Senior Consultant - Financial Accounting and Advisory Services-Transactions

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The opportunity
As a Transactions Senior Consultant, you will be a professional member of our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team. FAAS operates principally through 4 main pillars:
Enhanced Corporate Reporting & Accounting, Finance Optimization, Treasury Management and Transactions Advisory. We understand the evolving role of the CFO and the Finance function, and work with our clients to automate and streamline efficiency, control, and compliance functions, while simultaneously improving the value Finance provides to the organization. Together with our substantial investments in technology, knowledge, and learning resources available to our advisory professionals, you will be part of the team that delivers fit for purpose financial advisory services to our clients and their stakeholders.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.

Your key responsibilities
As a Transactions Senior Consultant, you will be an active contributor to teams focused on the growth and development of our Transactions service pillar including business development, client relationship management, opportunity management and client-facing engagement delivery. You will help finance leaders meet challenges that their teams are currently facing. You will work with them to achieve their potential transaction, acquisition, divestiture, process optimization, and process digitization objectives.

You will offer them innovative advice for optimizing processes, using cutting-edge technologies and creating value for their organizations.

Skills and attributes for success

Identification and assessment of business and operational needs, development of solutions tailored to client needs, assessment of the Finance function, performance of operations diagnostics, optimization of financial processes, provision of tailored training, and other

Prepare deliverables tailored to client needs

Promote an innovative and team-oriented work environment

Develop and maintain productive relationships with client management

Understand the client’s industry and recognize key performance drivers, business and operational trends, and new technical and industry developments

Stay informed of changing market conditions and new regulatory developments and their impacts on clients.

Attend training programs to continually develop skills

Utilize technology to develop yourself, share knowledge with team members and enhance service delivery

Maintain cooperative relationships and foster mutual support with other EY service line teams

Strong spoken and written English skills;
French language skills is an asset

Strong interpersonal and communication skills to maintain impeccable relationships with clients

Deep knowledge of business trends, emerging technical and industry developments

Excellent project management and leadership skills

Ability to manage multiple engagements and meet deadlines

What we look for

Undergraduate degree in project management, business administration, operations management or industrial engineering

Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience

Professional designation and/or qualification i.e. CA, CPA (completed or in-progress)

Highly adaptable and open to change

Integrity within a professional environment

Knowledge/experience in several of:

IPO readiness assessment and management of activities across the IPO lifecycle. Participation / involvement in an IPO would be an asset

Planning and integration of acquisitions across all aspects of Organization / People, Process and Technology including both project management and execution

Planning and management of disposals across all aspects of Organization / People, Process and Technology including both project management and execution

Technical accounting experience in IFRS and US GAAP

Audit or business (operational) experience in financial statement close and the application of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting, with a preference for experience with…