Senior Manager, Finance Transformation, Business Consulting, Belfast & Derry/Londonderry
EY Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
EY is expanding its Consulting practice in Ireland and seeks to recruit a key leadership position in its Business Consulting Finance (BC Finance) team. Our BC Finance team assists clients in building finance functions that are business‑focused, cost‑effective and agile, while driving standardised, end‑to‑end processes across multi‑disciplinary support functions.
Location: Northern Ireland
The opportunity
As a Senior Manager, you will drive the continued growth of our Finance Transformation services in Ireland – by developing a portfolio of business built on valued relationships with external clients and growing an EY team with specialised skills.
Your Key Responsibilities
* Develop and maintain long‑term client relationships and networks, including collaboration across EY practices.
* Lead business development and client pursuit efforts, leveraging market insight and proven sales success.
* Act as a subject‑matter expert on finance matters and stay abreast of emerging trends such as business analytics, RPA and managed services.
* Effectively lead delivery of client engagements, managing and motivating teams, driving high‑quality work products, monitoring progress, managing risk, and ensuring stakeholder communication.
* Demonstrate expertise in finance operations, processes, GiBS models and finance technologies.
* Create an innovative, inclusive team culture and mentor junior consultants.
* Quickly assimilate new knowledge and exhibit strong business acumen.
To qualify for the role
* Significant consulting experience in finance reporting (VPM) and finance process & automation.
* Relevant qualifications such as MBA, ACCA/ACA/CIMA and/or PMP/Prince2.
* Strong market focus, ability to build new opportunities and craft proposals.
* Experience managing senior stakeholders, providing constructive challenge and advisory to senior management, including C‑suite.
* Hands‑on experience across the full lifecycle of transformation projects.
* Excellent technology knowledge and strong finance functional and operations understanding.
* Forward‑thinking, self‑motivated, adaptable to learning.
* Team‑orientation and ability to manage junior consulting professionals.
What We Offer
* Continuous learning and skill development.
* Impactful work with flexibility and autonomy.
* Transformative leadership opportunities.
* Diverse and inclusive culture with empowerment for all voices.
Diversity and Inclusion
Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. EY collects this data to promote diversity and inclusiveness in their recruitment process. EY exists to build a better working world.
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