Experienced Consultant/senior - Coe Center Excelence Viseu jobs at Ey in Portugal, Porto

As a Consultant in Finance Strategy and Transformation, you'll play a key role in driving financial innovation and strategic change for our clients. You'll use your expertise to develop compelling business cases, contribute to the design of finance strategies, and be part of transformative projects that have a real impact on our clients' growth and efficiency.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and enhancement of financial models and strategies, driving innovation and efficiency within the financial services sector.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement cutting-edge financial software solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational excellence.
• Engage in complex project delivery, utilizing your expertise to provide actionable insights and recommendations that enhance client performance.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for process optimization and automation in financial reporting and analysis.
• Contribute to the design and execution of finance transformation initiatives, leveraging industry best practices to deliver measurable results for clients.

Skills and attributes for success

• Proven experience in finance and business consulting, particularly within the financial services industry, such as banking, insurance, or wealth and asset management.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and deliver insightful financial models and strategies.
• Familiarity with enterprise performance management software and financial systems, with experience in tools like Anaplan, Aptitude, or similar technologies.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of articulating complex information clearly to diverse stakeholders and managing senior relationships effectively.
• A relevant academic degree in Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, or a related field, with additional financial qualifications (e.g., ACA, ACMA, ACCA) considered advantageous.
• A proactive attitude towards learning and adapting to emerging technologies and trends in the finance sector.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn .

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences

• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.

• A comprehensive benefits package : From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally

• Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

Acknowledgement of Country

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Your key responsibilities

• Assist and advise clients regarding VAT matters, both nationally and internationally;
• Effectively contribute in implementation, improvement and development of technical projects related with Indirect Tax;
• Prepare VAT declarations based on the agreed process;
• Participate in verification of prepared VAT declarations;
• Stay up-to-date regarding market changes, upgrade your VAT technical expertise and develop a broader knowledge around your client portfolio;
• 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;
• Demonstrate ability to assimilate new knowledge;
• 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;
• More than 2 years of professional experience focused in Indirect Tax;
• Background in consulting environment is really valuable;
• Ability to work in multicultural projects and environments;
• Full English proficiency.

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. 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.

EY offers a competitive remuneration package commensurate with your work experience. 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.

The Technology team has competencies in Product & technology, Enterprise technology and Cybersecurity:

• Product and technology provides investment and acquisition guidance to clients across commercial, product, and technical topics needed to assess and advise companies in the “software economy”
• Enterprise technology assesses major technology risks and opportunities related to a transaction across key areas of enterprise technology holistically including enterprise and business systems, infrastructure, data and reporting, tech operating model, tech spend
• Cybersecurity focuses on understanding the business operating model, then applying our experience, benchmarks and tools to determine where Cyber is critical to the brand, operations, assets and applicable regulations.

Your key responsibilities

As an Executive within our Strategy and Execution team, you will assist in engagement delivery across sectors and business situations. You would use your knowledge of technical IT topics and work on buy-side and sell-side mandates across the transaction lifecycle. You will collaborate with broader teams across Strategy and Transactions (such as operational and financial due diligence) to deliver integrated insights

Skills and attributes for success

• Contribute to pre-deal (e.g. technology due diligence, carve-out planning), post-deal (e.g. sign to close, integration planning, synergy tracking) and value creation (e.g. cost reduction, tech enabled VC) engagements with clients across all sectors, including private equity and corporate

• Handle the engagement’s most critical studies and lead junior team members. On any given day, an Executive might coach / mentor junior team members, conduct industry research, perform qualitative and quantitative analysis, or participate in client discussions
• Work with engagement lead to develop hypotheses, insights, and key findings that are critical to the engagement
• Execute qualitative and quantitative analyses (e.g., IT spend analysis and benchmarking, organisational capabilities, technology capabilities) to support the formulation and validation of strategic recommendations
• Perform secondary research using various sources (e.g., analyst reports, market research reports, news articles)

• Analyse business plans and pro-forma financial models to help identify key assumptions and drivers

• Engage in business origination activities, including pitches, proposals and presentations

• Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting, retaining and training current and future staff

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Broad knowledge and deep understanding of one or more core aspects of a typical IT function, including Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy and Governance, Systems Integration and Application Development, IT Service Delivery, IT Infrastructure, IT Financials and the dynamics of an IT function
• Proven experience and the ability to communicate with clarity and impact to senior stakeholders. This may be demonstrable through experience working in large projects with senior visibility, success at presenting technical topics to non technical audiences or speaking at events
• Ability to deliver high-quality work products, including databooks, reports, or client-ready materials, with strong attention to detail and the ability to self-review for accuracy
• Ability to analyse and triangulate multiple data sources, generating clear, actionable insights and “so-what” recommendations that support client decision-making
• Flexible with working locations, with the ability to learn quickly and leverage skills in new situations
• Experience with transactions, ideally in performing IT Due Diligence and/or IT post-merger integration, separation/carve-out assignments, is useful but not a must.

You will be a trusted business consultant to our clients and use your knowledge of multiple IT technologies to work closely to their needs. Your agility to adapt to a fast-paced environment and ability to build trust with the team and clients will be key to the role. 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. 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.

Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We 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 world. We ask because it matters!

Audit – Financial Services

As a member of our team in the
EY GDS Spain office in Malaga, you’ll have a chance to extend your knowledge & experience by working on interesting projects with the newest technologies and approaches. You’ll support clients in choosing the most suitable business solution and take part in digital transformation.

Your key responsibilities

• Assist with the administration of audit, reporting and documentation
• Identify potential audit issues or unusual relationships based on data and analysis of financial statements
• Assist in applying accounting and auditing concepts during audit work and checking the accuracy of reports and documentation
• Document the execution of specific audit procedures, controls and processes
• Assist in creating audit and accounting client deliverables
• Assist in the collection of financial data from client, analyse & audit documentation for potential audit risks

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong interpersonal and good written & oral communication skills
• Strong logical and reasoning skills
• Team player, with the ability to multi-task, flexible, and can work under pressure
• Commitment to continuous learning and proactively implement new processes

To qualify for the role, you must have

• University degree with a basic understanding of accounting and assurance concepts
• 0 – 3 years of relevant work experience in basic accounting
• English language skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Good SAP knowledge
• Very good knowledge of MS Office Package

What we look for

We’re looking for people who are innovative, can work in an agile way and keep pace with a rapidly changing world, who see opportunities instead of challenges, who ask better questions to seek better answers that build a better working world.

What we offer

In EY GDS Spain, you will collaborate with our teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills, and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• 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.