Commodities Quantitative & Commercial Advisory - Manager jobs at Ey in United States, Houston

Responsibilities

This role requires a combination of technical, financial, and quantitative knowledge, along with strong communication and presentation skills to deliver specialized work for our clients. You will be focused on the application of quantitative techniques to value complex commodity contracts and will often be required to present technical topics to non-technical audiences.

Key responsibilities include:

• Using a commercial industry perspective to advise clients on advanced practices, typical industry approaches, market behavior.
• Developing quantitative financial models for commodity and financial contracts, including implementing market factor simulation techniques and a variety of stochastic and numerical methods
• Using and enhancing proprietary valuation models, including the selection of appropriate inputs and techniques
• Leveraging machine learning techniques and statistical programming packages to perform analysis on commodity instruments
• Presenting results, both internally and externally, including using modern data visualization tools
• Writing client reports describing work performed, considerations, recommendations and outcomes
• Problem solving under uncertainty to adapt existing approaches and analytics styles to new commodity, financial, and renewables markets and new client objectives
• Working across a team and independently with a highly adaptive, flexible approach to solving new problems

Requirements for the role:

• A bachelor’s degree and three to five years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and two years of related work experience in a quantitative discipline such as quantitative finance, mathematics, statistics, financial engineering, engineering, or economics and econometrics
• Experience in VBA programming and at least one of R, Python programming language and strong Microsoft Excel skills
• Familiarity with derivatives pricing models and computational finance
• Familiarity with market factor simulation techniques and a variety of stochastic and numerical methods
• Ideally, the candidate will have experience and a continuing strong interest in financial and commodity markets and related financial instruments
• Ability to work within a given budget and schedule, and provide results in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team prioritizing multiple tasks, deadlines, and project stakeholders
• A strong work ethic, strong communications skills, and willingness embrace new challenges and ideas with a flexible, positive, solution-oriented mindset
• Ability to complete an approved certification within 2 years of hiring

• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary
• Access to reliable transportation to/from the EY office and client sites. A driver’s license is strongly recommended as ride share and public transportation options may not be available in all locations

AI & Data - AI Strategy - Senior Manager - Oil & Gas Sector

As part of our growing AI & Data practice, we are seeking a highly experienced Senior Manager to lead enterprise AI strategy and quantitative modeling efforts for our clients in the Oil & Gas sector. This individual will bring deep industry expertise, along with a proven track record of designing and operationalizing responsible, scalable, and value-aligned AI solutions. You’ll lead high-impact client engagements focused on Generative AI, Agentic AI, MLOps, and AI governance frameworks — driving measurable outcomes in upstream, midstream, and downstream operations.As a Senior Manager in AI Strategy, you will leverage proprietary, industry-aligned business models and innovative operating model designs to deliver impactful AI investments. You will be responsible for capability assessments, operating model design, product management, governance, and process design, ensuring that AI initiatives align with business strategies and stakeholder needs.

Your key responsibilities

In this role, you will lead the delivery of complex AI strategies that enhance business effectiveness and efficiency. You will work closely with clients to envision how AI can transform their markets, products, and capabilities. This position offers the opportunity to engage with business and technology leaders, driving strategic programs that significantly impact their operations.

• Lead engagement delivery, ensuring quality and risk management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Manage client relationships, focusing on revenue generation and the identification of new opportunities.
• Develop and manage resource plans and budgets for engagements, ensuring alignment with performance objectives.
• Define and implement enterprise-wide AI and quantitative modeling strategy tailored to oil & gas value chains (e.g., asset optimization, drilling, trading, predictive maintenance).
• Establish AI governance frameworks that ensure responsible AI adoption, ethical use of data, model risk management, and alignment with evolving regulations.
• Design and operationalize Agentic AI solutions to automate reasoning, planning, and decision-making tasks in complex environments.
• Drive the prioritization of AI use cases based on business value, feasibility, and risk, ensuring ROI on AI initiatives.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams of data scientists, engineers, and consultants to deliver end-to-end AI platforms and solutions.
• Partner with senior business and IT leaders to identify strategic opportunities and shape AI-enabled business transformation.
• Implement and scale ModelOps and MLOps practices, ensuring transparency, reproducibility, and monitoring of models in production.
• Lead AI solution architecture, including hybrid deployments on cloud (e.g. Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS).
• Serve as a thought leader in emerging AI technologies, including Generative AI, foundation models, RAG and Agentic AI.
• Drive internal capability building and innovation in Responsible AI, agentic workflows, and energy sector-specific solutions .

