Solutions for Finance functions, Robotic process automation, AI/cognitive automation, data analytics and visualizations.

As well as:

• 8+ years of professional services experience in a client facing role at a leading consulting firm, Big Four accounting firm, or commensurate experience or Project Management experience in an international organization supporting the delivery of Finance transformation related projects. This background is a critical differentiator among interested candidates.
• Experience leading a project team and the ability to lead key requirement workshops with clients, successfully manage project activities and oversee the go-live of different projects.
• Master’s degree (or higher) in accounting, finance, project management, or a similar business or technical discipline.
• Understanding of digital technologies and the impact on Group Finance functions and their processes including analytical tools, AI, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate with clients, document requirements, and articulate the value proposition and business case for various finance transformation solutions
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in Bahasa and in English.