EY FSO BCF Financial Transformation Close Manager 

United States, New York, New York 

57547443

This position could be located in NY, NC, TX, IL, VA.

Recognizing the changing and fast-paced professional landscape, you will work with our clients to better align their operating and technology infrastructures within their business strategies in support of their transformational programs. You will team with engagement leadership to bring our broad range of capabilities and insights to enhance the role and effectiveness of the finance and operations function. You will partner with colleagues in Finance, Technology, Strategy and Risk to bring the latest solutions to not only improve operational efficiencies, but to enhance the changing role of the CFO as an indispensable partner tasked with providing better business insights, profitability, and performance measurement.

Your key responsibilities

• Manage multi-disciplinary project teams at our clients to provide a broad range of solutions and capabilities including operational improvement, profitability management, finance function activities and business integration.
• Advise clients on a variety of business process issues that help identify, assess, manage, and measure the organization's capabilities. Use finance, business process, organizational and technology capabilities, and knowledge across several of the following focus areas:

• • Finance Transformation (Shared Services, Financial Close, General Ledger/ERP management)
  • Financial Accounting and Reporting operations improvement
  • Finance Strategy (Vision, Mission, Guiding Principles)
  • Accounting Change
  • Finance rapid assessments
  • Source-to-report transformation
  • Post-to-report transformation
  • Source to pay including sourcing strategy and vendor management improvement.
  • Planning, budgeting, and forecasting integration.
  • Performance Management and Measurement (KPIs, business driver-based metrics)
  • Cost optimization
  • Regulatory and Statutory Reporting strategy and improvement
  • Participate in engagement management and execution as well as client relationship building and management.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have.

• A Bachelor's degree and approximately 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 4 years of related work experience
• A minimum of 3+ years of experience working at a professional services firm, financial services company or comparable experience working as an advisor to a financial services company
• Approximately 4 years of experience in the financial services industry, providing consulting services in the finance function and other operational areas that impact the finance function (e.g., General Ledger Reconciliations, Chart of Accounts Rationalization & Design, Close to Report; Cost Reduction Initiatives, Funds Transfer Pricing, Budgeting and Planning)
• Experience in managing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations.
• Demonstrated record in driving revenue within existing clients at the 'C' level of Fortune 500 companies.
• Experience in program & project management for large scale business transformation projects and programs
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment – knows when to lead and when to follow.
• Experience managing staff on multiple projects and providing direction to team members.
• Willingness to travel 70-100%

Ideally, you'll also have

• Possess a deep knowledge and strong understanding of the overall finance function operations and business process re-engineering.
• A degree in business, finance, accounting, computer science, engineering, or a related field; MBA or master's degree preferred.
• Prior experience in any of the following areas:

• • Assessment and redesign of business, risk, and control processes
  • Refinement of target operating models particularly within the Finance function
  • Finance transformation and accelerated close.
  • Sub-ledger/ledger redesign
  • Management reporting enhancement
  • Business intelligence/decision support
  • Financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting
  • Business/Merger Integration
  • Reconciliation redesign or improvement
  • Regulatory and statutory reporting improvement
  • Understanding functional data, and writing requirements from a business analyst perspective

What we look for

• 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.