Commodities Quantitive & Commercial Advisory - Senior jobs at Ey in United States, New York

Your key responsibilities

You will be part of diverse teams of professionals across different geographies to deliver a wide range of data and analytics services. You will be solving complex issues and driving growth across financial services.

Skills and attributes for success

• Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
• Leading and coaching diverse teams of professionals with different backgrounds
• Providing subject matter expertise in defining technical and business approaches
• Working across and influencing different stakeholders within the client organization, cultivating, and executing on business opportunities
• Building strong relationships with the clients including engaging with C-level executives and technical clients
• Initiating and building thought leadership through white papers, point of views, and proof of concepts
• Working in an entrepreneurial environment to pave your own career path
• Propose and drive new technologies to enhance or replace existing business processes

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Undergraduate or master’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., engineering, computer science, business, economics, finance, statistics, and/or analytics)
• Minimum of 9 years’ experience in banking, capital markets, insurance, or asset management domain with at least 3 years of experience managing a team
• Superior communication (verbal and written) with the ability to effectively advocate technical solutions and results to technology and business audiences at all levels and disciplines within EY and client organizations
• Experience working independently, efficiently, and effectively under extreme time constraints and delivering results by critical deadlines
• Demonstrate exploration of new techniques outside of day-to-day job duties
• Experience presenting technical conclusions to senior officials in a company and other stakeholders
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with client-facing activities such as requirements gathering, facilitating meetings, presentation creation, and ability to prepare client ready deliverables
• Project management and process development expertise in client serving roles
• Excellent leadership and teaming skills
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to integrate new knowledge and adapt to change with a natural curiosity and desire to learn
• A willingness and ability to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 60%
• Valid passport

DAE Specific

• Ability to understand business challenges and address remediations through data architecture and engineering solutions.
• Must have practical experience assisting clients with one or more of strategic Data Architecture and Engineering, Cloud Data Modernization, Data migration and Event-driven architecture, preferably focused on financial services.
• Experience architecting and designing large data platforms, data warehouses and data lakes, streaming applications, data ingestion, integration, and distribution pipelines.
• Practical experience using latest technologies for data ingestion, integration, transformation, storage, mining/warehousing, big data analytics, and visualization.
• Deep understanding of traditional data architecture practices (data warehousing, datahub, MDM, ODS etc.) as well transition to Next-Gen platform architectures such as distributed data lake and Data mesh on cloud, etc.
• Practitioner experience in multiple data technologies such as:
• Cloud Data Platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Platform, Databricks, Snowflake)
• Big Data applications and Distributed Processing (Hadoop and Spark ecosystem components)
• Data integration Tools (Informatica, Talend, etc.)
• Experience with scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.
• Traditional RDBMS (Teradata, Netezza, MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• MPP (Snowflake, BigQuery, AWS Redshift etc.)
• NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J, Titan, Elasticsearch)
• Streaming Platform and Applications (Spark streaming, Kafka, Storm, etc.)
• Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools (Airflow, etc.)
• Dev Ops (GitHub, Kubernetes Jenkins, Terraform)
• Data Modeling (Data vault, Star, Snowflake)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Master’s degree in business administration (MBA) or Science (MS) preferred
• Prior consulting experience
• Experience monitoring performance, reporting, and economics of ongoing progress for the major initiatives of the business unit you support.
• Oral presentation skills, with the ability to lead meetings & hold workshops with executives
• Experience quantifying results to the business, from the front line to senior executives

What we offer you

In today's business landscape organizations are continuously transforming and evolving to keep pace with change and innovative solutions. This wave of digital transformation and constant evolution introduces a variety of risks, which organizations are not equipped to manage and mitigate on their own. As a professional in our Risk Technology practice, you will assist clients in integrating optimal application security, control, and risk management solutions through their transformation journey. You will belong to an international network of specialists helping our clients enable trust through transformation, while working closely with large scale implementation teams across a variety of enabling emerging technologies and solutions.

As a member of our national Risk Technology practice, you will belong to a network of professionals helping our clients implement trusted technology solutions to enrich and improve decision making, provide visibility and transparency of risk and compliance to stakeholders, and integrate efficient and effective risk management solutions.

As our Risk Technology practice continues to rapidly expand, we are seeking a highly motivated Senior Associate, focused on cloud-based application security, controls, and technology enablement. We need Seniors to help our clients develop and execute sustainable risk management solutions through transformational their efforts. As part of the team, you will work with a wide variety of resources and clients to deliver professional services on strategic and global priority accounts, while accelerating your professional growth.

We will support you with career focused training and coaching to develop, execute, and accelerate your professional goals.

