EY Senior Manager EPM Solution Architect- Business 

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam 

218661321

Key Responsibilities:

• Become part of Business Consulting Finance and work with a young and dynamic team advising the CFO function (C-level management) in the areas of Finance Transformation, Digital Finance, Enterprise Performance Management, and Global Business Services.

• As a (Senior) Manager you will be working alongside EY’s senior leadership team in delivering a variety of Finance Transformation work across an organization’s Business Architecture.

Activities include:

• Holistically evaluate, recommend and implement finance technology solutions, such as ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle), data platforms (Azure, AWS), EPM solutions (SAP Analytics Cloud, Tagetik, OneStream) and Business Intelligence tools (Power BI, MicroStrategy, Tableau).

• Design scalable, efficient and innovative solutions to support finance transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with industry best practices.

• Establish and enforce architecture standards, guidelines, and best practices for financial systems.

• Oversee projects from start to finish, ensuring they adhere to timelines, budgets, and client expectations while maintaining the highest standards of quality and excellence.

• Assist senior management in design workshops by interpreting client business needs into best practice processes and business designs and facilitate key aspects of engagement mobilization.

• Share knowledge within the team to encourage collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Ability to drive solutions independently.

• Continuously update and maintain knowledge on the latest finance technologies and digital finance tools.

Job requirements – Where do you start?

• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, IT, or equivalent.

• 5-10 years of experience leading finance transformation projects, with expertise in multiple areas of the Finance Technology Landscape (ERP, Data Platform, EPM, BI)

• Sufficient holistic knowledge of the financial technology landscape, including:

  • ERP systems: SAP S/4HANA, Oracle
  • Data platforms: Azure, AWS

  • EPM systems: SAP Analytics Cloud, Tagetik, OneStream

  • Business Intelligence tools: Power BI, MicroStrategy, Tableau

• Strong understanding of Enterprise Performance Management, including financial planning, accounting, consolidation and reporting

• Strong affinity with business information management. This includes (high level) understanding of data modelling, data integration, data engineering and data strategies

• Ability to be the linking pin between Finance, IT and Business by properly translating business requirements to sustainable IT-solutions

• Proven success in team leadership, including coaching, mentoring, and developing a team of (senior) consultants

• Knowledge of account management, business development and the consulting sales cycle

• Proven ability in managing multiple engagements and stakeholders, surpassing client expectations, handling budgets, and effectively mitigating risks

• Extensive experience in leading business development, building networks, identifying opportunities, responding to RFPs, and presenting at events

• Fluency in English, Dutch is a plus.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Relevant Professional qualifications are a plus, e.g., CMA/RC, CPA/RA, RE.

• Relevant technical business analyst and/or implementation manager certifications (e.g., SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Anaplan, Tagetik, etc.)

• Dutch language - full professional proficiency is a plus

• A relevant network

We offer an attractive employment package that rewards individual and team achievements:

• Vitality: the choice is yours. An online session with an external vitality coach, practical tips on topics such as nutrition, energy, sleep and mindset, a discount at Healthcity and/or a voucher card to rent a padel court.

• Flexible working: you decide where and when you work in consultation with your team. At home, at the office, at the client or from another European country (up to 20 working days per year).

• Home office arrangement: to optimize your home office, EY provides the following resources for you: office chair, sit/stand desk, an external monitor, a desk lamp, a (Bluetooth) headset, and a large external keyboard.

• Birth leave: EY will pay 100% of the birth leave, in the case of an additional birth leave, EY will pay 70% of the salary.

For a full overview of our employment package click here:

The office

Pre-employment screening

Due to laws and regulations, and because EY (and in some cases its clients) has high demands on the reliability and integrity of its employees, every new employee will be screened. Depending on your rank the pre employment screening could contain the following: Certificate of Conduct (in Dutch: VOG) or - if requesting a Dutch VOG is not possible - Criminal Background Check of the country you are currently living or have lived during the last five years,  integrity questionnaire, verification of ID, diploma’s and/or work experience and consultation of the Dutch insolvency registry.