BPR Manager at Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY)

Your key responsibilities include but not limited to

• Provide oversight for and management of the development and implementation of sustainable, repeatable, reliable and cost-effective financial processes to meet emerging and future business requirements of the client
• Lead proposals related to our offerings and take them successfully to clients 
• Leading projects that ensure high quality advisory and consulting services to major clients, preferably with a practical approach as learned during working in the business 
• Creating / contributing to the creation of new services, tools and materials to be more successful on the market
• Achievement of ambitious targets for growth, utilization, and operational excellence and consistent implementation of EY policies and tools to enable these priorities while supporting the engagement of our people
• Involvement in people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training professionals and act as a role model
• Active participation in the creation and maintenance of an environment that enables the team to manage delivery effectively and achieve the highest quality
• Maintain relationships with the client’s management in order to manage the expectations of service
• Experience with finance functions – ‘Record to report’, ‘Procure to pay’ and ‘Order to cash’ processes involving account reconciliations, Journals, Transaction matching, Variance analysis, intercompany and Fixed assets accounting / management
• Conduct workshops with clients to perform current state As-Is process assessment and design & optimize Future state processes as per leading practices & industry benchmarks
• Identify process improvement opportunities using automation, technology upgradation & process standardization
• Create L1-L5 “As-Is” and “To-Be” process mapping using tools such as ARIS, IBM Blueworks and Visio
• Experience in process mining tools such as Celonis and other tools like Alteryx
• Experience in SAP (FICO) and having BPM expertise
• Design KPIs and Control frameworks for O2C, P2P and R2R processes 
• Design Finance Operating model to improve efficiency and service delivery
• Strong accounting skills and understands financial reports and statements
• Knowledge on Financial Consolidation, Cost Allocation, Finance Planning and Budgeting Processes
• Working knowledge of GBS / SSC setup engagements
• Should have knowledge of activities in financial close of an organisation for month / Quarter / Annual close periods
• Good Knowledge on ledger and sub-ledger systems; technical know-how of SAP ERP / HANA, Oracle GL (good to have)
• Translate business requirements to technical language and model (good to have)
• Good experience in Chart of accounts (CoA) design
• Managing/ supervising teams of people on project work
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure
• Open to travel (Domestic & International)

Skills and attributes for success

• Consulting experience is a good to have
• IFRS Certification is a good to have
• Confident & professional communication style
• Proficiency in English (oral and written)
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
• Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
• Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization
• Capability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
• Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others
• Strong analytical skills as well as excellent problem-solving skills for interpreting the IFRS standards

To qualify for the role, you must have

• CA, CFA, CPA, MBA OR Master’s in business administration in Finance
• 10+ years of work experience in Accounting Regulation Change and IFRS Implementation projects (Recent/Ongoing Implementations such as IFRS 9, IFRS 15, IFRS 16 and IFRS 17)
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Exposure to tools like ERP, HFM, Visio, ARIS, BlueWorks, Celonis, Alteryx, etc.
• Project management skills, IFRS Implementation / IFRS Reporting Experience
• Finance Transformation, GBS/SSC Setup