Senior Consultant - Finance Optimization (FAAS)

EY; Lancy; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global professional services firm is seeking a Senior Consultant in Finance Optimization to drive digital finance transformation across key CFO agenda topics. Ideal candidates will possess a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree and have 3-6 years of relevant consulting experience. Key responsibilities include managing transformation projects, enhancing finance processes, and conducting workshops. This role requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, fluency in English, and knowledge of finance technologies. Join a dynamic team making significant impacts in the finance sector.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of relevant experience in consulting or finance transformation.
• Exposure to ERP/EPM implementations.
• Experience in producing professional deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Support digital finance transformation projects including ERP/EPM initiatives.
• Analyze and improve end-to-end finance processes.
• Prepare and facilitate client workshops.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Teamwork mindset

Fluency in English

Knowledge of finance technologies

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

ERP systems

EPM tools

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. At EY, you will have the opportunity to build a career as unique as you are. With our global scale, inclusive culture and leading technology, we support you in developing your skills and creating impact—working with teams that help clients accelerate digitalisation and automation across the finance function.

In a world changing faster than ever, EY’s purpose, Building a better working world, guides more than 300,000 people globally and provides meaning to the work we do every day. Through our innovative services in assurance, tax, transactions and consulting, we help clients navigate complexity and drive sustainable value.

About FAAS / Finance Optimization

Our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) practice in Switzerland is growing strongly. To support this expansion, our Finance Optimization team is seeking a Senior Consultant to join us in Basel, Zurich or Geneva.

Role Overview

As a Senior Consultant in our Finance Optimization team, you will support clients across key CFO agenda topics with a strong focus on digital finance transformation. You will work in multidisciplinary teams that combine finance and accounting knowledge with process, data and technology capabilities—helping deliver practical solutions and measurable improvements.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support digital finance transformation projects, including ERP/EPM initiatives, automation use cases and finance data and analytics workstreams.
• Analyse and improve end-to-end finance processes (e.g., R2R, O2C, P2P, FP&A).
• Prepare and facilitate client workshops and produce high‑quality deliverables.
• Support finance and IT stakeholders to ensure alignment on scope and value.
• Assist with project management activities and governance routines.
• Contribute to knowledge building and go‑to‑market initiatives.
• Develop expertise in emerging finance technologies.

To Qualify for the Role, You Must Have

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• 3–6 years of relevant experience in consulting or finance transformation.
• Exposure to ERP/EPM implementations.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Confidence in producing professional deliverables.
• Teamwork mindset and ability to work in fast‑paced environments.
• A relevant professional qualification (e.g., ACCA, CPA) is an advantage.
• Fluency in English; German/French a plus.