Director, Business Consulting, Finance Consulting, Value & Performance Management

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

EY Technology professionals focus on harnessing the power of technology to unleash human potential. They seek to deliver innovative tech-based solutions and in doing so, enhance our market impact and improve service delivery.

The opportunity

Are you fascinated by technology, automation, Business Consulting and technology consultancy? Do you have the consulting skills to resolve complex technology and business issues? Are you able to use your business insight and technological expertise to identify how our clients can find new revenue and value-producing opportunities?

A growth area for us is Value & Performance Management - enabling strategic reporting, budgeting, planning, and forecasting that focuses on prediction and prescription, not just hindsight, to support a company’s financial health.

Your key responsibilities

At Director level, you will be identifying and leading project engagements working directly with Senior clients. You will also be responsible for leading a team on all aspects of a client engagement including developing new opportunities, designing solutions, identifying the value available for clients and delivering solutions.

Alongside your client facing role, you will also join the leadership team of the Technology Finance Capability. In this regard, you will play a key role people leadership, skills development recruitment and retention.

You will build relationships at senior levels within client organisations, working with them to understand their most critical business problems and priorities, consulting with your EY peers to evaluate, design, and deliver solution options that leverage cutting edge technologies.

You will motivate and manage high performing diverse teams, aligned to EY’s values. delivering exceptional client service preparing our clients for a digital future.

Skills and attributes for success
We are looking for professionals who are great communicators, team players, relationship builders with a real desire to learn.

Professional in your approach, you will have a natural ability to establish personal credibility with clients. You will also be highly organised, capable of coordinating your own workload and that of other team members, meeting deadlines, proactively managing risks and delivering quality outcomes.

A role model to those around you, you will live the values of the Firm daily, coaching and supporting the development of others.

You will add measurable value to your clients by delivering work that addresses their biggest problems and priorities, including the need to:

• Contribute to continued growth and profitability for EY, by identifying and capitalising on business development opportunities in existing and potential clients for own and other areas of the firm
• Engage new and existing clients to build and foster trusted long-term relationships, gaining trusted-advisor status, with a focus on key decision-makers in the local market
• Deliver leading practise VPM solutions:

• Articulate, design, and implement a vision for Finance that draws on innovative global technology trends, leading practice and service innovation
• Reimagine the role of the finance business partners within the enterprise defining new operating models and addressing how digital will impact the delivery of enterprise intelligence, and more broadly, how Finance will support a digital business
• Plot out roadmaps for our clients and their teams to adapt to digital ways of working and the associated cultural and mindset shift
• Define the value drivers / steering models, KPI’s and information models that underpin an integrated Performance Management framework that drives growth, margin improvement and/or shareholder value
• Reporting simplification / transformation
• Establish integrated Performance Management including transformation of the budgeting, planning, and forecasting processes (establishing new processes, governance, and enabling technologies)
• Develop commercial scenario modelling (e.g. gross to net, pricing analytics) to optimise revenue, margin and market position
• Identify opportunities for Finance to drive long term, cross-functional value through applied analytics
• Define information and data architectures that meet financial and management reporting requirements
• Data visualisation design and deployment

• Adopt “digital” ways of working to increase flexibility and accelerate delivery:

• Plan, design, and execute design-led thinking process re-engineering workshops
• Process design grounded in customer outcomes and user experience adopting LEAN methodologies and automation technologies
• Structure and implement Agile delivery methods

• Understand and apply relevant technologies such as:

• SAP Business Planning and Consolidation
• Oracle Hyperion
• Microsoft Azure
• Anaplan
• Wolters Kluwer Tagetik
• Microsoft Power BI

To qualify for the role you must have

• A consulting background, with experience of business development and solution design for complex multi-national businesses
• Detailed knowledge of account management, business development and the consulting sales cycle, with demonstrable experience of having large scale, complex accounts / sectors
• Have a proven track record of building lasting relationships and influence senior colleagues and clients in leading roles
• Have a proven track record for identifying and capitalising on new revenue streams and generating new business
• A network of client relationships, (potentially beyond the UK), with a strong sales track record
• Extensive experience in financial planning & analysis, delivery & lifecycles of VPM tech implementation
• A valid and certified professional accounting qualification
• Experience of delivering large-scale digital finance programmes
• Proven ability to engage, manage and build senior relationships
• A track record of pipeline management and conversion into Sales and Revenue generation
• Ability to participate in presales activities and product demonstrations
• An understanding of the Technology Development Lifecycle
• Strong project management techniques experience with Waterfall, Hybrid-Agile and Agile methods (e.g. Scrum, Lean, Kanban)
• Willingness to travel as required in relation to working at Client Sites on specific engagements  
• A qualified accountant with an ability to create solutions to technical problems 

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Ability to create solutions to technical problems
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to storyboard and create high quality outputs
• Excellent problem solving, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Track record of line managing professional services staff, including coaching and developing staff

What we look for:                                                                                             

Core consulting skills: client management, analysis, presentation and facilitation, commerciality

• Technical skills: strong technical insight, practical knowledge and capability in your specialist field
• Versatility: proven ability to adapt and learn in an innovative environment
• Market / sector knowledge: demonstrable market/sector expertise in your field

What working at EY offers:

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance.

Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world. 

Apply now.