Business Modelling Senior Manager - Johannesburg at Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY)

The opportunity

Within the team you will have the opportunity to take on client management responsibilities and have the potential to gain excellent career progression. As part of your role you would work a varied portfolio of Business Modelling and transaction decision-related projects, which would include model builds to assist clients with developing Excel-based business planning and forecasting models as part of their ongoing business needs. You’d also work on model review services and these are predominantly transaction decision-focused, typically project finance or buy side for potential investors as well as getting involved with the wider team on project work

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior within Business Modelling you will need to ensure compliance with the firm's policies and guidance, and adherence to professional standards. Achieve business growth by developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key business decision-makers, informing them of our scope of services and communicating how these services benefit their organizations. Always develop skills and knowledge of the people in team and live the firms shared culture and values.

Skills and attributes for success

• Accountable to attain client satisfaction metrics, as reviewed in client surveys
• Secure and enhance relationships with senior client management
• Assign teams that will exceeding client's expectations in terms of perform engagement management activities including billing scheduling, performance, evaluations, mentoring, managing client expectations, and identifying additional client needs
• Maintain active communication with both partners and clients to manage expectations and ensure client satisfaction. Proactively identify, document and communicate any changes to the scope of work
• Mentor staff members in their professional development and career planning. 
• Provide guidance and oversight to staff on engagements
• Provide on-the-job performance feedback and periodic performance reviews
• Identify training needs of staff members
• Always live our shared cultures and values and encourage your team members to do the same
• Identify and manage complex issues and maintain active communications with clients on those issue.
• Manage risk to the firm by adhering to the risk management policies and procedures and ensuring significant risks are identified
• Review work in accordance with the firm's policies on a timely basis and in a thorough and constructive manner
• Ensure appropriate use of tools and sources of knowledge
• Ensure sound budget control on all engagements
• Identify areas for improvement, including client satisfaction, process and technology         

To qualify for the role you must have

• Problem solving and structured analysis experience
• Ability to develop bespoke financial models i.e. Corporate and Project Finance Models
• Ability to review a range of financial models
• Well versed in both Project Finance and Corporate Finance
• Keen business sense
• Ability to manage clients
• Ability to manage staff
• Ability to manage budgets on projects
• Proven experience of Business Modelling, with number of years of commercial, client-facing work experience.
• Strong commercial awareness and an ability to identify the factors that drive financial performance
• A passion for Business Modelling; highly motivated, numerate and a logical thinker are all key to the role

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Minimum 8 years’ experience
• CA (SA) / Mathematics of Finance / Engineering and / or CFA
• Exposure to Energy, Oil and Gas, Infrastructure and mining (advantageous)            
• Advanced Excel
• VBA knowledge preferable