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In an increasingly challenging environment marked by disruptive tech like AI, market uncertainty, and regulatory change, finance and global business services leaders recognize the opportunity to better serve the enterprise, shareholders, customers, and regulators.

Deloitte helps navigate this complexity by bringing deep industry insights and integrated solutions to achieve business objectives. From strategy to technology to operations, and across workforce, risk, assurance, and tax, Deloitte helps drive value along the Finance Transformation journey.

Recruiting for this role ends on 09/14/2026.

Work you'll do

As a Finance Analytics & AI Senior Consultant, you'll work with the best in the business to solve the toughest client problems. From learning to leadership, this is your chance to take your career to the next level. Our Senior Consultants are expected to contribute to the firm's growth and development in a variety of ways.

• Support the design and delivery of finance transformation solutions that use data, automation, machine learning, and generative and agentic AI capabilities
• Architect generative and agentic AI solutions across infrastructure, model, and application layers for finance use cases such as planning, budgeting, forecasting, profitability, close, and consolidations
• Analyze business, functional, and technical requirements and translate them into solution designs, workflows, and implementation plans
• Develop and support data, analytics, and AI assets using Python, Structured Query Language (SQL), and cloud-based platforms
• Contribute to client workshops, solution demos, testing, deployment activities, and stakeholder communications
• Identify delivery risks, track dependencies, and support project execution across cross-functional teams

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

Deloitte's Finance Transformation offering helps finance and global business services leaders navigate an increasingly challenging environment marked by disruptive tech like AI, market uncertainty, and regulatory change, and recognize the opportunity to better serve the enterprise, shareholders, customers, and regulators.

Within our Finance Transformation offering, the Business Finance team helps unlock strategic value through enhanced financial planning, forecasting, and analytics capabilities. By combining next-generation processes, scalable data platforms, and AI, we deliver insights that are accurate, timely, and actionable.

Qualifications

Required:

• 4+ years of experience delivering analytics, machine learning, automation, data, or generative and agentic AI solutions
• Experience using Python and Structured Query Language (SQL) to develop analytics, machine learning, data engineering, or automation solutions in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure environments
• Experience architecting generative and agentic AI solutions across infrastructure, model, and application layers, including one or more of the following infrastructure platforms: NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure; one or more of the following model platforms: GPT-4o, Claude, or Llama; and one or more of the following application platforms: ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
• Experience working with finance data and use cases related to planning, budgeting, forecasting, close, profitability, or cost allocations
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Analytics, Finance, Mathematics, or Statistics
• Experience deploying machine learning or generative and agentic AI solutions into production environments
• Experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, Snowflake, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn
• Experience with finance platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Anaplan, OneStream, or Workday
• Experience with Tableau or Microsoft Power BI

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $116,200-$229,100.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

In an increasingly challenging environment marked by disruptive tech like AI, market uncertainty, and regulatory change, finance and global business services leaders recognize the opportunity to better serve the enterprise, shareholders, customers, and regulators.

Deloitte helps navigate this complexity by bringing deep industry insights and integrated solutions to achieve business objectives. From strategy to technology to operations, and across workforce, risk, assurance, and tax, Deloitte helps drive value along the Finance Transformation journey.

Recruiting for this role ends on 09/14/2026.

Work you'll do

As a Finance Analytics & AI Senior Consultant, you'll work with the best in the business to solve the toughest client problems. From learning to leadership, this is your chance to take your career to the next level. Our Senior Consultants are expected to contribute to the firm's growth and development in a variety of ways.

• Support the design and delivery of finance transformation solutions that use data, automation, machine learning, and generative and agentic AI capabilities
• Architect generative and agentic AI solutions across infrastructure, model, and application layers for finance use cases such as planning, budgeting, forecasting, profitability, close, and consolidations
• Analyze business, functional, and technical requirements and translate them into solution designs, workflows, and implementation plans
• Develop and support data, analytics, and AI assets using Python, Structured Query Language (SQL), and cloud-based platforms
• Contribute to client workshops, solution demos, testing, deployment activities, and stakeholder communications
• Identify delivery risks, track dependencies, and support project execution across cross-functional teams

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

Deloitte's Finance Transformation offering helps finance and global business services leaders navigate an increasingly challenging environment marked by disruptive tech like AI, market uncertainty, and regulatory change, and recognize the opportunity to better serve the enterprise, shareholders, customers, and regulators.

Within our Finance Transformation offering, the Business Finance team helps unlock strategic value through enhanced financial planning, forecasting, and analytics capabilities. By combining next-generation processes, scalable data platforms, and AI, we deliver insights that are accurate, timely, and actionable.

Qualifications

Required:

• 4+ years of experience delivering analytics, machine learning, automation, data, or generative and agentic AI solutions
• Experience using Python and Structured Query Language (SQL) to develop analytics, machine learning, data engineering, or automation solutions in Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure environments
• Experience architecting generative and agentic AI solutions across infrastructure, model, and application layers, including one or more of the following infrastructure platforms: NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure; one or more of the following model platforms: GPT-4o, Claude, or Llama; and one or more of the following application platforms: ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
• Experience working with finance data and use cases related to planning, budgeting, forecasting, close, profitability, or cost allocations
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available.

Preferred:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Analytics, Finance, Mathematics, or Statistics
• Experience deploying machine learning or generative and agentic AI solutions into production environments
• Experience with Databricks, Apache Spark, Snowflake, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or scikit-learn
• Experience with finance platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Anaplan, OneStream, or Workday
• Experience with Tableau or Microsoft Power BI

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $116,200-$229,100.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.