FP And A- Strategy Analyst- Global SL Finance - Assistant Director

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FP&A, Global SL Finance - Assistant Director

We are looking for new members to join our Global FP&A community, working as part of a collaborative team of innovative thinkers. We are SL aligned but work beyond Service Line boundaries to enable effective decision-making through detailed analytics, insights, and strategic recommendations. We play a crucial role in supporting global service line financial and operating strategy. The breadth of our knowledge of the SL practices puts us in a unique position to help enable our Super Regions and share best practice. 

Core to what we do is helping SL Leadership tackle complex business challenges and contribute to strategic initiatives. We analyse and interpret data beyond the standard reporting cycles and are curious to explore connections that impact our business. We conduct in-depth analysis and research and contribute analytical thinking to drive change across the SL business agenda.

We are pro-active in making connections across EY and are committed to providing a consistently high service to our stakeholders, leveraging the best of what we see across the SLs including leveraging available EY tools and technology. 
 

What we look for:

• Proven experience in a strategy, analytics, or business modelling role.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Proficient in using AI tools for data mining, trend analysis, and predictive modelling.
• Strong problem-solving skills and business acumen including ability to develop best in class solutions and recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interpret and convey complex data in a clear, concise manner.
• Exceptional curiosity and creativity in data exploration, with the ability to think beyond day-to-day tasks.
• Familiarity with various analytics and business modelling tools and techniques.
• Ability to leverage AI insights to provide actionable recommendations and support strategic initiatives.
• Commitment to staying updated with the latest AI advancements and their applications in finance.
• Independent and collaborative work style - analyse problems, design, and implement solutions independently and with X-Finance and multi-disciplinary teams, escalating and communicating progress and issues upwards as appropriate;
• Global mindset – 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.

Responsibilities:

• Analyse business challenges, explore connections, and provide transformative insight
• Understand complex business issues and devise approaches to resolve these effectively.
• Analyse diverse data sets to provide insights and identify connections to support specific business questions
• Interpret strategic outlook and derive business cases to understand impacts and implications on the business
• Contribute to transformation projects by developing new business models based on analytical interpretations of strategic intent
• Leverage financial and non-financial data to inform strategic decisions, bringing forth actionable insights that drive growth and operational efficiency
• Harness financial tech tools and digitalization to modernize the finance function, thus facilitating real-time reporting and analysis (e.g. automation, AI)
• Enhance performance and decision-making by delivering high-quality results swiftly and effectively
• Communicate to stakeholders in a clear, understandable way and managed stakeholder relationships and expectations
   

Skills and attributes for success 

• Graduate and/or professional certification in a business-related subject matter is required to perform this position.
• An understanding of corporate financial management and financial planning and analysis.
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal; excellent presentation 
• A highly team-oriented approach, with flexibility regarding tasks undertaken and the ability to prioritize conflicting demands to meet exacting deadlines.
• Strong technical skills with the ability to analyze problems, design and implement solutions independently.
• Strong interpersonal skills - can work alongside and gain the trust and respect of stakeholders at all levels of seniority and within different functions
• Strong understanding of AI and machine learning algorithms, with experience in applying these technologies to financial data. 
• Advanced Excel skills (e.g, pivot tables, v-lookups, charts/graphs), with ability to manipulate and draw trends from vast amounts of data as well as for sensitivity analysis and scenario modeling
• Advanced PowerPoint skills, with ability to summarize clearly and succinctly for leadership what insights and observations are being recommended for leadership materials that is easy to read and understand by a combination of taglines, comments, and data visualization.
• Advanced EY reporting tool skills is useful (e.g., FR/Markets/Revenue Analyzer cubes, Essentials tools, ThoughtSpot, etc.)
• Understanding of the key issues and opportunities relating to Technology, AI and Automation both for finance transformation and for EY overall – technology skillsets or willingness to develop required
• Credibility and confidence to challenge and propose better ways of doing things, build bridges and harmonize divergent interests and priorities.
• Ability to be flexible for meetings and work to be performed outside of standard working hours to accommodate a global audience
• Ability to work in a self-sufficient manner, operating across multiple projects and managing conflicting priorities
   

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