Skills and attributes for success

To excel in this role, you will need a blend of technical and interpersonal skills. Your ability to navigate complex challenges and deliver innovative solutions will be crucial.

• Strong analytical and decision-making skills to develop solutions to complex problems.
• Proven experience in managing client relationships and leading teams.
• Ability to communicate effectively and influence stakeholders at all levels.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred with focus in Computer Science, Applied Math, or related field with prior consulting experience required.
• 10+ years of experience in technology consulting, digital transformation, or AI-driven business solutions.
• 5+ years of leadership in AI/ML projects, including team management and executive stakeholder engagement.

• Typically, no less than 5 - 7 years of relevant experience.
• Strong expertise in AI Platforms and Tools.
• Proficiency in Data Architecture Design and Modelling.
• Experience in Digital Transformation and IT Effectiveness Assessment.
• Knowledge of Emerging Technologies and Technology Strategy, Vision, and Roadmap.
• Ability to build and manage relationships effectively.

• Strong exposure to oil & gas industry operations, value levers, and use case landscape.
• Proven success in developing AI strategy and governance models, including frameworks for Responsible AI, risk, and compliance.
• Hands-on experience with Generative AI frameworks (e.g., OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, RAG).
• Experience architecting and scaling MLOps platforms and data science workflows in cloud-native environments.
• Proficiency in Python and tools like Pandas, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Spark, SQL.
• Experience with CI/CD, containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), and MLFlow or similar tools.
• Strong client-facing skills with the ability to articulate technical topics to business executives.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in managing change and leading teams.
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills.
• Familiarity with sector knowledge and commercial acumen.
• Prior experience leading AI initiatives in the energy or oil & gas sector, including exploration, refining, or energy trading.
• Familiarity with agentic AI concepts, cognitive architectures, and autonomous agents.
• Working knowledge of ESG data, climate risk modeling, and regulatory trends in energy.
• AI certifications (Microsoft, AWS, NVIDIA, Databricks, or equivalent).
• Exposure to agile delivery models and design thinking approaches.

Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) – Associate Manager

organization can match breadth of our capabilities or depth of our resources. GDS RE works as a strategicpartner to global RE practices, working with them to provide highly efficient and value-added services tomeet our clients’ real estate valuation and diligence requirements.

Typical engagements include appraisals and valuations, review of valuation analysis, market studies/research, cash flow analyses, due diligence, portfolio analysis and cash flow modelling.

Your key responsibilities

• Serve as a member of multiple client engagement teams, taking a lead role in understanding clients’ needs, conducting analyses and reporting results
• Work on and manage engagements on real estate advisory, valuation and due diligence,

spread across property types

• office, retail, hotel, industrial, mixed-use, infrastructure, and special-use properties.

• Specific engagement will include financial and cash flow modeling, market information research, real estate documents analysis (including site/building plans, leases, appraisals, and mortgage underwriting/lending documents), market studies, asset valuation (PPA/fair value), valuation review and report writing
• Challenge yourself to continually learn and teach, mentoring others while developing your own career
• Take ownership of your projects, while working collaboratively with other team members
• Maintain and develop positive, productive, and professional relationships with clients
• Supervise, develop and mentor professionals at the Staff and Senior level
• Ability to manage a team of 3-5 professionals; Conducting timely performance reviews for employees and developing other professionals by providing effective performance feedback and training to them. Leading by example.
• Use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of services provided.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong knowledge in performing valuation of Real & Intangible assets using Income Approach (Discounted Cash Flow Method & Direct Capitalization Method), Net Asset Value Method (or Cost Method) and Precedent Transaction Analysis (or Relative Valuation/ Sales Comparison/ Market Approach)
• Knowledge of developing valuation models, performing highest and best use valuation analysis for purposes of financial reporting, tax planning etc.
• Proficient at using research databases like LoopNet, REIS, RCA (real capital analytics), CoStar, CBRE, JLL, C&W, Capital IQ, One Source, Factiva, Reuters, etc.
• Analyzing financial statements, conducting market research studies and preparing reports, Application of Free Cash Flows, Terminal value, Discount rate, WACC, Advanced MS Excel models etc.
• Strong knowledge of key clauses in lease (options, economic terms, terminations)
• Excellent analytical, project management, communication, interpersonal and teaming skills
• Willingness and ability to travel, when necessary
• Actively promote the sharing of knowledge within the group; Contribute pro-actively to building team spirit
• Manage and responsible for 1-2 people for their career progression, learning and development etc
• Exposure to tools like Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx etc. will be added advantage

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Master’s in business administration (MBA) specialize in Finance
• 7+ years of direct work experience in real estate valuation projects
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Experience with BIG4 accounting firm would be provided weightage

Ideally, you’ll also have

• People management skills
• Project management skills
• Exposure to tools like Tableau, Power BI, Alteryx etc. will be added advantage

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 1400 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.
• Opportunities to work with EY TAS practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. 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

Risk Consulting, Digital Risk (Manager) (Multiple Positions) (1650217), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Houston, TX.

Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Law or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate related work experience. Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Law or a related field and 4 years of related work experience.

Must have 4 years of work experience as an IT auditor or IT risk consultant for a public accounting firm, a professional services firm, or within industry.

Must have 4 years of experience applying relevant technical knowledge of a combination of the following:
· IT - Internal controls and/or SOX-related controls;
· IT-related internal audits, including service organization controls reporting engagements;
· IT risk transformation services such as IT risk management, GRC, data analytics, policy and standard management, issues management, or IT regulation and compliance and/or;
· Risks and Control of ERP implementation and/or ERP security and controls reviews (Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft).

Must have 2 years of experience leading workshops and client-facing presentations.

Must have 1 year of experience in project management for large scale process, risk, controls, audit, or technology projects and programs, preparing and delivering reports, and managing program budget and timelines effectively.
Must be eligible to obtain AIGP, AWSCSA, CA, CCSP, CIA, CIPP, CIPT, CISA, CISM, CISSP, CGEIT, CPA, CRISC, CTC+, GCC, MCA, OCICAP, and/or relevant certification within one year of hire.

Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on yourperformance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary for this job is $115,645.00 per year. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

• 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.
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

This particular position at Ernst & Young in the United States requires the qualified candidate to be a "United States worker" as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor regulations at 20 CFR 656.3. You can review this definition at at the bottom of page 750. Please feel free to apply to other positions that do not require you to be a "U.S. worker".

Energy Trading Consulting - Senior Manager

The energy industry is facing unprecedented challenges through volatile energy prices, changes to the geopolitical landscape, supply and demand imbalances, and evolving consumption patterns due to the energy transition. This creates an opportunity for the sector to pivot to a long-term strategy that helps address these challenges. Energy markets will be a critical enabler of an efficient energy transition that includes optimization of supply and modernizing underlying technology to support the transition.

Your key responsibilities

As Energy companies explore opportunities to set up and optimize their energy trading function your role will be to enable this journey, undertaking some or all the following responsibilities:

• Assisting clients with defining their trading technology and data strategy and roadmap
• Assisting clients with designing target state operating models for trading
• Assisting with trading-related business transformation initiatives spanning people, process and technology
• Defining and documenting current and target state trading processes and capabilities across front, middle and back offices (including Trading/Hedging, Logistics, Scheduling, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Settlements and Accounting)
• Assisting with performing benchmarking initiatives to provide comparative insights to peers and identify emerging technology trends / value creation opportunities
• Facilitating ETRM system / vendor selection activities
• Participating in or leading project management activities over system implementations
• Assisting with ETRM implementation activities working closely with stakeholders to define business requirements, functional specifications, and user guides
• Providing training and support to end-users on ETRM systems and processes
• Assisting in the testing and validation of ETRM system implementations and upgrades
• Staying updated with industry trends, regulatory changes, and leading practices in trading and risk management

The purpose of this role is to help position EY for growth within the Energy sector in a rapidly changing market. You will aid in the growth of our energy trading team, author thought leadership material, develop our “Go to Market” strategy, develop sales collateral and solution material to position EY in the market. You will learn about the various competencies and capabilities within EY. You will be a key player in the sales and delivery lifecycle of engagements.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, management information systems, economics, mathematics, finance, or a related field and approximately 8 years of work experience
• Minimum of 5-8 years of experience working within the energy trading sector
• Technical/Functional ETRM and/or other trading system implementation experience
• Knowledge of energy markets such as oil, refined products, natural gas, LNG, and power

• Expertise in several functional areas including front, mid or back office
• Strong understanding of the current solutions in the market and ability to craft a point of view for our clients
• Ability to liaise across various stakeholder groups, including business, front office, and technical teams
• Strategic thinking and solutioning skills to craft a strong value proposition

• Curious mindset and desire to learn and grow
• Strong project management skills and ability to complete multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Strong executive facilitation skills related to strategy development and problem solving
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills on a global basis (including Presentations) as well as listening and interpretation skills
• Willingness to travel up to 60%

Ideally you will also have

• Experience across multiple technology platforms (ION products, SAP Commodity Management, QuorEka, etc.)
• Experience with solution architecture, data architecture, infrastructure performance and/or cost optimization
• SQL, Python or similar languages
• Experience with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with SAP Cloud Platform Integration
• Experience with JAVA, OpenComponents, OpenJVS, OpenAVS and SAP ABAP development
• Strong understanding of trading regulations and related risks and controls impacting trading entities

What we look for

• We are looking for people that are passionate consultants, at the top of their game, but who would like to continue to grow their subject matter expertise and help others around them to grow their potential.

