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The role is pivotal in driving market-facing activity, originating net new business, generating sales, and deepening relationships with key clients and alliance partners. You will work closely with Global Industry and Alliance senior leadership and our Global Alliance Heads of Sales to shape and execute growth strategies that align with our most critical priorities.

Your key responsibilities

• Align with Global Industry Alliance Leads to identify priority clients and execute on go to market opportunities and drive sales
• Originate net new deal flow while maintaining and expanding relationships with key buying influences across Alliances, big bets, and Premier and Strategic accounts
• Act as a subject matter expert for a dedicated Alliance, industry, or account, ensuring offerings are effectively leveraged to enhance client service delivery
• Build and maintain strong relationships with C-suite in our Alliances and clients to increase revenue share
• Develop and deploy sales strategies in service of the Service Lines and Super Regions and interlocking through industry, to achieve a global sales target
• Lead early-stage deal pursuits, co-develop the pursuit strategy and transition them to account teams for closure
• Be global exemplars of co-sell with our ecosystem partners
• Build and nurture relationships with sector and account teams of alliance partners to drive joint engagement and ownership of opportunities
• Support and contribute to account planning, including joint planning sessions with alliance partners and big bet leads
• Understand the portfolio of key alliance solution offerings and differentiators
• Execute targeted sales campaigns and participate in quarterly business reviews
• Ensure alignment of alliance and big bet strategies with broader account planning and execution
• Develop an understanding of the strategic investment levers available from alliances to support opportunities
• Track and report on pipeline development and deal progression using internal systems
• Provide strategic input into go to market planning and campaign execution

Skills and attributes for success

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate:

• Proven track record of originating and closing complex deals in a matrixed environment
• Familiarity with alliance funding models and co-selling strategies
• A track record of driving growth and profitability through joint go-to-market initiatives
• A deep industry understanding to navigate challenges and effectively identify opportunities
• Strong relationship-building skills with senior stakeholders and external partners
• Deep understanding of alliance ecosystems and industry dynamics
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to execution
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing skills
• Experience working in or with professional services firms

We innovate with SAP to co-create more innovative answers, drawing on our integrated competencies in tax, assurance, transactions and risk, as well as our work in implementing SAP. Together, we help clients provide better outcomes and long-lasting results, from strategy to execution.

On your typical engagement, you will work with the key stakeholders to understand their needs and advise on SAP system capabilities.  You will initiate the requirement gathering, architect solutions, blueprinting, testing, complete the workflow and documentation, as well as the functional design of the solution. Liaise with the stakeholders and technical team to translate needs into business solutions and complete the configurations and/or integrations with SAP and non-SAP systems.

As a Senior Manager in our Technology practice, you will play a pivotal role in interacting with business stakeholders to evaluate and analyze business models, processes, and operations. You will translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure that newly implemented technology solutions meet these requirements. Your collaboration with technical teams will be crucial in designing and delivering effective system architecture solutions.

Your key responsibilities

In this role, you will manage and deliver complex processes and solutions while maintaining a strong focus on quality and risk management. You will face challenges that require innovative problem-solving and analytical skills, allowing you to grow your expertise in technology analysis and implementation. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading engagement delivery and managing client relationships on a daily basis.

• Overseeing program/project management and ensuring engagement economics are met.

• Developing resource plans and budgets for complex engagements.

Skills and attributes for success

To thrive in this role, you will need to demonstrate effective management skills, an understanding of operational and organizational dynamics, and the ability to maintain quality and manage risk.

• Strong technical skills in application functional design and technology business requirements definition.
• Proven ability to analyze and map technology cost-benefit scenarios.
• Expertise in system configuration design and business architecture frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.
• Oversee EY and client personnel
• Consistently deliver quality client services. Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Participate in sales pursuits and business development activities

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred)
• 5-7+ years of relevant experience in sales/pursuits
• At least 10+ years of experience working with SAP S4HANA Finance modules
• Strong knowledge of Finance integration with other SAP components (e.g. Supply Chain, Sales & Distribution, etc.)
• Proven track record leading Finance Team on at least two full-cycle SAP implementations
• Working knowledge of SAP Accelerate methodology or similar implementation method
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills
• Experience managing an SAP project or workstream and project-based team members.
• Experience operating in hybrid onshore / offshore delivery model
• Knowledge of leading practices, benchmarking, peer company environments and prior advisory experience relevant to industry specific finance and technology functions
• Ability and comfort level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies
• A willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 60+%

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior consulting industry experience with Big Four or major SAP SI company
• SAP Certification/s C_TS4FI “Financial Accounting, C_TS4CO “Management Accounting”, E-S4CPE “Implementation consultant”
• Prior industry experience in Finance or Accounting capacity

Market leading growth

• We're a business with market- leading growth, and this is set to continue. We have a clear vision, big ambitions and a bolder purpose than ever before. It all means growth and opportunities for you and our clients.

Entrepreneurial spirit

• Entrepreneurial spirit delivers market-leading growth. That’s why we empower our people to innovate and act with flexibility. We’re developing people to lead, manage and deliver ambitious growth, and tackle the most complex, critical and rewarding challenges for our clients.

