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Senior Manager - Power & Utilities: Energy Optimization – TSD - Tech Consulting

Our clients operate in a world where achieving and sustaining performance is more difficult than ever. As a performance improvement professional, you will be focused on helping them grow and turn their strategy into reality. You'll work in high-performing teams that drive growth and deliver exceptional client service while doing your part to build a better working world.

Your career is yours to shape.

The strength of our global network, combined with local empowerment and a relentless focus on winning in specific markets, mean you'll gain valuable experience across different geographies and sectors. So, whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

The role of an Energy Optimization Senior Manager will be to lead consulting services to Power & Utilities clients implementing digital grid programs, capabilities, and systems (AMI, ADMS, OMS, SCADA, DRMS, DERMS, EMS, GIS) resulting in increased value and efficiency.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead Consulting engagements that solve complex issues in the Power & Utilities industry
• Successfully manage engagements’ time and budgets
• Communicate complex messages and implement difficult decisions while building and maintaining strong relationships based on trust
• Maximize operational efficiencies on engagements
• Communicate and monitor service quality in respect of specific client requirements, review project plans, and guide other executives in their implementation
• Provide strategic and relevant insight, connectedness, and responsiveness to all clients to anticipate their needs
• Build and maintain appropriate relationships at client; leverage relationships to effectively execute work
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge and enhance client service delivery
• Develop account plans and coordinate delivery of a range of service offerings, building trust by mobilizing the right resources and facilitating consistent quality
• Participate in new business opportunities by developing ideas and solutions
• Stay current with the latest trends in the Power & Utilities industry to be a trusted advisor/subject matter expert for our client's business
• Build strong teams at all levels and help resources further develop and grow their career
• Develop an inclusive culture in which timely, authentic feedback and coaching are provided to all colleagues and team members
• Mentor, coach, and counsel team members

Skills and attributes for success

• Industry knowledge of our clients’ business and competitors
• Ability to effectively navigate ambiguous and complex relationships; emotional intelligence to leverage differences between teams, ask the right questions, and provide and support coaching and feedback
• Ability to adapt to varied cultural and personal styles to work effectively with others' differences, concerns, and motivations
• Ability to identify gaps in the team's knowledge, initiate strategies to fill them, and keep teams abreast of new service methodologies, tools and technologies, providing suggestions for their application
• Ability to identify and evaluate new ideas, better ways of working, technologies, or external products to expand EY capabilities
• Passion in promoting EY strategy, services and values

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Engineering, Marketing, Economics, Finance, or related field
• A minimum of 10 years of related work experience or a graduate degree and 8 years of related work experience
• A minimum of 10 years of experience delivering consulting services to Power & Utilities clients
• Experience leading teams, managing engagement economics and business development
• Flexibility to work across consulting services if needed
• Proven work experience in one or more of the following areas; Transmission, Distribution, Generation, Regulatory, Customer,AMI, ADMS, OMS, DMS, SCADA, DRMS, DERMS, EMS, or GIS implementation
• Flexibility and willingness to manage significant travel
• Must have a valid driver's license

Ideally, you'll also have

• Experience with business development

The Platform Engineering carries the responsibility of contributing to our technical innovation and efficiency. In this role, individuals will leverage their career by staying hands-on while contributing to a multifaceted team of engineers towards the goal of streamlining and automating our operations and processes. In this role, you will identify and define user/customer requirements, focusing on developing user interfaces (UI) across various platforms such as mobile, web, and tablets. You will be responsible for creating software components and services that interact seamlessly with upstream and downstream components, ensuring that business requirements are met through effective coding and programming.

