Assurance FAAS Finance Optimisation Manager London, Reading or Manchester

UKI Assurance - FAAS Finance Optimisation - Manager - London Reading or Manchester

The opportunity
Are you an Accountant or Finance professional that enjoys solving complex problems using innovative and new solutions

The world around us is changing through Generative AI transforming our daily work and a changing macroeconomic climate. Our clients are going through significant change as a result of new compliance requirements transformation and business needs.

Our Finance Optimisation team within our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) practice supports CFO and finance functions in navigating through and solving complex Accounting Finance & Reporting challenges through better use of policies processes data and technology- enabling Finance functions to deliver value to the business.

Your key responsibilities:

We are recruiting for a Manager within the team who is confident in navigating unstructured changing dynamics and relishes the use of innovative new solutions and technologies in solving problems.

As a Manager you will be offering valuable insight and advice to clients in supporting them in making strategic and operational decisions about their businesses.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Manage end-to-end delivery of projects (physical and virtual) assessing engagement risks and opportunities driving the right outcomes for our clients
• Develop exceptional reports & presentations (PowerPoint Word etc.) for project deliverables capturing problem statements and solutions/ recommendations for our clients
• Manage internal financial quality and risk management on client projects
• Manage your own and FAAS teams development of functional and technical skills by establishing a culture of highest performing teams and inclusive behaviours
• Manage and lead business development activities for new and existing clients developing the delivery of high-quality proposals
• Build strong internal and external networks to bring collaboration for EY clients
• Create an environment that encourages and drives innovation based on experience with the client market service line functional group and EY

To qualify for the role you must have:

• An accountancy qualification (e.g. ACA CPA ACCA CIMA) or equivalent
• Financial Reporting and/or an Assurance/audit background
• Extensive experience working in assurance consulting or transformational roles within Big 4 Consulting firms and/or industry
• Experience in one or more of the below:
• Accounting Finance and Reporting related processes gained through Big 4 Consulting or industry environment e.g.:
• Record-to-Report (R2R) Financial & Non-financial Reporting
• Financial Close Consolidation and Reporting
• Experience in Business and Finance Transformation & Change programmes; managing senior stakeholders across Finance and the business identifying improvement/optimisation opportunities and enabling and influencing client decision-making
• Process Risks and Controls design implementation and testing experience over Financial Operational and Reporting processes using leading practice frameworks (e.g. COSO SOx)
• Data analytics including utilisation of technology to be able to automate extraction preparation and presentation of information to present to senior stakeholders including use of data warehousing ETL and visualisation solutions
• Finance systems application design build and implementation e.g. ERP (e.g. SAP Oracle) EPM (e.g. SAC CCH Tagetik) and/or other reporting automation solutions (e.g. BlackLine)

Other relevant experience may include whilst not limited to:

• Accounting and Regulatory change (e.g. Corporate Reform SOx)
• Experience of Finance Data and architecture including general ledger subledgers master data structures data objects etc.
• Experience of wider finance related processes including elements within Order-to-Cash (O2C) Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Experience of non-financial reporting including ESG reporting and relevant regulatory frameworks
• Internal finance function experience in Financial Reporting roles

What we look for

Were interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role so youll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If youre serious about your career with us and ready to take on some of our clients most complex issues this role is for you.

What we offer

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we will consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career. Our client-facing professionals are required to travel regularly and at times be based at client sites.

We offer a competitive remuneration package. 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: Youll develop the mindset and skills to navigate your career
• Success as defined by you: Well provide the tools and flexibility so you can make a meaningful impact.
• Transformative leadership:Well give youtheinsights coaching and confidence to be a leader.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: Youll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you fully meet the criteria above please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. Shape your future with confidence!

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Please note: Prior to finalizing your application you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working ask because it matters!