Innovation Experience Manager jobs at Ey in Portugal, Lisbon

Your key responsibilities

• Manage multiple technical and advisory Tax projects, focused on Indirect Tax, to a wide range of clients;
• Team management;
• Identify and sell opportunities for indirect tax advisory, refund and recovery services;• Manage timings and expectations with customers;
• Deliver quality deliverables/solutions using general Indirect Tax knowledge and contribute to the profitable growth by ensuring client engagements are executed in an efficient manner;
• Advise local and multinational companies in order to align their tax compliance position with their business strategy in order to maintain competitive advantage and provide shareholder value;
• Manage and participate in recovery audits while maintaining effective client relationships;
• Develop and deliver responsive services and work products that meet and/or exceed client expectations;
• Lead in developing recommendations and implementation plans and make informed decisions in complex and judgmental areas;
• Maintain long-term collaborative and profitable relationships with our clients;
• Stay abreast of current tax, legal and business trends relevant to the client's business;
• Contribute to the team’s good productivity and motivation with good communication and cooperation to guarantee the best result;
• Develop and maintain long-term and trust client relationships and networks.

Skills and attributes for success

• Technical rigor and attention to detail;
• Strong problem-solving skills;
• Efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment;
• A strong work ethic;
• Professional responsibility, confidentiality and integrity;
• Dedicated, innovative, resourceful and able to work under pressure;
• Team player and critical thinking;
• Forward thinker and self-starter.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Academic Degree in Tax, Economics, Finance or similar financial/legal fields of studies;
• At least 5 years of professional experience working with indirect taxes;
• Background in consulting environment, mainly in Big4 or Second Tier companies, is valued;
• Experience in team management;
• Ability to develop new business opportunities;
• Ability to work in multicultural projects and environments;
• Full English proficiency.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. Whether your profile is considered for this recruitment process, we will contact you within 15 working days.

• Lead the implementation and optimization of ERP solutions, with an emphasis on Microsoft NAV/Business Central.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand client needs and develop customized solutions.
• Manage the project lifecycle from conception to delivery, ensuring that objectives are met on time and within budget.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to the team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Analyze and interpret data to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation in clients' business processes.
• Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in technology and digital transformation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in technology consulting or solution delivery, with a strong focus on ERP systems — particularly Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Business Central.

• Solid technical understanding of Business Central architecture, including extensions (AL language), integrations (APIs, web services), workflows, and reporting.

• Proven experience in end-to-end ERP implementation, including requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
• Experience with Azure services, Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps), and data migration tools is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams, manage stakeholders, and ensure delivery of complex technical projects.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with fluency in both technical and business discussions.
• Relevant Microsoft certifications (e.g., MB-800: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant Associate) are a strong plus.

An effective communicator and you’ll be a confident team player equipped with strong people management skills; Creative, proactive, a team player, and able to work under pressure. It’s important to have a strategically focused mindset and the ability to deliver multiple projects and present information in a clear and concise manner. Business mindset and some commercial acumen. We value a strong work ethic, forward-thinking, and being a self-starter; If you’re ready to take on a wide range of responsibilities and are committed to seeking out new ways to make a difference, this role is for you.
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Plus, we offer support and coaching, opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career, and the freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.

• 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.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager, you will be an important part of our diversely talented, highly experienced VME team, and you will gain experience from working on a wide variety of assignments. You will manage the project teams and work closely with all members as well as forming strong internal links within transaction support and other departments in EY. You will be responsible for participating and assisting in valuation and financial analyses and applying valuation theories and approaches, including:

• Researching, gathering and analyzing relevant information;
• Participating in the formulation of valuation approaches;
• Developing valuation and other business models;
• Assisting in the preparation of valuation reports for a variety of purposes such as financial reporting, transactions, tax, and litigation;
• Analyse and present complex financial information, including navigating financial models;
• Maintain communication with our clients and also coordinate junior consultants.

Skills and attributes for success

• Excellent analytical, project management, communication, interpersonal, and teaming skills;
• Outstanding organizational skills;
• Flexibility and ability to work under tight deadlines;
• Strong written and verbal communication/presentation skills.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• University degree in the field of Management, Finance, Accounting or Mathematics;
• At least 5 years of valuation and business modelling experience;
• Strong computer and financial modelling skills
• Ability to synthesize client information and understand key business drivers;
• Fluency in English.

