Data Strategy Senior Consultant

Within CFO Advisory, this competency specializes in Financial Data & Analytics. This team has been at 
the forefront of every new technology that is reshaping and redefining the CFO function within 
companies. You will make an immediate impact upon joining. You'll quickly build a network that will 
benefit you throughout your career. We offer you the opportunity to pursue intensive soft and hard skills 
training during your tenure, allowing for continuous personal and professional development. From day 
one, you'll collaborate with our colleagues at all levels on diverse projects, aiming to create lasting and 
sustainable impact for our diverse clients. 

The opportunity - What future are you building towards? 

As a consultant in the CFO Advisory data & analytics team at EY, you play a vital role in transforming 
companies into intelligent organizations by unlocking the hidden value of data. This involves various 
aspects of data and analytics, including data engineering, dashboarding, process mining, data science, 
machine learning, data strategy, data governance, master data management, and data quality. You'll also 
delve into themes like artificial intelligence and the internet of things.  

As a consultant within the CFO data & analytics, you will assist clients in leveraging data to solve their 
most challenging and urgent problems, seize new opportunities, and create innovative products and 
services. We are seeking a motivated and ambitious Consultant to join this dynamic and rapidly 
expanding area of our business. If you are passionate about working with data and utilizing cutting-edge 
technology to tackle intricate analytical problems, this opportunity is perfect for you!  

As a Data Strategy Advisor at EY FAAS, you co-develop data strategies that help clients effectively 
manage and leverage their data for better decision-making. 

Our team - Do great minds always think alike? 

Within the CFO-Consulting department, we work for the CFO (Chief Financial Officer) agenda of 
(international) clients in both the financial and non-financial sectors. We jointly advise CFOs and Finance 
Leadership Teams and support them in various issues and challenges that are important to them. We 
specialize in transforming the Finance function and helping CFOs redefine and transform the Finance 
function into a future-proof organization. This includes developing the Finance strategy, organizational 
design, process improvement, and deploying the latest technologies. 

Responsibilities – How can you make a lasting impact in a rapidly changing world? 

• Taking charge of key topics on the CFO agenda, such as driving finance transformation, 
designing data strategies, designing data architectures, enhancing data management practices, 
modernizing and implementing enterprise applications and finance systems, optimizing and 
harmonizing processes, refining financial planning & analysis, automating regulatory and 

financial reporting, conducting data analysis, empowering data-driven decision making and 
providing business intelligence support. 
• Combining various skillsets, such as helping companies with analyzing processes, data flows and 
data architecture for optimization, designing interactive dashboards to provide valuable insights, 
and presenting your work during presentations to the CFO or drafting client reports. You will 
work across multiple projects with multi-disciplinary teams to service our global clients. 
• To perform data analyses and build dashboards, you utilize various tools such as Python, R, SQL, 
Spotfire, Tableau, and PowerBI. 
• Using your expertise to create, present, and communicate relevant and innovative finance 
solutions and best practices to clients. 
• Working both independently and in teams, either at our offices, remote, and at the clients' 
offices. 

Job requirements – Where do you start if you want to change the world? 

• Be in the last phase of your Masters or obtained a master's degree in Finance, Economics, 
Econometrics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Engineering, Quantitative Finance, or a related 
field. 
• Demonstrate a strong interest in and knowledge of the financial services industry, including 
areas such as financial planning and analysis (FP&A), reporting, hedge accounting, risk 
management, investment banking, asset management and have a 'Finance of the Future' 
mindset. 
• Have a keen interest in (Intelligent) Automation, AI, RPA and knowledge of (or interest in) 
programming languages such as Python, R, SQL, and dashboarding applications (e.g. PowerBI). 
• In-depth knowledge of SQL and database technologies. 
• Experience with cloud-based data platforms and ETL processes. 
• Be fluent in English and Dutch, both verbal and in writing. 
• Demonstrate flexibility to accommodate travel based on client and EY needs, both within local 
regions and internationally.