Your key responsibilities

Leveraging your cloud application and industry knowledge, you will lead cross-functional teams in developing innovative solutions for clients that will assist them in evolving and sustaining a risk management program through transformation. You will support EY teams responsible for transforming organizations' front, middle, and back office through implementation of leading practice cloud-based technology solutions.

Skills and attributes for success

• You will leverage your proven track record of cloud-based application experience, technical knowledge, and strong interpersonal skills, to effectively deliver quality results in the assessment, design, and implementation of controls, security, and risk management solutions.
• Deliver facts, analyses, and recommendations in an accurate, clear, and concise manner.
• Foster relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels
• Drive high-quality work products on your team within expected timeframes and budget

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree and approximately 2-3 years of related work experience
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of business processes across one or many cloud base applications (e.g., purchase-to-pay, hire-to-retire, customer-to-contract), technical application security design and configuration, application role maintenance and user provisioning processes.
• Internal controls within and around the Oracle or cloud-based applications
• Oracle Applications security and how to achieve a design that enables an end user but also establishes control.
• Advanced project management and client service skills
• Excellent teaming skills
• A valid driver’s license in the US and a valid passport required; willingness and ability to travel both domestically and internationally to meet client needs

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience integrating, managing, or assessing security and controls for cloud-based applications.
• ERP implementation project management and support experience (Oracle and/or Workday experience is a plus)
• Industry related certification (e.g., CISA, PMP, CIA, RICS); non-certified hires are required to become certified within 1 year from the date of hire

CNS - BC - FINANCE :

It has multiple fields of play such as:

Supply Chain and Operations - we provide a unique combination of industry-specific, strategic, operational and financial insights, digital technology advances and strategic alliance partners to deliver better outcomes and also help clients effect fundamental change in their operations’ performance to support sales growth, become more cost competitive, minimize risk and ensure operational resilience.

Technical Excellence

• Demonstrated proficiency in financial analysis and modeling to support strategic decision-making. Strong understanding of industry trends and best practices in business consulting, particularly within the finance sector. Proven ability to develop actionable insights through market research and competitive analysis. Experience in designing and implementing business strategies that drive operational efficiencies for clients. Capable of utilizing consulting frameworks and methodologies to deliver effective solutions tailored to client needs.

Qualification

• Master of Business Administration

Experience

• Project Management (6+ years)

People with the ability to work in a collaborative manner to provide services across multiple client departments while following the commercial and legal requirements. You will need a practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions. We look for people who are agile, curious, mindful, and able to sustain positive energy, while being adaptable and creative in their approach.If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the assessment of the client’s controllership function including drafting current state process documentation and future state implementation roadmaps.
• Support clients during controllership transformation journeys including implementation of process optimization initiatives.
• Assist in drafting risks and controls frameworks and helping clients remediate control deficiencies.
• Be able to understand and articulate the accounting and controls implications of changes to controllership processes.
• Provide clients with accounting assistance or transactions support as necessary.
• Lead project management activities.
• Support business development initiatives.
• Support Managers and Senior Managers with solution-specific requests and needs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or equivalent certification preferred.
• 3-5 years of experience in public accounting, financial advisory, industry, or a related field.
• Foundational understanding of finance and accounting processes, including upstream business processes.
• Operational accounting experience is a plus.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and operate independently.
• Familiarity with AI, automation, and dashboarding tools and their application in accounting and finance.
• Knowledge and/or experience with digital technologies and their impact on the record to report process including analytical tools, close and reporting tools, and ERP systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Proactive attitude and willingness to take initiative, contribute, and think outside the box.

• 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.

Ideally, you'll also have

• A master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or complementary discipline such as data analytics.

Your Key Responsibilities

The primary role of the Structured Finance transaction team is to perform agreed-upon procedures (AUP) to help clients execute securitization transactions successfully. Our responsibilities include asset file review, collateral stratification and analysis, cash flow modeling, bond analytics, offering document review, compliance reviews, as well as the preparation of the resulting AUP reports.

• Effectively manage and motivate client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds, fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
• Lead and manage all aspects of large scale client engagement engagements including driving high quality work products, monitoring progress and managing risk
• Develop, maintain and build long-term client relationships and networks
• Generate new business opportunities, staying abreast of current industry and technology trends
• Develop relationships with team members across all EY practices to serve client needs
• Take an active role in leading operational functions within the structured finance team

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree and approximately 8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 7 years of related work experience. Degree in finance, economics, accounting, engineering or a related discipline; MBA or MS preferred
• Excellent prioritization skills and a commitment to meeting client deadlines
• Strong communication skills for report writing, client presentations and client interactions
• Proficient skills with MS Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Teaming, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Flexibility and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary to meet client deadlines; valid driver’s license and passport to meet travel requirements

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience leading consulting projects within structured finance within a large financial institution or consulting firm.