Your key responsibilities

As Manager in Corporate Strategy, at EY Parthenon, your will have the following responsibilities:

• Lead client projects and engagement teams to deliver high quality outputs;
• Maintain relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels;
• Drive business development by preparing client meetings and project proposals and proactively seeking and identifying new project opportunities;
• Demonstrate advanced knowledge of all phases and aspects of strategy development and implementation;
• Deliver a high degree of client satisfaction with the engagement process and work products sufficient to drive additional and repeated engagements;
• Develop business strategies using tools such as market analysis, customer research, portfolio optimization, etc;
• Effectively manage diverse and international teams, maintaining the work life balance and promoting EY-Parthenon culture and values;
• Mentor and coach junior colleagues to support their personal and professional growth and fit to the team;
• Lead marketing and promotional efforts to further boost brand presence and awareness;
• Actively support recruitment efforts in identifying and selecting future team members.

Skills and attributes for success

• Able to independently lead projects & teams and manage senior-level clients;
• Highly motivated with positive, “can-do” attitude;
• Team player, capable to effectively operate and communicate in an international, multicultural and diverse environment;
• Strong business acumen and communication skills;
• Proactive and willing to handle several complex tasks simultaneously;
• Outstanding organizational skills, flexibility and ability to work under tight deadlines;
• International exposure and experience (professional and/or educational);
• Capable to effectively contribute and lead business development activities.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Academic bachelor or master;
• 5-8 years of experience, including in strategic consulting;
• Project management skills: Delivery structure and conclusions, completion of demanding plans, management and coordination of team members and management of the relationship with the client and heads of other departments;
• Commercial skills to identify new customers and opportunities;
• Full Portuguese and English Proficiency;
• Availability to work in Portugal and abroad.

As Senior Consultant / Manager, with our support, you will work with a range of regulatory projects within our FSRM team. That will mean using your technical knowledge and client facing experience to help prestigious clients in financial services market (Banking and Capital Markets, Asset Management and Insurance) and make strategic and operational changes about their businesses.

•Providing a well-integrated broad array of risk management services for financial institutions with a high level of efficiency and quality;
•Supporting financial institutions through the definition of the governance models, policies, processes and procedures in accordance to local, national and global requirements;
•Assisting in establishing, monitoring, evaluating and interpreting data with a risk management focus;
•Supporting the implementation of key regulatory requirements and guidelines;
•Developing Probability of Default and Loss Given Default risk rating models for commercial & corporate borrowers;
•Developing time series Stress Test models to support capital planning initiatives;
•Supporting performance monitoring and model validation;
•Performing data manipulation and analysis using SQL, SAS and other tools and present results and recommendations to Credit Risk Management;
•Contributing to the analysis of impairment models;
•Participating in regulatory risk assessment exercises and independent reviews of the applicable prudential framework;
•Identifying risk and/or improvement opportunities;
•Understanding and adhere to the clients’ risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the clients’ risk Appetite;
•Identifying risk-related issues needing escalation to management;
•Supporting the team management;
•Contributing to the development of the FSRM team acting as mentor and coach to the junior members of the team and leading by example;
•Understanding EY and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve clients.
•Strong communication, presentation and business and technical writing skills;
•Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights;
•Ability to prioritize effectively on projects and the skills to adapt quickly to new challenges and concepts;
•Technical rigor and attention to detail;
•A strong work ethic;
•Strong problem-solving skills;
•Professional responsibility, confidentiality and integrity;
•Efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment;
•Dedicated, innovative, resourceful and able to work under pressure;
•Team player and critical thinking;
•Forward thinker and self-starter.
•Academic Degree in Management, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Mathematics or similar financial/analytical fields of studies;
•At least 3-4 years of experience in risk management analysis and projects, mainly in banking sector. Background in consulting environment is really valued;
•Knowledge of local and international banking regulations that affect models and rating systems;
•Relevant experience in development or validation end-to-end statistical models, including credit IRB, IFRS 9 provisioning and stress testing;
•Knowledge and previous experience of PD / LGD / EAD modelling or validation;
•Good knowledge of risk model development and validation techniques;
•Understanding of industry-wide modelling practices and trends;
•Knowledge in SAS, SQL, R, VBA and other programming languages will be valued;
•Ability to work in multicultural projects and environments;
•Fluent written and verbal communication skills in both Portuguese and English;
•Availability to work in Portugal and abroad.
•Experience in prudential and supervision framework;
•Experience in development or validation of Internal Capital models is an advantage;
•Commercial acuity to develop existing opportunities in clients and identify and explore new ones.
Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization.

You will have the opportunity to provide clients an integrated, consistent, quality service that unlocks the potential of the compliance function, with tax compliance, statutory accounts preparation and tax accounting calculation support.

As part of EY, you will be responsible for leading a team providing high quality finance and tax services to clients across a range of industries. You will also lead a team looking after service delivery, coordination, issue resolution, and contract management of large-scale projects where you will need to manage and coordinate the delivery of tax and finance services by EY teams.

