Job description

Location: Remote anywhere in the United States, ideally in Chicago Travel: Up to 50%

Enabling What's Next Who We Are Established in 2004 as Techedge, with the addition of NIMBL in 2018, we have nearly 20 years of expertise that enabled us to become what we are today: Avvale! This led us to have a presence in 13 countries with 4,000 Consultants worldwide.

What We Do We partner with public and private companies to re-design their business models through the development of innovative and sustainable solutions. Our mission is to have a positive impact not only on our customers but the world we live in!

How we do it Through circular economy models we are bridging the gap between sustainability and profitability.

What you'll do on the team As a Lead EPM Consultant, you will be a key member of our Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) practice, working directly with finance and business leaders to design and evolve, and improve planning, forecasting and performance management processes with Pigment as a core enabling technology. This is a business led, client facing advisory role.

Beyond Pigment expertise, success requires a strong foundation of functional finance knowledge and ability to understand business drivers, frame the right questions, translate requirements into effective planning solutions and guide clients toward better decision making.

You will be responsible for:

• You will be involved across the full project lifecycle, from discovery and solution design through delivery and post-go-live support and will play a critical role in driving successful outcomes for both clients and the broader team.

• Partner with finance and business stakeholders to understand strategic objectives, performance drivers and planning challenges, and translate them into scalable EPM solutions using Pigment.

• Advise clients on EPM and planning best practices, planning maturity, and process design, helping them move beyond tool implementation toward value driven performance management.

• Act as a trusted advisor to finance leadership, confidently leading conversations, navigating complexity and constructively challenging assumptions when appropriate.

• Participate in presales activities, including solution framing, client discussions, and demonstrations focused on business outcomes rather than technical features.

• Lead by example and serve as a mentor within the practice by sharing Pigment and industry expertise, applying and reinforcing delivery best practices and maintaining clear, structured business process and requirements documentation.

• Support structured and on-time delivery by planning and tracking tasks, managing dependencies, and applying project management best practices at a workstream or engagement level.

What you'll bring to the team

• 7+ years of hands-on experience implementing EPM solutions like Pigment, Anaplan, SAC Planning, and/or Onestream, with a strong focus on planning and analytics solutions

• Strong functional understanding of FP&A, financial planning and forecasting, management and financial reporting, reconciliations process and financial close and consolidation

• Technical understanding of data modeling and field-to-field mapping, data conversion and validation, System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Experience supporting presales activities, including client workshops, demonstrations, and solution positioning

• Demonstrated ability to manage workstreams or smaller engagements, including task and deliverable planning, schedule and dependency management, supporting on-time and high-quality execution using project management fundamentals

• Ideally but not required: have a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Management Information Systems (MIS), IT, or a related field

Come with us

We are a dynamic team within a meritocratic context offering individualized professional career opportunities that allow you to use smart working practices to find work-life balance. With an eye towards future challenges and growth, you will have the opportunity to work alongside global experts to enhance your breadth of knowledge and increase your know-how!

Base salary range: 110k - 160k + Discretionary Annual Performance Bonus Potential

We offer a variety of benefits including but not limited to:

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, life and disability

• Employee Assistance Program

• Flexible vacation, 10 paid sick days and 8 paid holidays

• 401k with an employer match

• Paid parental leave