Kochi, Kerala, India
Experience :
Manager
Closes on :
Jul 3, 2024
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Job Title: Assistant Director, Finance - Global Managed Services
Job Summary:
This role serves as a business partner and advisor to key business leaders. It provides critical thinking on business and operating performance, financial results, forward-looking projections, and market trends to drive improved business insights and inform business decisions.
Responsibilities:
- Act as a 'Go To' contact for financial and operational issues while supporting Managed Services (MS) and MS Leaders and serve as a trusted business adviser.
- Develop effective working relationships with the extended Finance team and leadership.
- Deliver weekly and monthly performance reporting, focusing on financial analysis and commentary.
- Maintain a robust month-end reporting process; ensure commentaries are timely, concise, insightful, and action-oriented.
- Collaborate with the Reporting COE to develop and maintain primary financial reporting solutions for the timely distribution of critical information.
- Analyze and present complex financial data in an easily understandable way.
- Pro-actively suggest ways to solve problems and display presentations.
- Develop and support the delivery of presentations that engage audiences, responding to questions and concerns.
- Respond to requests from Finance and Business Leadership to answer specific ad hoc financial questions and provide insightful information to guide leadership discussions and decisions.
- Support design and delivery of ad hoc financial analysis, identifying trends and issues.
- Provide support to GMS and Finance initiatives such as Forecast and Backlog improvement and Margin analysis.
- Support financial scenario modeling for leadership, providing recommended solutions/outcomes within a range of options.
Requirements:
- A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in a similar role.
- Graduate and/or professional certification in a business-related subject matter (i.e., Accounting, Finance).
- Strong technical skills with the ability to analyze problems, design, and implement solutions independently.
- Advanced skills in Excel, Power BI & PowerPoint; ability to understand and exploit large data sets, and present analysis and results through story-telling and problem-solving.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced business with rapid growth; ability to handle ambiguity and frame and solve problems.
- Highly team-oriented approach, with flexibility regarding tasks undertaken and the ability to prioritize multiple conflicting demands to meet rigorous deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work alongside and gain the trust and respect of stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
- Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal, with a strong command of English.
- Global mindset with the ability to work effectively as a virtual team member.
- Ability and willingness to work in a multicultural and diverse environment and flex style as appropriate.
- Flexibility to work with different time zones.
- Credibility and confidence to challenge and propose better ways of doing things as well as build bridges and harmonize divergent interests and priorities.
- Understanding of EY's business model and reporting systems.
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