Manager - Digital Finance Tagetik - Sector Focus Industries

EY Consulting is a fast-moving, high-growth area within EY, and this with a huge potential for you. It offers variety, challenge, responsibility and the opportunity to realize your leadership potential. Our competency teams are focused on helping our clients to improve their business performance and operational efficiency, whilst managing risk. We help clients by delivering assessment, transformation and assurance solutions in specialty areas, like finance, supply chain, strategic choices, risk management, cyber security and technology.

The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.

The Opportunity: Your Next Adventure Awaits?

Our 15 people Digital Finance practice within Technology Consulting services provides opportunities to work alongside Finance leaders to optimize their finance functions and working with multi-disciplinary teams for some of the biggest and most recognized corporate companies in the world.  We help organizations achieve strategic alignment of their finance organization, implement service, and cost improvement initiatives, and embed a performance management process and culture that unite the business around its core objectives. 

As a Digital Finance Manager, you'll actively participate in engagements covering the following expertise areas:

• Finance Transformation Strategy & Roadmap
• Finance Statement Close & Consolidations
• FP&A, Controlling Excellence & Management Reporting
• Finance Operating Model Design
• CPM/EPM Implementations

The Role:

You'll actively establish, maintain, and strengthen internal and external relationships. With guidance from EY Partners, you'll identify potential business opportunities for EY. You will develop long-term client relationships and networks, as well as develop relationships with team members across all EY practices to service client needs. By drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll provide innovative commercial insights for clients and contribute to thought leadership. You'll actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives. In line with our commitment to quality, you'll consistently drive projects to completion and determine that work is of a high quality. Your role in leading teams or parts of teams on engagements will depend on the size of engagement and will be under responsibility of higher levels. They will look to you to anticipate and identify risks and escalate issues as appropriate. As an influential member of the team, you'll help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop. A willingness to travel on short notice to meet client needs is required. Travel is estimated at 50%.

Your Key Responsibilities:

Client Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise CCH Tagetik implementation projects, examining clients’ internal finance and accounting processes and advising on solutions around creating efficient processes or improving existing processes
• Champion CCH Tagetik solutions through full cycle – requirements and design, development, testing, training, implementation, and support
• Coordinate full pre-sales cycle work – client introduction, scoping, drafting estimate and proposal, creating statement of work contract
• Collaborate seamlessly with internal and client-side resources and effectively communicate across various audiences
• Approach problems creatively and apply innovative technology to solve business challenges
• System migration support to transition from on-premises consolidation systems like HFM to cloud-based systems (i.e., CCH Tagetik)
• Deploy the solution to end-users and provide overall support and training – including data validation activities
• Work with leadership to develop and grow the practice further including revenue attainment, sales and marketing assets, partnership with CCH Tagetik, internal COE and helpdesk, training, recruiting, onboarding, and staffing
• Demonstrate technical knowledge for software implementations including activities around data mapping, conversion validation, system and security configuration, system integration testing, and user acceptance testing
• Leverage a strong understanding of CCH Tagetik standard dimensions to develop various key elements – including business rules for consolidation and planning in CCH Tagetik application

People Management Responsibilities

• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff
• Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining, and training Finance & Performance Management professionals
• Assist with technical guidance to other developers, incl. training of EY and client staff
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures

Your Profile

You have:

• A strong academic record including a bachelor's degree  in Business/Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience (and maximum 10) in industry or with a recognized consulting firm
• Experience with minimum 4 years of Tagetik implementation experience would be a must have
• Additional consulting or industry experience with some mix of Oracle EPM, Oracle Hyperion, Anaplan, OneStream, or other complex EPM platforms
• Prior experience gathering business requirements and translating those to help design a solution
• Previous experience with full-cycle EPM/CPM implementations
• Experience with data integration between different systems/sources, i.e.In finance transformation; financial close and consolidation; process transformation and improvement; planning, budgeting and forecasting; performance measurement and performance management; business performance reporting; cost reduction; shared service centers and business process outsourcing
• Ability to translate current customer spreadsheet or other financial systems to effective and efficient CCH Tagetik application
• Subject matter expertise in Financial Close and Consolidation, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), and Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) implementation
• Deep understanding of accounting processes, including account reconciliations, intercompany eliminations, currency translation, allocations, and top-side adjustments 
• Full working proficiency in Dutch (NL) or French and English;

What’s In It For You

• EY Family – you become part of the EY Family providing you with all the necessary skills, training and opportunities; enabling you to grow to your fullest potential.
• Attractive remuneration package - We offer an attractive remuneration package; including a company car and charging card, iPhone plus subscription, health insurance, pension plan, meal vouchers, and eco vouchers.  Thanks to our flex plan it is possible to choose what you value most. 
• Flexible working arrangements - We are proud of our flexible working arrangements. We will actively support you in building a successful career and delivering excellent client service without sacrificing your personal priorities. We offer flexible working hours and working from home multiple days per week is possible.
• Inspiring work environment - At EY we are dedicated to providing you with an inspiring work environment. A work environment that allows you to further develop your skills and enables you to fulfill your true potential.
• Learning & personal growth - You will benefit from an onboarding program, receive extensive training and will be coached by a counselor. We offer a clear career path tailored to your unique skills with necessary guidance.  
• Fun - By joining our EY- teams, you can participate in team activities, and companywide events and enjoy a drink during our monthly after-work drink.  
• Sustainability - We have a fleet of hybrid and electric cars. Our flex plan makes it possible for you to choose the most sustainable option for you. You can also opt for a train subscription or lease a bike.
• Diversity & Inclusion - At EY we are passionate about the inclusion and support of individuals of all groups; we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability status.
• Location - All of our offices are easily accessible by public transport and/or by car and have parking space. They all have parking spaces and charging stations are provided.
• Best Workplace – You will be part of the 2023 number one rated Best Workplace (Great Place to Work).

Here at EY, you’ll have the chance to build a truly exceptional experience. We’ll empower you with the latest technology, surround you with high-performing teams, and provide the global scale and diverse and inclusive culture you need to discover your full potential. Through our coaching and training programs, you’ll develop the skillsets you need to stay relevant today and in the future – all while building a network of colleagues, mentors, and leaders who will be on the journey with you at EY and beyond