Engagement Business Advisor, Senior Associate - Finance

EY; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 116,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k) plans

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

EY Nashville-based Engagement Business Advisor role requires an experienced finance professional to own engagement-level financial activities from inception to closeout. You will advise Partners and Directors with data-driven insights, manage pricing, budgets, and forecasts, and ensure compliance across contracts and SOWs.

The position emphasizes collaboration in a hybrid, client-focused environment, with strong communication and change-management skills to support successful engagements.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or relevant experience in business, finance, accounting, operations, or legal.
• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Proficiency with MS Office, SharePoint, and CRM systems.
• Familiarity with GenAI productivity tools, including Microsoft Copilot.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a complex book of business driving engagement level financial analysis.
• Identify financial risks or trends, communicate impacts, and suggest corrective actions to support revenue and margins.
• Maintain high quality data and CRM hygiene, monitoring for gaps and inconsistencies.
• Lead and coordinate client and engagement acceptance activities, applying policy knowledge.
• Draft engagement contracts and related documents (SOWs, NDAs) with risk awareness.
• Support the full engagement lifecycle from agreements to closeout and billing.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Executive presence

Attention to detail

Time management

Financial acumen

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

BA/BS degree or relevant experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

CRM systems

GenAI productivity tools (Microsoft Copilot)

Job description

Location: Atlanta, Austin, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Nashville, Phoenix, Tampa, Charlotte, Chicago and Jacksonville

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.

In today’s fast-changing world, our clients’ needs are increasingly complex and the services we offer are rapidly evolving to support them. Our internal finance function is continuously advancing as well. Our global finance mission is to provide complete, accurate, consistent, timely and insightful financial and operational information/advice that helps build a better working world and achieve our strategic ambitions.

Finance provides a wide range of services. Our US Pipeline-to-Cash Business Operations (P2C) team is one of our finance teams who is responsible for proactively supporting our client servers on various account decisions, annual planning, financial performance management throughout the year, engagement margin improvement and investment decisions.

Opportunity

In the Engagement Business Advisor (EBA) – Senior Associate role, you will be an experienced, finance professional within the Engagement Business Operations (EBO) sub-team of P2C, who independently owns and manages engagement level financial and operational activities throughout the opportunity and engagement lifecycle. You will serve as a trusted advisor to a defined book of business supporting PPMDs (Partners, Principals, Managing Directors), providing proactive guidance, data driven insights, and risk informed recommendations to enable effective engagement management.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Oversee a complex book of business to drive engagement level financial analysis, including pricing considerations, budget to actual performance, and estimates to complete.
• Apply finance system, process, and policy expertise to identify financial risks or trends early, communicate/escalate impacts clearly, and recommend corrective actions to support revenue recognition, margin performance, billing strategy, and collections outcomes on their engagements.
• Maintain high quality data and CRM hygiene, actively monitoring for gaps, inconsistencies, or process breakdowns that may pose financial, operational, or compliance risk.
• Lead and coordinate client and engagement acceptance activities, including independence and conflict processes, applying firm policy knowledge to support quality and risk compliance.
• Draft engagement contracts and related legal documentation (e.g., engagement agreements, SOWs, NDAs, non-reliance letters), applying risk awareness and judgment to support appropriate commercial and compliance outcomes.
• Support the full engagement lifecycle by coordinating the execution of agreements and maintaining compliant contract documentation, advising on launch readiness by anticipating risks and dependencies, and managing closeout, archiving, and financial processes (including billing, revenue, and AR) to ensure accuracy, completeness, and alignment with firm and EBO standards.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport across varying social styles and communicate effectively with senior executives.
• Demonstrates executive presence qualities and has strong written and verbal communication skills, effective collaboration capabilities, and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Proven attention to detail, planning, and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and simultaneously adapt quickly to changing priorities, and consistently meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of EY opportunity management, deal enablement and administrative systems.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity, problem‑solving ability, data‑driven mindset, and adherence to established procedures, while applying basic technical and business skills.
• Ability to manage time effectively to support all assigned executives, and recognize when extra effort/time is needed to produce optimal outcomes.
• Ability to work effectively in a virtual teaming environment with the expectation of being on video when partnering with people at all levels of the firm. Exhibits good listening skills, coupled with the ability to apply judgement to ask for help where needed, in order to provide focused advice.
• Ability to adapt quickly to change and act as an effective change agent.
• Knowledge of core business concepts and accounting.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• BA/BS degree or relevant experience. May consider relevant working experience ideally in a relevant area of study (business, finance, accounting, operations, or legal) to perform this position.
• 3+ years of relevant experience

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Strong proficiency with standard business tools, including but not limited to Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint), SharePoint, and CRM systems.
• Familiarity/proficiency with GenAI productivity tools in a business setting, including Microsoft Copilot.

What We Look For

Experienced finance professionals who are trusted business advisors with a passion for providing exceptional client service to your stakeholders while maintaining high levels of financial management. Technical competence and the ability to build strong and effective relationships will be key.

What We Offer You

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $64,200 to $116,400. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $77,000 to $132,300. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence?

EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.

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.

EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.

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