FSO, BCF Financial Transformation (Financial Close) Manager

EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.  At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.  

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

 

EY is the only professional services firm with a separate business unit ("FSO") that is dedicated to the financial services marketplace. Our FSO teams have been at the forefront of every event that has reshaped and redefined the financial services industry. 

 

If you have a passion for rallying together to solve the most complex challenges in the financial services industry, come join our dynamic FSO team! 

 

The opportunity  

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 

Your skills and experiences will help our global FSO Consulting Business Consulting Finance team to continue delivering high quality service to our clients. 

 

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) imp