Your key responsibilities

As a Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in delivering innovative solutions. In the role, you will be at the forefront of contributing to the delivery of processes, solutions, and projects. You will apply your judgment and select appropriate methodologies to inform recommendations, navigate success criteria, barriers, risks, and issues. This role presents an opportunity to challenge yourself, grow your skills, and contribute to our team's success. Expect regular travel as needed by our external clients. Your time will be spent on various responsibilities, including:

• Collaborating with clients to gather and analyze requirements, ensuring that the final product meets their needs.
• Designing and developing user interfaces that are not only functional but also enhance user experience.
• Writing clean, maintainable code and creating specifications that support business objectives.
• Regular travel may be required to meet with clients, providing you with the opportunity to engage directly with stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Design and implement robust APIs and microservices using Python, FastAPI and OpenAPI.
• Architect and maintain containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Develop and optimize data models and queries using PostgreSQL and ORMs (e.g., SQLAlchemy).
• Champion test-driven development (TDD) practices, including unit and integration testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build distributed systems leveraging message queues (RabbitMQ) and caching layers (Redis).
• Integrate authentication and authorization mechanisms using Keycloak, OAuth2, OIDC, and Azure Active Directory (AAD).
• Work with Azure cloud services, including API gateways (APIM, FrontDoor) and object storage (Azure Blob and File Storage).
• Creating and debugging kubernetes-hosted services.
• Explore and implement interactions with AI/LLM systems, including agentic workflows, vector stores and embedding-based search.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize platform performance and reliability.
• Occasional contributions to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code.

Skills and attributes for success

To excel in this role, you should possess a blend of technical and interpersonal skills. The following attributes will make a significant impact:

• Strong understanding of agile delivery and development methodologies.
• Proficiency in application development tools and quality assurance practices.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with clients, fostering trust and value.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex ideas with clarity.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Typically, no less than 4 - 6 years relevant experience in professional platform engineering experience or similar role in software development and system administration.
• Strong proficiency in Python and FastAPI for backend development.
• Solid experience with microservices architecture, API design, and implementation.
• Hands-on experience with containers, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Deep understanding of relational databases, especially PostgreSQL, and ORM tools.
• Proven experience with unit testing, integration testing, and TDD methodologies.
• Experience with mTLS for secure service-to-service communication.

• Proficiency in Agile Delivery methodologies.
• Experience with Application Delivery Processes.
• Familiarity with Application Development Tools.
• Knowledge of Quality Assurance practices.
• Understanding of Testing practices.
• Familiarity with the System Development Lifecycle.
• Experience in System Integration.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with building and evolving distributed systems
• Experience with integration technologies : APIs, message queues, and caches
• Familiarity with identity and access management tools like Keycloak, OAuth2, OIDC, and AAD.
• Exposure to cloud services (Azure preferred), including API gateways and object storage.
• Experience with LLMs, vector databases, and semantic search.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools and infrastructure automation (e.g., Terraform, GitHub Actions) are assets.

• Experience in complex problem-solving and critical thinking.
• Strong emotional agility and the ability to collaborate in hybrid environments.
• A proactive approach to learning and adapting to new technologies.

What we look for

We seek individuals who are not only technically proficient but also possess a strong sense of curiosity and a desire to learn. Top performers are those who can navigate complex challenges with ease, communicate effectively, and build meaningful relationships with clients and colleagues alike.

Technology Consulting – Sector Tech – Digital Grid - Senior

Our clients operate in a world where achieving and sustaining performance is more difficult than ever. As a performance improvement professional, you’ll be focused on helping them grow and turn their strategy into reality. You’ll work with high-performing teams that drive growth and deliver exceptional client service while doing your part to build a better working world. Your career is yours to shape.

The role of a Digital Grid Senior will be to provide consulting services to Power & Utility clients implementing digital grid programs, capabilities and systems (AMI, ADMS, OMS, SCADA, DRMS, DERMS, EMS, GIS) resulting in increased value and efficiency.

As a Senior in Technology Transformation Program Delivery, you will be at the forefront of driving and managing technology transformation projects and programs that align with our organizational strategy to achieve desired outcomes. You will provide assurance to leadership by managing timelines, costs, and quality, leading both technical and non-technical project teams in the development and implementation of technology solutions and/or infrastructure.

