Finance Manager - Assistant Director

Finance Manager - Assistant Director

Let us introduce you the job offer by EY GDS Poland – a member of the global integrated service delivery center network by EY.

This role will establish a trusted relationship with their client, understanding their needs and teaming with other Finance team members to bring best in class analytical support, functional expertise and reporting solutions.

The opportunity

Finance manager role to support one of EY Service lines – Consulting for UKI region.

Finance Manager role is key to providing this fast growing and complex business with effective financial management and controls while providing decision support and financial analysis. The successful candidate will work as a business partner with senior service line management and help to develop a strong culture of financial awareness, commerciality and accountability.

This role is in a fast-changing evolving environment where change is part of the norm. Therefore, the ideal candidate will need to be flexible and have the ability to deal with change on an on-going basis.

Your key responsibilities

• Work with senior management to understand the financial information available and agree priorities and actions.
• Ensure that the information / reports / analysis provided to the business are relevant, timely, and accurate and enable senior management to run the business.
• Develop effective working relationships with Operations, Leadership and other key stakeholders.
• Maintain an overview of key business issues at all times. Extrapolates key messages from the numbers and shares these timely with Senior Leadership both in Finance and the business.
• Deliver robust month-end process. Results are understood quickly. Performance commentaries are timely, insightful and action oriented.
• Contribute towards completion on time of the various EY Plan/Forecast/Business Planning exercises.
• Understand issues relating to working capital and ensure linkage with Markets Finance team on understanding the path for resolution.
• Process improvement: help support the wider performance improvement initiatives. Ensure the Finance team’s processes are as efficient as possible whilst constantly looking to streamline where possible.
• Be seen as a stakeholder for the Account & Control team on ensuring journals are processed in a timely manner, are accurate and variances are investigated.
• Lead / participate fully in projects and ad-hoc analysis as required.
• Act as a role model and active contributor to the wider Finance team, collaborating cross Service Line and Business Unit.
• Act as counsellor and coach to less experienced professionals as required, supporting development and demonstration of Trusted Business Advisor competencies of the team.

Skills and attributes for success

• Demonstrates curiosity through a continuous learning mindset
• Excellent written and oral communication skills displaying confidence when explaining complex financial issues to Senior Management
• Robust, resilient, calm under pressure
• Proactive, organized and self-sufficient working style with ability to prioritize and multitask.
• Customer focused and responsive with good commercial acumen / judgement.
• Embraces change and through self-awareness, adapts behavior
• Strong computer skills (advanced Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Able to manipulate, analyze and interpret data from a variety of sources.
• Able to demonstrate project management experience / skills.
• Strong team player who maintains personal well-being to sustain positive energy

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Graduate and/or professional certification in a business related subject matter (i.e. Accounting, Finance)
• A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience.
• Strong spoken and written English

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Qualified accountant e.g. CIMA, ACCA with a strong track record of financial management and controls, ideally in a professional services firm.

What we look for

We’re interested in professionals who are eager to be the 'Go To' contact for financial and operational issues while supporting the Service Lines Leaders and act as a trusted business adviser, develop effective working relationships within the Finance team and leadership, becoming a key point of contact.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, 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.

• 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.

About EY

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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.

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.

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