Inclusivity

• The success of EY, our clients and our people, is built on having employees from a huge variety of backgrounds working together in high-performing teams. We're creating the working culture of tomorrow: it's more flexible, more inclusive, globally connected and driven by a purpose - to build a better working world.

Consulting Services – Finance Transformation

Our Finance Transformation team delivers globally integrated Finance service offerings to our clients, including:

• Agile Business Finance
• Enterprise Intelligence
• Global Business Services (GBS)
• Digital Finance Strategy and Operating Model

Your key responsibilities

Working in our Finance Transformation practice, you will:

• Work as part of a client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds. Foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment.
• Deliver high-quality work products within expected timeframes and on budget. Foster relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels. Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes. Manage expectations of client service delivery.
• Cultivate and manage business development opportunities. Understand EY and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve clients. Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks.
• Contribute to PI Finance practice development specifically in the areas of operations, thought leadership, marketing activities and training
• Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge. Possess good business acumen. Remain current on new developments in Consulting services capabilities and industry knowledge.

Skills and attributes for success

• At least 5+ years of relevant experience including previous consulting experience
• Strong academic record including a third level degree, preferably in a finance/accounting, business or project related area
• MBA, ACCA/ACA/CIMA and/or PMP/Prince2 qualification
• Strong process improvement experience in one or two of the following areas:
• Transactional processing: Order to Cash; Procure to Pay; Record to Report
• Financial planning and analysis: Budgeting, Planning, and Reporting
• Financial reporting including value & performance management
• Finance process & automation

What 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.

Please note;

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.

Quality Manager – Africa Tax

Your role will focus on further strengthening and innovating our existing processes, whilst enabling sustainable growth and consistent high-quality service delivery to our clients.

You will be required to:

1. Engage with leaders across our Africa business.
2. Provide consultation support for pursuit governance and engagement quality controls.
3. Support quality, independence and risk management programmes and processes.
4. Innovate existing processes, in response to our rapidly changing environment.
5. Team with a wide stakeholder group across service lines, competencies, functions and geographies.
6. Guide teams on best practice service delivery methods, tools and practices.
7. Interpret and apply EY Service Quality policies.

Your key responsibilities

The responsibilities listed in this document are not exhaustive and are flexible to accommodate the needs of the business, Africa Quality Projects and overall Firm requirements.

Amongst other things your role will include:

• Managing business risk through driving compliance to firm risk management policies and procedures, whilst achieving an appropriate balance between risk and control.
• Designing and implementing effective processes for the monitoring and management of compliance with the firm risk and quality management processes in the business.
• Enhancing and innovating the Africa Tax Service Line's current processes, promoting sustainable growth and ensuring clients consistently receive high-quality services.

• Support the Tax Quality Leader’s and other Tax Quality Managers.
• Supports strategic projects aimed at simplification of the firm’s quality and risk management policies and processes.
• Facilitates Global Tax Quality Reviews and Local internal quality reviews.
• Provides teams with best practices methodologies, tools and practices for service delivery.
• Spearheads key quality and risk management programmes and procedures.
• Improves existing procedures considering the continually changing environment.
• Collaborates with diverse stakeholders across service lines, competencies, functions and locations.
• Develops controls and governance and identifies, evaluates and manages tax-related risk.
• Advises engagement teams on tax quality-related issues.
• Aids in the creation of local policies and the implementation of global policies.
• Creates routine Tax Quality alerts and similar publications.
• Supports the maintenance of Tax Quality databases.
• Assist in supporting the near shore Regional Delivery Centre based in Mauritius.

Skills and attributes for success

• Effective communication and organizational skills.
• Use business knowledge to make recommendations that facilitate embedding processes and programs.
• Confident in identifying and raising concerns to the Regional Tax Quality Leader, regarding risks and exceptions.
• Ability to execute to plan.
• Knowledgeable on how professional services firms operate.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable with change and being a strong change agent.
• Skilled at handling multiple projects concurrently and prioritizing appropriately.
• Ability to work in a team to achieve a common goal in the interest of the EY Global organisation.
• Ability to remain objective and independent in all risk related matters.
• Not easily influenced by domineering personalities so that the interests of EY Global is always maintained.
• Comfortable working with individuals at all levels and creating a network of relationships built on trust.
• Ability to teach others new skills.
• Ability to perform under pressure.
• Competent at interpreting, comprehending, and applying Ernst & Young policies, giving accurate and consistent guidance to others.
• Strong listening skills.
• A strong focus on quality, risk management and efficiency.

To qualify for the role, you must have.

• Minimum 5 years’ work experience in a large professional services firm environment.
• Should be a confident and dynamic individual with excellent written and verbal business communication skills.
• Be able to learn, innovate and take initiative to better enable the business.
• Initiative-taking, high-energy levels, enthusiastic
• Strong managerial and organisational skills
• High levels of integrity and confidentiality.
• High levels of assertiveness and resilience.
• Diligence and commitment to following a process with care.
• Analytical thinker
• Be proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience in working in a Big 4 Quality and Risk Management environment.
• Have a suitable degree/certification aligned to risk management, project management or business management.

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, 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:

• 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 manage your role in a way that is right for you.

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and Tax services, we’re using the finance products, expertise, and systems we’ve developed to build abetter working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities, andfreedom to make things better.Whenever you join, however long you stay, the