Job Description

Ref. JB1346916

Finance & Performance Management Manager
Ernst & Young

As a Finance & Performance Management Manager, you'll actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships. With guidance from partners, directors and senior managers, you'll identify potential business opportunities for Ernst & Young. By drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll provide innovative commercial insights for clients adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs 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.

Client responsibilities

► Participate in Finance & Performance Management engagements
► Assist in managing the financial aspects of engagements by organizing staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders
► Participate in business development initiatives
► Build strong internal relationships within Advisory and across other services


People responsibilities

► Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff
► Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff
► Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training Finance& Performance Management professionals
► Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills
► Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures

Skills

Technical skills requirements

You'll have knowledge and experience of a number of the following areas:

► Finance transformation
► Balanced scorecard
► Planning, budgeting and forecasting
► Performance measurement and performance management
► Business performance reporting
► Cost to serve
► Cost reduction
► Shared service centre and business process outsourcing
► Financial statement close

Additional requirements

► Track record with a blue chip consulting firm
► Professional accountancy qualification or equivalent
► Strong academic record including a degree
► Proven experience in business development

Who we are

At Ernst & Young we support you in achieving your unique potential both personally and professionally. We give you stretching and rewarding experiences that keep you motivated, working in an atmosphere of integrity and teaming with some of the world's most successful companies. And while we encourage you to take personal responsibility for your career, we support you in your professional development in every way we can. You enjoy the flexibility to devote time to what matters to you, in your business and personal lives. At Ernst & Young you can be who you are and express your point of view, energy and enthusiasm, wherever you are in the world. It's how you make a difference.

To achieve their potential, businesses should continuously improve their performance and sustain that improvement in a rapidly changing business environment. As a business advisor at Ernst & Young, you'll help many of the world's leading businesses and governments tackle their most pressing issues. Working in multidisciplinary teams, often directly with company leaders, you'll help bring diverse perspectives to every challenge. We'll help you achieve your potential by giving you professional development and experience with clients across geographies, businesses and practices

Company Profile

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The Middle East practice of Ernst & Young has been operating in the region since 1923. For over 80 years, we have evolved to meet the legal and commercial developments of the region. Across the Middle East, our 4, 200 people are united across 20 offices and 15 Arab countries, sharing the same values and an unwavering commitment to quality.