Your key responsibilities

In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for contributing to the delivery of one or more processes, solutions, and/or projects by delivering agreed activities and applying judgment. You will select appropriate methodologies to inform recommendations, considering success criteria, barriers, risks, and issues. You will be accountable for meeting your own targets which impact the immediate team and may help coordinate the work of junior colleagues or team members. You will also meet performance objectives and metrics set locally. Your time will be spent on:

• Lead and support hands-on integration and configuration of operational technology systems such as ADMS, EMS, DRMS, DERMS, and SCADA, ensuring interoperability with enterprise IT systems
• Work closely with client technical teams to design, test, and validate configurations, system interfaces, data flows, and operational workflows for grid modernization initiatives
• Defining and executing deliverables
• Tracking deliverable completion and project status
• Regular travel as needed by external clients
• Design and facilitate client meetings and workshops
• Identify and implement service delivery improvements to improve the quality of the service provided
• Participate in new business opportunities by developing ideas and solutions
• Identify and resolve/escalate issues and risks that affect scope, quality, schedule and resources
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge and enhance client service delivery
• Stay current with the latest trends in the industry to be a trusted advisor/subject-matter resource for our clients’ businesses
• Support the EY inclusiveness culture

Skills and attributes for success

To thrive in this role, you will need a strong foundation in project and program delivery methods, including Agile and waterfall, and the ability to coach others on relevant processes, tools, techniques, and enabling technologies. You should be able to propose solutions to technical constraints and anticipate bottlenecks in the system development cycle. Additional skills include:

• Understanding of operational technology architecture, configurations and integrations for ADMS, EMS, DRMS, DERMS, and SCADA systems
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving technical issues during system integration and deployment phases
• Decision-making based on broad policies and personal knowledge/experience
• Working on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors
• Dedication to be coached by higher levels and provide coaching and counsel to junior team members to help them develop
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially around breaking down complex structures into digestible and relevant points for a diverse set of clients and colleagues at all levels
• Ability to anticipate and identify risks and escalate issues as appropriate to both internal and client leadership

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A Bachelor’s degree required (4-year degree)
• Typically, no less than 2 - 4 years relevant work experience
• Proven business or technical work experience in one or more of the following digital grid focus areas: AMI, ADMS, OMS, SCADA, DRMS, DERMS, EMS, GIS
• Hands-on experience with system integration, configuration, and testing of ADMS, EMS, DRMS, DERMS, and SCADA platforms.
• You will also need to demonstrate expertise in the following areas:
  • Program structuring
  • Iterative delivery methodologies
  • Hybrid and waterfall delivery methodologies
  • Project and Portfolio Management tools
  • Project and program definition and governance
  • Project or program resource management
  • Project or program value, finance, budget and quality management
  • System Development Lifecycle
  • Technology Landscape
  • Contract and Vendor Management
  • Building and Managing Relationships
  • Client Trust and Value
  • Communicating With Impact
  • Complex Problem-Solving
  • Critical Thinking
  • Digital Fluency
  • Driving Outcomes
  • Emotional Agility
  • Hybrid Collaboration
  • Learning Agility

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Professional certification requirements as defined by each service line

• Additional skills and experience that complement the role

• Experience delivering consulting services to Power & Utilities clients

Consulting - Tech Consulting - FinTech - Digital Asset Risk - Manager

Whole industries have been disrupted and transformed in recent years by digital technology. EY advises clients to understand, architect, select and implement bleeding edge solutions required to efficiently run their businesses, with a focus on Digital and Cloud. These service areas span E-commerce, Blockchain, Solution Architecture, Mobile Applications, Digital Platform Architecture, Digital Technology Strategy, and Digital IT Operations.

As a Blockchain Risk Manager, you will lead teams working closely with Financial Services clients to define how to operate products and solutions using blockchain technology and support the successful delivery of digital asset transformation projects through your technical and business expertise. You will advise clients to understand, architect, select and implement bleeding edge controls required to effectively mitigate unique risks that digital asset products introduce to their organization. These product areas span crypto custody, crypto exchange, cross-border payments, stablecoin issuance, crypto staking, and asset/securities tokenization.

As a Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager, you will be at the forefront of designing and implementing a comprehensive framework that addresses all facets of risk, governance, and compliance. This is a chance to influence multiple functions, including risk assessment, governance integrity, data management, and fraud prevention, while ensuring alignment with regulations and oversight bodies. Your strategic direction will shape the controls and methodologies that safeguard our organization's future.

