Manager, Financial Accounting Advisory Services - Toronto, Canada - EY

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Toronto, Canada

5 days ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

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.

From small businesses to some of the world's best-known brands, our clients count on reliable financial statements, information and processes to inform their ongoing strategies.

More than ever, business is about interpreting and reacting to complex data — and they look to us for advice and services they can trust every time.

You'll use your professional skills and experience to make it happen, handling complex finance optimization challenges across a broad range of industries and geographies.

In today's world, constant change is the new normal.

Forces of disruption are increasing - digital and technological advancement, increasing regulation, evolving societal norms, talent shortages and market volatility are forcing CFOs and their Finance teams to become more Agile - more efficient, more responsive, and more insightful.

Finance leaders must radically rethink their strategies in the face of shifting priorities as they partner with the business to deliver long-term organizational value.

Our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) Finance Optimization practice helps our clients interpret and react to complex financial and non-financial data sets and provide real-time, forward-looking and trusted insights to stakeholders leveraging best-in-class operating models and technology platforms.

Our evolving suite of Finance Optimization service offerings includes Finance Strategy, Performance Management & Costing, Finance Process Optimization, Finance Systems, and Finance Integration.

Your immediate priorities will draw upon a strong background in the insurance sector and will require a solid working knowledge of IFRS 17.

This will provide you with a strong foundation to evolve your journey with us from.

It will allow you to continue to take advantage of the learning and development opportunities available to you as you grow your experience and accelerate your career by working alongside our team of leading finance and accounting professionals to Build a Better Working World.

The opportunity
As a Finance Optimization Manager, you will be a professional member of our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team.

FAAS FO group operates principally through 4 main pillars:
Finance Strategy, Finance Operational Efficiency, Enterprise Performance Management and Strategic Cost Management.

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 optimization advisory services.

This opportunity allows for specialization in the Financial Service Office sector.

Your key responsibilities
As a FAAS - FO Manager, you will actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships.

You will help to develop and expand long-term client relationships and networks, as well as develop relationships with team members across all EY practices to service client needs.

By drawing on your relationship building skills, project management, and financial knowledge and experience, you and your team will provide innovative commercial insights for clients by adapting proven industry delivery methods and practices to meet clients' organizational needs.

You will actively contribute to improving data integrity and quality, operational and reporting efficiency, and effective decision making. FAAS - FO focuses on supporting finance leaders in assessing, designing and implementing innovative and effective finance operating models, processes and technologies across all areas of the finance function (e.g. Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Acquire to Retire, etc.).

A majority of your time will be spent supporting local business development activities and client engagement teams, working with a wide variety of clients, across multiple sectors, to deliver professional services.

Skills and attributes for success

Client responsibilities

Lead external client consulting engagements involving the advancement of the CFO agenda, looking at a company's internal finance and accounting processes and advising clients on solutions to increase processing efficiency, drive automation or reengineer existing processes to better align with future state target operating models;
Lead business development initiatives including service offering development and rollout,