Assurance - FAAS - Senior Manager - Bengaluru, India - EY

Description

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Position Summary
Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) professionals provides advisory services including Accounting and regulatory support for accounting change and special matters; accounting processes and controls support.

Within EY FAAS practice, the Finance Transformation Experts team build and develop client relationship with our regional stakeholders. We are part of an integrated global network of professionals who develop, design and optimise client service business processes for efficiency and high performance. We leverage and improve various frameworks, methodologies, solutions specific to our offerings and articulate presentations that communicate proposals, strategies, plans and outcomes.

We are looking for an experienced professional to join EY FAAS team to help drive growth and manage delivery teams, bring subject matter expertise in Finance Transformation solutions.

The Senior Manager should be competent manage a portfolio of clients and be responsible for the timeliness and quality of the work as per EY Global Standards for our FAAS team. While the Senior Manager will be based out of our Gurugram or Bengaluru offices, the individual will be responsible for supporting EY practices and clients across the Global Market. Also, the individual may be required to travel to other countries (short-term) for executing the client engagements.

Primary Responsibilities
The Senior Manager will manage teams of FAAS professionals during engagements covering a broad spectrum of areas. The individual will be responsible for the following tasks:

• Act as a subject matter expert for one or more Finance Transformation solutions, including:

• Subject matter expert for streamlining and improvement of existing processes

• Process design skills – able to critically review existing processes; make recommendations for rationalisation and improvement

• Support technology led enterprise transformation projects for our clients

• Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive finance transformation strategy aligned with the organization's goals and objectives

• Provide strategic recommendations to senior management, leveraging the individual's expertise and experience, on utilizing new technologies, automation, and digitization to drive innovation and transform the finance function

• Identify key areas of improvement within the finance function and lead initiatives to streamline processes, optimize systems, and enhance overall performance

• Drive financial statement close optimization engagements, by providing assistance in areas including chart of accounts rationalisation, journal entries rationalisation, inter-company process optimization, month end close optimization etc. by leveraging best industry practices

• Process optimization experience in process areas like Order to Cash (O2C), Procure to Pay (P2P), Hire to Retire (H2R) and Treasury etc.

• Evaluate and assess vendor solutions, conducting vendor evaluations and recommending suitable options for System implementation

• Lead change management efforts to ensure smooth adoption and integration of new processes, technologies, and ways of working

• Develop a robust performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor and track the finance function's progress and effectiveness, using the individual's expertise in performance management

• Provide training, coaching, and guidance to finance team members, and assist them in understanding and engaging in the finance transformation journey

• Lead project management activities, including project planning, resource allocation, and monitoring project progress

• Maintain relationships with the client's management in order to manage the expectations of service

• Account management, business development on select accounts

• Provide support in responding to Requests for Quotation (RFQs), preparing proposals, and participating in client discussions.

• Active participation in the creation and maintenance of an environment that enables the team to manage delivery effectively and achieve highest quality

Qualifications, skills and experience

To qualify, candidates must have:

• Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA (US), ACCA (UK) or MBA with 10+ years of relevant experience

• Knowledge of Finance domain and preferably a large network in this field

• Improve data and analytics capabilities to transform finance processes and understanding of value drivers

• Experience on Finance transformation, process optimisation projects including R2R, O2C, P2P and other finance processes

• Knowledge of various data visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI

• Knowledge of SAP and other leading ERPs, reporting tools like Blackline, Trintech, Hyperion etc

• Knowledge of consolidation, reporting, inter-company and ERP data structures

• Have experience in current state analysis (As is), future state analysis (To be), process optimization, data optimization, data analytics, data management

• Proficiency in financial software applications and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, utilizing the individual's skills to lead and assist in leveraging technology for finance transformation

• Knowledge of latest technology landscape, trends and solutions

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills

• Strong training and mentoring skills

• Ability to manage a team and to establish credibility as a trusted advisor with clients

• Strong executive presence and ability to interface with all levels of management (EY and clients)

• Strong project management and organizational experience

• Fluent written and verbal communication and presentation

• Willingness to work in a global environment where travel is regularly required for several clients

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