Senior Manager, Financial Services, Capital Markets Finance, London

As a Senior Manager within our Capital Markets Finance team you will be offering valuable insight and advice to clients and making strategic and operational decisions about their businesses . You will be making a valued contribution to the continued success of the practice, alongside some of the most highly regarded colleagues within the business.
The Opportunity

We are looking for consultants with a strong delivery track record across the Capital Markets industry who are able to apply their change, line or technology skills to design and deliver solutions to support our clients achieve their desired business outcomes. Based in London (other locations in the UK will be considered), but as part of a global organisation, the role will involve working with our UK and Global Banking and Capital Markets clients.


Key Responsibilities:

Client Focus & Commercial Awareness; you will be managing a portfolio of clients and assignments and/or leading major assignments. You will be developing long-term trusted advisor relationships and managing key EY accounts. The role will entail identifying opportunities for and securing new business , leading proposals and bid teams and managing the development and delivery of high quality proposals.
Practice Growth; As Senior Manager you will be leading the growth of the practice via the sharing of knowledge and experience and the development of solutions, engagement tools and enablers . You will be monitoring staff availability and chargeability and supporting the development of less utilised staff . Other responsibilities include providing quality assurance and monitoring risks , managing assignment teams and third parties , liaising with service line teams, functional specialists and Area Partners and developing individuals through coaching, mentoring and structured career paths.

Skills and Attributes for success:

Whilst we looking for individuals that have broad demonstrable skills across all aspects of Finance, Risk and Treasury we are specifically looking for expertise in:

• Product Control and Valuation - including demonstrable product knowledge
  
• Financial Control - including internal and external statutory reporting
  
• Business Planning and Forecasting
  
• Front to back process, control and governance
  
• Balance sheet management and financial resource optimisation
  
• Cost reporting and management
  
• Operating model design - including offshoring
  
• Use of related technology including SAP, Oracle, Hyperion, BPM tools, EPM systems, Treasury systems and ERP systems
  

To qualify for the role you must have

• Banking & Capital Markets experience
  
• A background in Finance, Risk/Regulation or Treasury
  
• Significant demonstrable experience of leading change gained from:
  
  • hands-on consulting experience at a Big 4, or top tier consulting firm within financial services, or
    
  • leading change programmes at a Banking or Capital Markets organisation, or
    
  • leading a Line function at a Banking or Capital Markets organisation
    

Qualifications

• A first level university degree, 2:1 (or equivalent) or above
  
• An accounting qualification (ACA, ACMA, ACCA) applied in a financial institution would be beneficial
  

Experience of delivering large scale change programmes has enabled you to develop your subject matter skills, technical skills, project management and consulting skills. Typical programmes will have included:

• Finance, Risk and Treasury integration
• Finance, Risk and Treasury operating model design and implementation
• General Ledger, consolidation and EPM projects
• Finance systems architecture and strategy delivery
• Cost reporting

• Regulatory, statutory and management reporting projects including IFRS9, COREP, FINREP etc.
• Optimisation of financial resources - capital, liquidity, RWA, LBS etc.
• Financial modelling, budgeting, planning, forecasting and analysis

Ideally you will also have :

• Experience with project/programme management methodologies and tools highly advantageous
  
• Technical and programme management certification, where relevant
  
  What we look for:
  
  We are looking for individuals who are highly motivated, professional and passionate about what they do. We want individuals who will further add to the continued success of our Capital Markets Finance Practice.
  
  What working at EY offers
  We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:
  
• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
  
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
  
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you
  

About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we're using the finance products, expertise and systems we've developed to build a b etter working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we'll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
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