Your key responsibilities

You will invest your time supporting client engagements by coordinating with clients and internal team members, managing deadlines, and tracking engagement economics. You will be assisting clients in their financial digital processes (e.g. preparation and interpretation of year-end-closings, audit assistance, financial statements, etc.), tax compliance (corporate tax returns and VAT returns, etc.), general accounting, credit control and internal optimization projects. You will also be responsible for management reports, budgeting, analytical bookkeeping, financial health & competitors’ analysis.

You will be responsible for the overall management of client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, put in place the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, resolve or escalate issues as appropriate and drive performance-improvement solutions. You will also assist in generating new business opportunities, build client networks and to grow our ACR client base in the region by driving marketing and business development initiatives.

You will create, lead and motivate high performing teams and build a positive learning culture, coaching and counseling team members to help them develop. You will be responsible for managing engagement economics and communicating significant issues, fees and estimates-to-complete to partners and clients. You will also be responsible for ensuring adherence to our Tax Quality guidelines.

Skills and attributes for success

If you are an excellent communicator and detail oriented professional with a strong track record of management experience who is comfortable working across borders with a wide network of people and with large amount of data, you will be perfect for the role.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Academic Degree in Accounting, Management, Economics, Finance or similar financial fields of studies;

• Over 5 years of relevant experience, ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.

• Extensive and in-depth knowledge of Financial Reporting Standards, relevant tax rules, procedures and guidelines.

• Practical experience of regulatory topics including Prudential Reporting, Structural Reform; new accounting and compliance innovation; and/or Business audit skills.

• Background in consulting environment, mainly in international projects, is really value;

• Strong knowledge about SNC and NCRF;

• Good knowledge about international requirements: IAS, IFRS;

• Experience in ERP SAP, Navision, Primavera or another similar;

• Ability to work in multicultural projects and environments;

• Fluent written and verbal communication skills in both Portuguese and English;

• Availability to work in Portugal and abroad.

Ideally, you also have

• Experience of dealing with multinational clients and ability to work in multi-cultural environment.

• Experience and knowledge of tax compliance, financial reporting and ERP systems such as SAP, Business Central.

• Ability to win in the market, good negotiation skill and ability to work under challenging situations.

• Demonstrated good understanding and capability of implementing accounting concepts.

Here at EY, you’ll have the chance to build a truly exceptional experience. We’ll empower you with the latest technology, surround you with high-performing teams, and provide the global scale and diverse and inclusive culture you need to discover your full potential. Through our coaching and training programs, you’ll develop the skillsets you need to stay relevant today and, in the future, – all while building a network of colleagues, mentors, and leaders who will be on the journey with you at EY and beyond.

Key Responsibilities:

As an Assistant Manager / Manager, you will play a pivotal role in overseeing the administration of insolvency cases, ensuring legal compliance, and leading a team of professionals. You will work to prepare comprehensive financial reviews of company's operations, attend legal proceedings, engage in judicial management, support insolvency processes as well as advise clients on corporate risk management issues.

Skills and attributes for success

• Deep understanding of insolvency laws, bankruptcy procedures, and creditors rights
• Ability to interpret complex legal documents and financial statements
• Proficiency in financial analysis and accounting principles
• Familiarity with liquidation, administration, and receivership processes
• Strong grasp of compliance and regulatory requirements
• Ability to analyse financial data and identify inconsistencies
• Problem-solving skills to navigate complex and sensitive cases
• Strategic thinking to balance stakeholder interests
• Skilled in managing multiple insolvency cases simultaneously
• Ability to lead and mentor junior/senior staffs
• Fostering a collaborative and accountable team culture
• Skilled in negotiation and conflict resolution
• Ability to simplify complex information for diverse audiences
• Staying updated with changes in insolvency law and financial practices

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's degree in finance with law or related degree
• Master’s degree or Professional qualification (ACCA or ICAEW)
• Minimum 7 years of work experience
• Proven capabilities in problem solving, creativity, negotiation and decision making
• High level of technical competence in conducting financial analysis
• Ability to prepare high quality written communication and reports
• Experience on complex restructuring engagements
• Comprehensive understanding of financial statement analysis​
• Effective time management, especially under tight deadline pressures
• Superior analytical skills
• Demonstrated project and people management skills
• An energetic attitude towards successful project completion
• Excellent command of spoken and written English language

What We Look For

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. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

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

• Submit your CV, ID and fully up-to-date academic transcripts when applying
• Only shortlisted candidates can expect to be invited for an in person or video interview with one of our dynamic Recruiters