Assurance - FAAS - Commodities Advisory - Manager - London, Reading or Manchester

Ernst & Young; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Manchester is seeking experienced candidates for their Commodities Markets team. The role involves providing essential advisory services and managing teams to solve complex client challenges in the commodity trading sector. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in commodity trading, excellent communication skills, and a proactive approach to managing engagements. This position offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for continuous learning and career development.

Benefits

Continuous learning opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Total Rewards package

Qualifications

• Relevant professional experience in a commodity trading house or as an accountant.
• Demonstrated interest in commodities through education or work experience.
• Established credibility with clients and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Manage engagement teams to deliver client requirements.
• Conduct commodity marketing and risk management advisory.
• Ensure adherence to project standards and timelines.

Skills

Exposure to commodity trading

Excellent communication skills

People management experience

Experience with commodity risk management systems

Tools

OpenLink

Kiodex

Aspect

Job description

serve as practical and innovative trusted advisors to businesses to address challenges in governance, risk management, processes and controls, accounting and financial reporting, system implementation, regulatory changes and tech-enabled Managed Services.

The opportunity

We're looking for solution-oriented team players to join our London-based Commodities Markets team and ensure clients benefit from our insights, creativity, and energy. This is an opportunity to combine industry knowledge, technical insights, and commercial knowhow, to deliver solutions to solve our clients' complex problems.

Commodities Markets is a specialisation within Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS), focused on commodity trading and marketing businesses, and risk management functions that have and manage exposure to gas, power, oil, metals, agriculture, carbon, shipping and logistics, and chemicals and related products.

Your key responsibilities

This role will involve working with multi-disciplinary teams where you can apply leading methodologies to drive business performance. You will typically work alongside local leadership and clients to provide advisory services and deliver high quality projects in:

• business transformation (including roadmap definitions), regulatory compliance, technology enablement, control/risk governance, data analytics and financial reporting.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Commodity marketing, trading and risk management advisory: system implementation, business integrator support, operating model design; maturity assessments; process improvement and redesign; controls and governance review and technical accounting analysis.
• Engagement management: Manage the engagement team to successfully deliver the clients' requirements.
• Quality review: Ensure projects adhere to EY standards, set budgets, and agree timelines.
• Pipeline: Leverage Commodity Markets specialists to pursue new business opportunities.
• Learning: Constantly enhancing your understanding of industry trends, sharing your knowledge to support junior colleagues.
• Development: Performance management and coaching of junior colleagues throughout the performance year.

Develop and utilise your in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge to identify the root cause of problems and propose clear solutions. Demonstrate your ability to learn new digital technologies and participate in digital transformation engagements. Show willingness to find new ways to solve old problems through the innovative application of process and technology, driving change in the industry.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Exposure to the physical and financial trading in the commodities sector and understanding of how commodity markets operate.
• Relevant professional experience in at least one of the following:

• Front, middle or back-office role in either a commodity trading house, a treasury function or a bank.
• A professional services firm, working in either external audit, consulting, technology or managed services.
• Accounting and/or IFRS financial instruments experience.
• People management experience; performance management and coaching of junior colleagues.

Excellent oral and written communication skills, establishing personal credibility with clients and colleagues.

Ideally, you'll also have

• Demonstrated interest in commodities via education, work, or extra-curricular experience.
• Experience managing a diverse range of projects and stakeholder needs.
• Exposure to various commodity transaction types (physical and financial) across multiple markets, including understanding of risk and/or hedging strategies.
• Experience with Commodity Trading or Risk Management systems (e.g., OpenLink, Kiodex, Aspect, EOS, Allegro, Zema, CurveBuilder, FIS, EOT, EKA).
• Produced documentation covering business requirements, processes, controls, and reports.
• Exposure to data analytics and data visualisation tools.

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.

What we look for

We're interested in self-motivated individuals with a genuine creative vision to identify ways to deliver value to clients. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so we look for people who will take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you're ready to take on some of our clients' most complex issues, this role is for you.

What working at EY offers

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. 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.

We offer:

• 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.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build. Apply now.

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