About the position You will be a part of the US Tech Consulting - Finance and Accounting Technology team, an innovative and collaborative group of business and technology consultants who are dedicated to support client’s Finance Automation, Controls & Governance agenda by supporting business process led implementation of technology systems such as BlackLine, Oracle ARCS, Trintech, OneStream RCM, Tagetik, etc. At EY, you will help our clients, some of the most influential companies, explore emergent applications and transform the way the Finance and Accounting teams manage their financial close and reconciliations processes. Recognizing the changing and fast-paced professional world, a successful Senior will work with our clients to transform their business problems into technology solutions that enable automation, efficiency and time savings. The focus is to help our clients enhance the operating effectiveness of the Finance, Accounting and Operations functions by assisting them as they shift their emphasis from manual processing and reporting to more value add and value driven activities coupled with decision support and analytics. As a Senior in Technology Business Analysis, you will be instrumental in connecting business needs with technical solutions. You will play a pivotal role in evaluating business models, eliciting requirements, and ensuring the technical teams deliver solutions that are in perfect harmony with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Understanding and evaluating current state of processes associated with finance management and internal controls including the financial close, end to end intercompany and controls monitoring
• Operational process redesign of financial processes – identify process challenges across EYs seven operating model dimensions and collaborate with other practice areas of EY to bring unified solutions to our clients
• Implement key components of unified intercompany process solutions including technology and process redesign
• Assisting with Finance technology solution design, configuration, testing and deployment (e.g. BlackLine, Oracle ARCS, Trintech, OneStream RCM, Tagetik, etc.)
• Aligning and re-defining business processes and identifying additional improvement opportunities to enhance the Finance and Accounting functions
• Developing client relationships and project management
• Translating complex business requirements into detailed technical specifications
• Configuring and implementing solutions that align with business needs
• Identifying opportunities for service expansion and contributing to sales through RFP responses
• Expect to travel regularly and lead project streams while actively engaging with clients.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree
• 2 to 4 years of relevant experience
• A minimum of 3 years of work experience in supporting the following Finance Management business processes: Record to Report (R2R), Order to Cash (OTC) Processes, Financial Statement Close Processes, Accounting Policies and Procedures, Financial Accounting and Reporting Operations/Technology, Performance Management and Measurement (KPIs, business metrics etc.), Journals processing, Intercompany Processing, Clearing and Settlements, Consolidations and Elimination Processes, Variance/Fluctuation Analysis and Transaction Matching
• 2+ years of system implementation experience (requirements gathering through deployment) in any of the following tools: BlackLine (Account Reconciliations, Transaction Matching, Variance Analysis, Intercompany Hub etc.), Trintech (Cadency, ReconNet etc.), Oracle (ARCS, FCCS, FCM, etc.), Other tools including OneStream, Frontier, Tagetik, TLM etc.
• Experience in analyzing process challenges and implementing operational process improvement
• Ability to convert technical accounting/organization requirements and current state procedures into improvement opportunities
• Demonstrated ability to lead client meetings, drive work products development and coach and guide junior team members
• Support client proposals, Proof Of Concepts (PoC) developments and RFPs
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50-70%

Nice-to-haves

• Graduate degree in computer science, engineering, accounting, finance or a related field
• Experience in corporate consolidations, intercompany reconciliation, remediation of complex reconciliation issues and oversight of processing/clearing intercompany transactions
• Passionate about technology, applying it to business solutions and helping our clients with automation and improved governance goals
• A proactive approach to professional development
• The ability to adapt to diverse environments and cultures

Benefits

• medical and dental coverage
• pension and 401(k) plans
• a wide range of paid time off options
• flexible vacation policy
• designated EY Paid Holidays
• Winter/Summer breaks
• Personal/Family Care
• other leaves of absence