Senior Consultant Finance Transformation (French Speaking)
Job description
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The opportunity
We are looking for a Senior Consultant to support Finance Transformation projects, helping clients improve how finance operates, reports and delivers value. You will work across finance processes, operating models, reporting, and digital finance initiatives, contributing to both analysis and delivery.
Working closely with French speaking clients and stakeholders, you will play a key role in driving collaboration and project execution. This role is suited for a structured and analytical professional who wants to grow at the intersection of finance, technology and transformation.
Your key responsibilities
As a Senior Consultant, you will contribute to the design and delivery of Finance Transformation projects by:
- Analyzing current-state finance processes, identifying pain points and assessing opportunities for simplification, standardization and efficiency improvements.
- Contribute to the design of future-state finance processes, governance models and service delivery structures, developing practical recommendations that enhance finance performance, controls, reporting and operational effectiveness.
- Preparing key project deliverables, including process documentation/mapping, assessments, business cases, transformation roadmaps and executive presentations.
- Supporting implementation activities and helping ensure the successful adoption of new processes, tools and ways of working.
- Monitoring project risks, dependencies and action plans, escalating issues where appropriate.
- Collaborate with client stakeholders and multidisciplinary teams through workshops and working sessions to gather requirements, validate findings, build alignment and support successful project delivery.
Skills and attributes for success
- University degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or a related field.
- 3-4 years of relevant experience supporting finance transformation or process improvement initiatives within consulting or SSC/GBS environment.
- Strong communication skills in English and French, both written and verbal.
- Good understanding of core finance processes, ideally with exposure to at least two areas such as transactional finance (R2R, P2P, O2C), FP&A, Controlling or Management/Financial reporting.
- Experience preparing presentations, process documentation, reports, dashboards, executive summaries or transformation materials.
- Strong track record of successful project delivery and client management in complex and global environments.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with stakeholders across different functions, geographies and seniority levels, manage multiple priorities, and thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
- Good command of Microsoft Office tools, especially PowerPoint and Excel; experience with Visio, draw.io or other process mapping tools is a plus.
- Relevant certifications such as Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt) are considered an advantage.
Ideally you`ll also:
- Demonstrate interest in digital finance topics such as ERP platforms, reporting tools, automation, analytics, process mining, Generative AI or Agentic AI is considered a plus
- Possess exceptional communication, presentation, and people skills.
What we look for
More than anything, we’re interested in people with the right attitude for the job! That’s naturally innovative people that feed on the energy of a thriving global team. You’ll need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication skills. Put simply, if you’ve got big ideas on how we can do better, as well as the confidence to express them, this role is for you.
What we offer you
- We will fuel your ambition and potential with future-focused skills development that equips you with state-of-the-art methodologies and technology-enabled solutions
- At EY, you`ll learn A LOT through experience, on a variety of projects for a diverse range of BIG clients
- Get extra vacation days when public holidays fall on a weekend.
- Join an EY Community and practice your hobby with your colleagues off-work
- Get plenty of discounts, perks and medical coverage
- Bookster library
- Medical subscription for employees and family members (wife/husband/children)
- Life & accident insurance
- EAP- Employee Assistance Program - Short term confidential counselling services for you and those who live with you
At EY, we`ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We`ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
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