FSO Assurance, Technology Risk (Manager) (Multiple Positions) (1646460), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Houston, TX.

Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance, International Relations or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate related experience working as an IT auditor or IT risk adviser for a public accounting firm, a professional services firm, or within industry. Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, Mathematics, Accounting, Finance, International Relations or a related field and 4 years of related experience working as an IT auditor or IT risk adviser for a public accounting firm, a professional services firm, or within industry.

Must have 3 years of work experience applying relevant IT audit skills in audit engagements as a Financial Audit IT integration leader on own engagement.

Must have 3 years of experience in a supervisory/managerial capacity focused on financial audit IT in public company audits.

Must have 3 years of experience supervising audit professionals performing the IT portion of the audit (IT general controls, ERP, application knowledge, system implementation, audit knowledge, and similar).

Must have 3 years of experience supervising the integration with the financial audit team on application controls, IPE, and IT dependent manual controls.

Must have 3 years of experience (employer will accept any combination of experience that adds up to 3 years) applying technical IT internal control knowledge for at least one of the following: (a) financial statement audits; (b) internal or operational audits; (c) System and Organization Control Reporting (SOCR); (d) information security risk and control auditing; (e) ERP and other automated business application security and controls reviews.

Must have 1 year of experience conducting IT audits in at least one of the following sectors: Insurance, Asset Management, Private Equity, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Hospitality or Construction.

Must be eligible to obtain CPA, CA, CISA, CIPP, CGEIT, CIA, CISSP, CISM, CIPT, CRISC, CMA and/or relevant certification within one year of hire.

Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on yourperformance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary for this job is $112,635.00 per year. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

• 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.
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

This particular position at Ernst & Young in the United States requires the qualified candidate to be a "United States worker" as defined by the U.S. Department of Labor regulations at 20 CFR 656.3. You can review this definition at at the bottom of page 750. Please feel free to apply to other positions that do not require you to be a "U.S. worker".

With a growing addressable market of $115b+, and a market leading brand, People Consulting has significant opportunity to help our clients address complex issues relating to their people agendas.

Your key responsibilities

In this dynamic role, you will be responsible for managing and delivering processes, solutions, or projects with a keen focus on quality and effective risk management. You will engage in continuous process improvement, identify innovative solutions through research and analysis, and leverage best practices to guide your team and clients. Your days will be filled with challenges that require you to apply your expertise, offering you the chance to grow and learn in a supportive environment. This position will require regular travel as needed by our external clients.

• Lead workstream delivery with a focus on program/project management
• Actively participate in client working sessions and lead workstream planning, execution, and closure
• Support sales opportunities and lead specific RFP responses

Skills and attributes for success

To thrive in this role, you need a combination of strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills. You will guide others using your depth of expertise and interpret internal/external issues to recommend quality solutions.

• Demonstrated ability to manage professional employees or supervise teams to deliver complex technical initiatives
• Proven track record in performance objectives and metrics set locally, including client service, quality and risk management, sales and business growth, solution development, and teaming

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A Bachelor's degree in related field of business, Human Resources, or Psychology
• Typically, no less than 5 - 7 years of relevant experience with previous, recent experience in top tier consulting organization
• Technical skills in change management and experience design
• Strong capabilities in communications and engagement strategy and delivery
• Analytical skills in behavioral driver analysis and modeling
• Experience in leadership and workforce assessment
• Knowledge of hybrid workforce strategy
• Talent analytics and dashboarding
• Coaching and personal development
• Team effectiveness and development
• Willingness to travel as needed, and comfortable working in a hybrid environment with an average of three (3) days per week at a client site or within an EY office.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Current or previous experience with Oil and Gas sector, or an interest in learning the sector
• Proven experience in building and managing relationships and communicating with impact
• Digital fluency and the ability to lead teams effectively
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, coupled with managing change
• Commercial astuteness and a solid understanding of sustainability and systems thinking
• Sector knowledge relevant to the role