Assurance - FAAS - Finance Optimisation - Manager - Reading or Manchester

Ernst & Young; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Manager to provide valuable insights to clients, driving strategic decisions. In this role, you will manage project deliveries, develop reports, and lead business development activities. Candidates should possess an accountancy qualification and strong experience in assurance, consulting, and finance transformation. Competitive remuneration and flexible working conditions are offered, fostering a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Continuous learning opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Diverse and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• An accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in assurance, consulting or transformational roles.
• Experience in financial, operational, and reporting processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of projects.
• Develop reports & presentations for project deliverables.
• Lead business development activities for new and existing clients.

Skills

Accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA)

Financial Reporting background

Experience in assurance or consulting

Data analytics and automation

Education

Accountancy qualification

Tools

ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle)

Data visualization tools

Job description

As a Manager you will be offering valuable insight and advice to clients in supporting them in making strategic and operational decisions about their businesses.

Location

Reading or Manchester

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of projects (physical and virtual), assessing engagement risks and opportunities, driving the right outcomes for our clients.
• Develop exceptional reports & presentations (PowerPoint, Word, etc.) for project deliverables, capturing problem statements and solutions/recommendations for our clients.
• Manage internal financial, quality and risk management on client projects.
• Manage your own and FAAS team's development of functional and technical skills by establishing a culture of highest performing teams and inclusive behaviours.
• Manage and lead business development activities for new and existing clients, developing the delivery of high-quality proposals.
• Build strong internal and external networks to bring collaboration for EY clients.
• Create an environment that encourages and drives innovation based on experience with the client, market, service line, functional group and EY.

Qualifications

• An accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent.
• Financial Reporting and/or an Assurance/audit background.
• Extensive experience working in assurance, consulting or transformational roles within Big 4, Consulting firms, and/or industry.
• Experience in one or more of the following: Accounting, Finance and Reporting related processes gained through Big 4, Consulting or industry environment, e.g., Record-to-Report (R2R), Financial & Non-financial Reporting, Financial Close, Consolidation and Reporting.
• Experience in Business and Finance Transformation & Change programmes; managing senior stakeholders across Finance and the business, identifying improvement/optimisation opportunities and enabling and influencing client decision‑making Process, Risks and Controls design, implementation and testing experience over Financial, Operational and Reporting processes using leading practice frameworks (e.g., COSO, SOx). Data analytics, including utilisation of technology to automate extraction, preparation and presentation of information to senior stakeholders, including use of data warehousing, ETL and visualisation solutions; Finance systems application design, build and implementation (e.g., ERP such as SAP, Oracle, EPM such as SAC, CCH Tagetik) and/or other reporting automation solutions (e.g., BlackLine).
• Other relevant experience may include: Accounting and Regulatory change (e.g., Corporate Reform, SOx); Experience of Finance Data and architecture including general ledger, subledgers, master data structures, data objects; Experience of wider finance related processes including elements within Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A); Experience of non-financial reporting, including ESG reporting and relevant regulatory frameworks; Internal finance function experience in Financial Reporting roles.

What We Look For

We're interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you'll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you're serious about your career with us and ready to take on some of our clients' most complex issues, this role is for you.

Benefits

• Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate your career.
• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact.
• Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be a leader.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

We offer a competitive remuneration package, including support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs.