Finance Analyst - Supervising Associate

Finance – Business Analysis – Supervising Associate

The opportunity

This opportunity as a Supervising Associate within the Business Analysis Team involves serving as a business partner and advisor to key business leaders and senior finance team members by assisting or delivering financial analysis, reporting, as well as supporting the annual financial planning processes. In this role, you will establish trusted relationships with the business stakeholders, provide analytical expertise, and introduce innovative reporting solutions.

Your key responsibilities

• Taking part and leading planning/forecasting processes. Support the completion on time of the various planning cycles, ensuring outputs align to the objectives set at the Regional and Global levels and also providing reliable reporting and analytics.
• Cross-functional collaboration with key stakeholders and business leaders across the organization to drive alignment and collaboration to support operational initiatives.
• Work with data scientists and data engineers to co-create and implement data-driven solutions to business problems.
• Conduct or support reactive, ad-hoc data-driven analyses, as needed, to answer business questions using a variety of data sources and analytical techniques to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can help businesses make better decisions.
• Delivering monthly performance reviews for respective business, adding insights, financial analysis and commentary. 
• Responding to requests from Finance and SL Leadership to answer specific ad-hoc financial questions and provide insightful information to advance leadership discussion and decision making. Support the design and delivery of ad hoc financial analysis.
• Ability to model projections and forward look view, identify trends and issues that need to be analyzed and understood

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to work virtually in a global environment and respect different international cultures
• Strong background in corporate financial management, particularly in financial planning and analysis
• Excellent analytical skills with a track record of developing and delivering effective solutions independently
• Team-focused mindset with the flexibility to handle and prioritize multiple demands and deadlines
• Confidence in challenging the status quo and proposing new approaches, while building consensus and identifying common ground
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to present and advise clients
• Well versed and proficient with SQL, Power BI, Advanced Excel, presentation tools, data automation tools
• Experience with data visualization tools for both ad hoc and regular reporting.
• Experience in navigating and interpreting complex data sets.
• Experience in the application of automation tools to enhance data workflows.
• Experience in generating insightful reports and constructing analytical models.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Graduate and/or professional certification in a business-related subject matter (i.e. Accounting, Finance)
• 4+ years of relevant experience in finance/ business analysis with at least 3 years of supervisory, analytical, forecasting and budgeting experience
• Strong spoken and written English

Ideally, you’ll also have

Strong interpersonal skills - can work alongside and gain the trust and respect of stakeholders at all levels of seniority

What we look for

We’re interested in professionals who are eager to be the 'Go To' contact for financial and operational issues while supporting the Service Lines Leaders and act as a trusted business adviser, developing effective working relationships within the Finance team and leadership, becoming a key point of contact.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – India, Philippines, Poland, Argentina, China and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.