Finance Management Associate - Commercial Management Office - Open To Flexible Working

Job description

Commercial Management Office – Finance (Senior Associate) – UK&I Tax

Context and Job Purpose

TFO is a strategic priority for EY Tax and UKI Tax has won 2 major global contracts with Nokia and GSK.  It is in the process of building a Commercial Management Office (CMO) to manage these multi-year (7+) contracts from a commercial, financial and engagement perspective

 

The Finance Senior Consultant for the Nokia TFO deal will assist the Finance Management Lead and Finance Manager to deliver the deal finances and contractual requirements for the deal. The individual should be commercially minded and have some finance and engagement management experience. This is the largest Tax deal across the firm and is a huge opportunity for the individual to help setup and shape the financial and engagement management across this client.

Core responsibilities

„  Gain an understanding of the Nokia deal financials.

„  Understand, build and track the budgets, forecasts and actuals across the deal.

„  Action engagement code setup and the management of these codes. Ensure the right time and expenses are being booked to the right codes. 

„  Ensure billing is being executed according to the contract and billing reconciliations are managed effectively between the client, UK&I and EY member firms.

„  Understand engagement metrics and have the ability to execute ETCs and code adjustments.

„  Work with the Finance PFA/MBA support on the management of the full engagement lifecycle.

„  Assist in reconciling true-ups across the deal where revenue values for the EY member firms have changed.

„  Assist in drafting relevant financial comms for the local countries.

„  Provide excel modelling support where required.

„  Assist in producing management and account information to be shared with relevant stakeholders.

„  Assist in tracking the build of assets based on the actual time on codes.

„  Understand individual country fees and field questions from the local countries on financial issues such as billing, revenue, engagement codes, expenses etc.

Attributes

In conducting their role, they will demonstrate the following attributes:

 

„  A Senior Associate in professional services (L2)

„  Ability to manage upwards to ensure that the deliverables meet the agreed timetable

„  Able to build relationships with the CMO leadership team and ability to influence key stakeholders

„  Confident and can bring fresh insight to business problems

„  An ability to work across functional silos in a coordinated way and coach them to deliver appropriate solutions

„  Pro-active, self-starter who demonstrates business acumen through understanding and prioritising business challenges

Who we are

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.