Senior Associate - Business Planning and Forecasting Operations

Ernst & Young LLP ( EY India ); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young LLP ( EY India ) seeks a Senior Associate in GDS CS Leadership Enablement to drive governance, deliverables, and leadership narratives. You will collaborate with Strategy & Transformation and GDS Service Lines to position the CS organization effectively.

The role demands strong MS Office skills, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a global, matrixed environment. PMP/PM certs are preferred but not mandatory.

Qualifications

• You must have Bachelor’s degree or another relevant advanced degree from a reputed educational institution
• Experience: 3-5 years’ experience in similar role in a global environment
• Certification Requirements: PMP / other PM certifications not mandatory but preferred

Responsibilities

• Keep track of the regular governance meetings and ad-hoc leadership forums needing leadership support
• Proactively plan for deliverables for the identified forums
• Develop comprehensive leadership narratives in consultation with the CS S&T Leader
• Independently initiate, plan, and execute the creation of deliverables in coordination with the S&T team, GDS Service Lines, and other stakeholders
• Ensure effective communication and alignment with internal and external leadership to optimize positioning
• Organize and store deliverables systematically for future retrieval and reuse
• Collate and track the execution of action items from leadership forums
• Analyse raw data and derive actionable insights
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across service lines and functions
• Support strategy and transformation initiatives by providing hands on support, insights, analysis, and recommendations
• Assist in managing various components of operations of S&T team including, Finance, Talent, Risk etc

Skills

MS PowerPoint

MS Word

MS Excel

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

AI tools awareness

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

PMP

Job description

Senior Associate- Business Planning & Forecasting- Operations 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.

Position title

Senior Associate | GDS CS Leadership Enablement

The opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Associate to join our GDS Client Service, Strategy, and Transformation Team. This pivotal role will support effective positioning of GDS Client Service organization within various internal and external leadership forums. The successful candidate will be expected to independently drive the development of deliverables, collaborating closely within the Strategy and Transformation (S&T) team, GDS Service Lines, and other key stakeholders.

Your key responsibilities

• Keep track of the regular governance meetings and ad-hoc leadership forums needing leadership support
• Proactively plan for deliverables for the identified forums
• Develop comprehensive leadership narratives in consultation with the CS S&T Leader
• Independently initiate, plan, and execute the creation of deliverables in coordination with the S&T team, GDS Service Lines, and other stakeholders
• Ensure effective communication and alignment with internal and external leadership to optimize positioning
• Organize and store deliverables systematically for future retrieval and reuse
• Collate and track the execution of action items from leadership forums
• Analyse raw data and derive actionable insights
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders across service lines and functions
• Support strategy and transformation initiatives by providing hands on support, insights, analysis, and recommendations
• Assist in managing various components of operations of S&T team including, Finance, Talent, Risk etc

Skills and attributes for success

• Good understanding of structure and functioning of EY, GDS and GDS Client Service organization
• Good understanding of various functions in the organization
• Fair understanding and exposure to organization / team operations
• Fair understanding of organizational KPIs and ability to interpret financial and other reports
• Very Strong MS Office skills – MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel
• Ability to deliver work products of the highest quality and overcome risks and issues to ensure timely delivery
• Ability to leverage Artificial intelligence tools to improve personal / team efficiency
• Ability to analyse large volume of data and draw conclusions
• Excellent written, oral and presentation skills
• Good analytical, judgment, critical and strategic thinking skills
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills
• Strong facilitation skills with senior stakeholders in driving decisions and consensus.
• Ability to function in a rapidly changing, heavily matrixed and virtual environment
• Ability to prioritize, drive and adapt to changes quickly in a fast-paced environment
• Culturally sensitive, capable of handling interactions with a “global mindset”
• Exposure to project / program management

To qualify for the role

You must have Bachelor’s degree or another relevant advanced degree from a reputed educational institution

Experience: 3-5 years’ experience in similar role in a global environment

Certification Requirements: PMP / other PM certifications not mandatory but preferred

What working at EY offers

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career. EY is committed to being inclusive in all dimensions of diversity to ensure every employee is able to be and bring their authentic self to work, every day.

EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

Experience Level

Mid Level