Your key responsibilities

In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for setting the strategic direction for governance frameworks, managing complex technical initiatives, and driving quality and risk management. You will collaborate with forensic experts to enhance fraud controls and provide top-tier governance advice to board members. Your day-to-day will involve:

• Leading a team of risk analysts and working with client personnel to plan and perform risk assessments, analyze and evaluate company’s complex IT systems, infrastructure, and risk issues, and identify risks associated with various digital asset products.
• Developing new leading practice controls for novel risks posed by digital asset and crypto products
• Contributing to the generation of new business opportunities for operational risk management including developing long-term client relationships, understanding the changing business and regulatory environment, and actively assessing/presenting new ways to serve clients.
• Managing and delivering solutions or projects with a focus on quality and risk.
• Seeking process improvements and identifying innovative solutions.
• Overseeing billability, workstream deliveries, project management, and engagement economics.
• Frequent travel and client interactions, contributing to sales growth and RFP responses.

Skills and attributes for success

To thrive in this role, you will need a blend of technical expertise and business acumen, along with the ability to manage and inspire a team. Your skills and attributes should include:

• You’re an innovator. You keep up to date on emerging technologies (especially blockchain) and are constantly thinking about potential applications.
• You’re a people developer. You find and cultivate talent to achieve outstanding results. You give your team creative freedom to innovate while holding them accountable for making good decisions and delivering results.
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity. In fact, you thrive in the face of complex problems with no obvious solutions.
• You’re entrepreneurial at heart. You have a passion for making your ideas a reality, building prototypes, and ultimately launching production-scale solutions in the market.
• Compliance management software expertise.
• Enterprise risk strategy optimization.
• Organizational control model design.
• Client relationship management and negotiation skills.
• Critical thinking and a global mindset.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Typically 4-6 years of relevant experience.
• In-depth understanding of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and the underlying mechanics of various blockchains. Awareness of the unique risks associated with blockchains and crypto assets
• 5+ years of experience in technology risk, compliance, controls, and/or audit roles for Financial Institutions or crypto natives
• Strong attention to detail and experience supporting a risk and compliance program, working with Risk and Control Matrices and Enterprise Risk Frameworks
• A strong understanding of the shifting regulatory considerations of digital assets and how they impact Financial Institutions
• Proven ability in leading technology risk sales/pursuit conversations with internal and external stakeholders in a professional services environment
• Comfort and experience dealing with ambiguity, uncertainty, and task switching
• Self-driven with a strong sense of accountability and ownership and proven experience driving outcomes with minimal oversight

Ideally, you’ll also have

• 3+ Digital/Crypto industry experience in areas such as tokenization, staking, digital funds, and crypto custody
• Experience working with regulators like the NYDFS, OCC, SEC, submitting for new product non-objection and/or responding to regulatory inquiries.
• Experience supporting testing or audits of technology controls
• Foundational knowledge of common crypto vendors, service providers, and risk management tools

Your key responsibilities

You’ll be responsible for managing client engagements, working with high-performing teams to analyze, evaluate and enhance our clients’ capital markets businesses. You will interface with clients at all levels of an organization to help them solve their most challenging questions and support the Capital Markets practice in developing new offerings and thought leadership to take to market, enhancing our capabilities and services.

Skills and attributes for success

You will spend most of your time assisting on all phases of client delivery in an exciting variety of projects. You will have a keen interest and understanding of the capital markets across the trade and client life cycle; the tools that are used across the front, middle and back office; and a keen interest in innovation, digital strategy and driving efficiency for our clients. You will be a critical thinker with strong analytical and communication skills.

To qualify for the role you must have

· A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business with 5+ years of relevant experience working at a financial services company or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services organization; or a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) with 3+ years of relevant experience working at a financial services company or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services organization.

· A minimum of 2 recent years of experience in capital markets.

· Proven experience in managing small, midsize and large businesses, functions or projects in the capital markets sector

· Knowledge of a range of financial products, including derivatives, equities, and fixed income; foreign exchange; and commodities

· Knowledge of industries, including investment banking, broker-dealers, custody, fund administration and investment management

· Worked in a strategy-focused role across the front, middle or back office where you will have driven change and transformation that had a real impact to the business

· The ability to travel - you will likely spend a significant amount of time on-site with our clients. Travel may be international. Many clients are not within range of public transportation.

• Expertise in Digital Assets: Demonstrated knowledge of digital assets, including cryptocurrencies, tokenization, and blockchain technology, and their implications for capital markets.
• Regulatory Compliance: Familiarity with regulatory frameworks governing digital assets, including AML/KYC requirements, and ability to ensure compliance within capital markets operations.
• Market Analysis: Ability to analyze market trends and developments in digital assets, providing insights to inform investment strategies and risk management.
• Technology Integration: Experience in integrating digital asset solutions with existing capital markets infrastructure, including trading platforms and settlement systems.
• Client Advisory: Provide expert advice to clients on digital asset investment opportunities, risk assessment, and portfolio diversification strategies.
• Collaboration with Tech Teams: Work closely with technology teams to develop and implement innovative digital asset products and services that meet client needs.
• Risk Management: Assess and manage risks associated with digital asset investments, including market volatility and cybersecurity threats.
• Continuous Learning: Commitment to staying updated on emerging trends and technologies in the digital asset space to enhance service offerings and maintain competitive advantage.

Ideally you’ll also have

· Experience working in a front office and sales strategy role or in a technology and operations strategy role; you will have insights into inefficiencies in businesses and how to improve organizational performance

· Experience in defining and delivering digital and data-led transformations, and you will be passionate about innovation

· Expertise cultivating mid- to senior-level relationships with clients and the ability to interact with clients up to the C-suite level

· Expertise in policies, procedures, governance, design and operations in relevant areas, such as trade life cycle, front-office structure, broker-dealer operations, clearance and settlement, client onboarding, treasury operations, collateral management and regulatory regimes

What we look for

Job Description

As a Procurement Manager, you will support all aspects of client-facing procurement technology projects, which spans many leading solutions in the market (e.g. GEP, Zycus, and Zip). You will be expected to drive project initiatives and lead process design, implementation, problem solving, and project management activities that add value and results for our client base.

Typical responsibilities include:

Project Execution

• Manage implementation of procurement solutions throughout the full lifecycle of execution
• Provide thought leadership and benchmarking
• Lead and drive current state activities
• Lead and drive future state end to end process design sessions
• Identify S2P business, technical, and integration requirements to support the implementation of S2P technologies.
• Synthesize disparate data sources into insights and clear deliverables
• Work together with clients to identify and interpret key project requirements
• Develop and enhance relationships with client stakeholders
• Create project plans and manage delivery of client project work
• Coordinate with subject matter experts within and outside of the firm

Business Development

• Support sales pursuits
• Develop materials and thought leadership for go-to-market conversations

Travel Requirements:

Travel is required for this role and could vary from 10-50%

As an ACR FMS Senior Associate, you will be assisting the team in EY GDS Manila and EY firms in the Asia-Pacific region in providing bookkeeping and management accounting services for various clients. You will be expected to coordinate with GDS and onshore contacts in the timely completion of high-quality deliverables.

• Assist in reviewing bookkeeping and management accounting deliverables.
• Assist in reviewing and preparation of various reporting packages required on a regular basis.
• Perform data analysis, reconciliation and reporting of financial transactions.
• Design and generate financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements.
• Provide technical support and training to Staff / Associate members.
• Collaborate with internal and external auditors during audits.
• Actively establish, maintain and strengthen relationships both internally within the EY network and externally with clients.

• Degree in Accounting (CPA is a plus)
• 3-5 years of relevant practical finance and accounting
• Good English communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Knowledgeable in basic Microsoft office applications such as Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Available to work in McKinley West after work-from-home setup has been lifted

We are looking for highly motivated individuals with the ability to work in a collaborative environment to provide exceptional client service across global sites. You’ll be a confident team player developing strong people management skills and picking up new skills which will help you solve complex problems. 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.

• 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

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.