EY
Manager, Finance Consulting (Finance Strategy & Transformation)

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At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.
Are you passionate about supporting organisations to set-up and improve their Finance and Global Business Services (GBS) through enterprise performance management, digital innovation, and developing creative solutions?
The opportunity
Finance Consulting works with clients to address mission critical issues for the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), creating value and delivering world-class future finance capabilities, leveraging the EY brand as impartial, trusted advisors.
You will work in multi-disciplinary teams for some of the biggest and most recognised corporate brands in the world, applying the latest technologies and analytical methods, to help drive their business performance and digital finance transformation agendas that make a real difference to our working world.
A growth area for us is Finance Strategy and Transformation – supporting companies in either taking their first steps to establish their shared services / global business services capability, or developing the maturity of existing Finance and GBS organisations. We support our clients across the full lifecycle of the transformation journey, including:
- Performing current-state diagnostics
- Developing a vision, strategy, and operating model
- Delivering an activity analysis, and creating a business case
- Crafting an integrated implementation roadmap
- Guiding location and sourcing model selection
- Designing and implementing future state processes and technologies (particularly across record-to-report, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, as well as financial planning and analytics)
- Shaping future organisation design
- Overseeing transition to future models
- Designing and implementing experience-led service management
- All encompassed by end-to-end programme management
Your key responsibilities
You will be either leading smaller projects or leading workstreams in larger projects, and responsible for delivery of the agreed work products outcomes, and building relationships at across all levels within client organisations. You will work with the client to understand their most critical business problems and priorities, consulting with your EY peers to evaluate, design, and deliver solution options that leverage cutting edge technologies.
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You will motivate and manage high performing diverse teams, aligned to EY’s values delivering exceptional client service preparing our clients for a digital future.
Skills and attributes for success
We are looking for professionals who are great communicators, team players, relationship builders with a real desire to learn.
Professional in your approach, you will have a natural ability to establish personal credibility with clients. You will also be highly organised, capable of coordinating your own workload and that of other team members, meeting deadlines, proactively managing risks and delivering quality outcomes.
A role model to those around you, you will live the values of the Firm daily, coaching and supporting the development of others.
You are expected to have technical knowledge and experience to deliver some of the components of a Finance and/or GBS programme as listed below:
- Conduct diagnostic activities to assess maturity of processes, technology, and people
- Develop future-state Finance and/or GBS vision, strategy, and high-level operating model
- Create a Finance and/or GBS transformation business case
- Assess potential locations for Finance and/or GBS centres
- Design future-state Finance and/or GBS and retained processes and organisation (including PTP, OTC and RTR)
- Develop a transformation implementation roadmap
- Implement the future-state processes and technologies
- Manage transition of activities into new locations (e.g. knowledge transfer)
- Lead design and implementation of new processes and organisation structures; being able to identify opportunities for technology
It is helpful if you understand and apply relevant technologies such as:
- Service Management Tools
- GenAI and Agentic AI
- Accounting Automation
- Consolidation and Reporting
…and importantly, understand the underlying role enterprise Data plays in all of the above
To qualify for the role you must have:
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A valid and certified professional accounting qualification
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Either:
- A background in management consulting
- Or, have delivered components of large scale transformation programmes in industry
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Proficiency in your chosen market or sector
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Experience of delivering change programmes within a finance function
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Proven ability to engage, manage and build senior relationships
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Strong client relationships


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Ideally, you'll also have experience of:
- Working in a Finance or GBS environment
- Ability to create solutions to technical problems
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to storyboard and create high quality outputs
- Excellent problem solving, facilitation, and presentation skills
- Track record of line managing professional services staff, including coaching and developing staff
What we look for
- Core consulting skills: client management, analysis, presentation and facilitation, commerciality
- Technical skills: strong technical insight, practical knowledge and capability in your specialist field
- Versatility: proven ability to adapt and learn in an innovative environment
- Market / sector knowledge: demonstrable market/sector expertise in your field
What we offer
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
- Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
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