Senior Manager - BC- UKI-Finance Strategy and Transformation (FS&T), London / Manchester / Newcastle

Ernst & Young; Lakenheath; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking professionals to enhance Finance and GBS services through innovative solutions. The role demands strong leadership skills, a certified accounting qualification, and a background in consulting. Candidates will work on transformative programs and must excel in building client relationships while managing diverse teams. Continuous learning and an inclusive culture are core values.

Benefits

Continuous learning opportunities

Flexible work tools

Leadership coaching

Diverse and inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Ability to create solutions to technical problems.
• Track record of line managing professional services staff.
• Proven ability to engage and build senior relationships.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships at senior levels within client organizations.
• Lead program or multiple workstreams, managing day-to-day delivery.
• Develop Finance and/or GBS implementation roadmaps.

Skills

Strong knowledge of Finance and GBS organizations

Implementation and transformation experience

Excellent communication and relationship-building skills

Problem-solving and facilitation skills

Education

Certified professional accounting qualification

Background in management consulting

Job description

Overview

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. Are you passionate about supporting organisations to set-up and improve their Finance and Global Business Services (GBS) through enterprise performance management, digital innovation, and developing creative solutions?

Responsibilities

• You will build relationships at senior levels within client organisations, working with them to understand their most critical business problems and priorities, consulting with your EY peers to evaluate, design, and deliver solution options that leverage cutting edge technologies. You will motivate and manage high performing diverse teams, aligned to EY\'s values. Delivering exceptional client service and preparing our clients for a digital future.
• Help clients understand current and emerging Finance and/or GBS trends
• Lead programme or multiple workstreams, having day to day responsibility for delivery
• Lead the current-state diagnostic and target operating model work, including facilitating workshops with senior client stakeholders
• Develop Finance and/or GBS implementation roadmaps, helping clients think about transition strategy
• Lead design and implementation of new processes and organisation structures; being able to identify opportunities for technology
• Understand and apply relevant technologies such as: Service Management Tools, GenAI and Agentic AI, Accounting Automation, Consolidation and Reporting, and understand the underlying role enterprise Data plays in all of the above

Qualifications

• A valid and certified professional accounting qualification
• Either: A background in management consulting

What you’ll look for

• We are looking for professionals with strong knowledge of how Finance and GBS organisations operate. You will have experience in implementing and transforming Finance and/or GBS organisations, or have been in a senior operational role within a Finance and/or GBS with exposure to project management. You will be a great communicator, team player, and relationship builder, with a real desire to learn. You will have a professional approach and the ability to establish personal credibility with clients. You will be highly organised, capable of coordinating your own workload and that of other team members, meeting deadlines, proactively managing risks and delivering quality outcomes. You will live the Firm\'s values daily, coaching and supporting the development of others.
• Have delivered components of large scale transformation programmes in industry
• Experience of business development and solution design for complex multi-national businesses
• Expert proficiency in your chosen market or sector
• Experience of delivering change programmes within a Finance function and GBS organisation
• Strong client relationships and a proven track record of originating and selling new projects
• Proven ability to engage, manage and build senior relationships
• Ability to create solutions to technical problems
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to storyboard and create high quality outputs
• Excellent problem solving, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Track record of line managing professional services staff, including coaching and developing staff

Industry and role expectations

• Core consulting skills: client management, analysis, presentation and facilitation, commerciality
• Technical skills: strong technical insight, practical knowledge and capability in your specialist field
• Versatility: proven ability to adapt and learn in an innovative environment
• Market / sector knowledge: demonstrable market/sector expertise in your field

EY Building a better working world

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

Benefits

• 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.