EY Senior Manager - Financial Services FAAS Insurance Dublin 

Ireland 

313882998

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FSO Assurance

Contract Type:Full-Time – Permanent

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Manager within our Insurance FAAS team you will specialise in Insurance and will work closely with Finance clients, and assist senior management in leading engagement teams, provide valuable insight and advice to support clients to make strategic and operational decisions about their business. You will contribute to the continued success and growth of the practice, alongside some of the most highly regarded colleagues within the Financial Services industry.

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to

• Delivering insurance accounting and regulatory change projects by managing the project team, assessing engagement risks, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team
• Designing, developing and implementing strategic and operational initiatives for our clients
• Driving innovation by creating an environment that encourages innovation and being a leader in this area by implementing new and improved ways of working, delivery models and / or technological advancements
• Developing strong internal and external networks for long term relationships, managing EY accounts and to bring all of EY to clients
• Establishing and managing effective working relationships with peer-level clients as part of project delivery roles
• Training, coaching, and supervising junior staff as well as monitoring staff availability, chargeability and supporting the development of less utilised staff
• Identifying opportunities for and securing new business
• Contributing to business development activities to help identify and research opportunities on new/ existing clients, and co-leading proposals and bid teams and managing the development and delivery of high-quality proposals with senior management
• Contributing to the growth of the practice via the sharing of knowledge and experience as well as demonstrating great depth of specialism by contributing to EY Point of views, development of solutions, engagement tools and enablers
• Contributing to the development of your own and the team's technical skills by establishing a culture of highest performing teams, inclusive behaviours, and emotional intelligence
• Providing quality assurance and monitoring risks, managing assignment teams and third parties, liaising with service line teams and functional specialists

To qualify for the role, you must have

• An Accountancy qualification (ACA, ACMA, ACCA, CPA)
• Confident and comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity in a project environment
• Demonstrate expertise across engagement and practice teams
• Working technical knowledge of IFRS 17
• Always display excellent communication and presentation skills to people across all levels of an organisation
• Able to apply logic and problem solving to complex Finance business problems
• Knowledge of the key issues and challenges currently facing Insurance CFOs
• Take personal responsibility for the quality of delivery
• Instil a positive team mentality, even when under pressure, by treating their colleagues well and creating an inclusive culture
• Extremely comfortable and confident around senior stakeholders, internally and externally
• Extremely comfortable with Excel and PowerPoint. Much of our work involves detailed analysis and report writing, so it is critical you can work with these tools

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience of working in a consulting role in insurance or a transformation role in industry, focusing on the Finance function
• Experience in leading delivery of Finance change programmes in insurance and demonstrable experience of leading change gained from:
• Hands-on consulting experience at a Big 4, or top tier consulting firm within Financial Services, or leading change programmes at a Financial Services organisation, or leading a Line function at a Financial Services organisation
• Experience of designing and implementing Finance Operating Models and Finance Transformation, including location and service model strategy
• Accounting and regulatory change e.g. IFRS9, IFRS17 – supporting clients to understand and address complex change, and leading delivery of programmes / projects
• Financial Control – including internal and external statutory reporting
• Financial modelling, budgeting, business planning, forecasting and analysis
• Finance operating model design and implementation
• Front to back process, control and governance
• Balance sheet management and financial resource optimisation
• Finance Cost Reduction and Process Improvement
• Finance systems architecture and strategy delivery
• General Ledger, consolidation and EPM projects
• Regulatory, statutory and management reporting projects including Solvency II

We offer a competitive remuneration package. 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 and coaching 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

All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include:

Career Progression

• When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.
• Continuous learning, where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• As you grow and develop here, you’ll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it’s as unique as you are - success is defined by you, we will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture, you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.

Inclusion & Diversity

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We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.