We are the only professional services organisation who has a separate business dedicated exclusively to the financial services marketplace. Join Financial Services (FSO) and you will work with multi-disciplinary teams from around the world to deliver a global perspective. Aligned to key industry groups including asset management, banking and capital markets, insurance and private equity, we provide integrated advisory, assurance, tax, and transaction services.

The opportunity

EY’s Performance Improvement Advisory professionals bring a wealth of experience in working with major financial institutions to align their operating model and infrastructure to their business’ strategic objectives. We assemble the right multi-disciplinary teams, use consistent and proven global methodologies and tools, and draw on the full breadth of EY’s global network, to deliver value and trusted advice to the clients. The key service offerings cover finance function transformation, customer and distribution effectiveness, operations, shared services / outsourcing support, performance management, program advisory, enterprise intelligence, risk management and regulatory change.

Your key responsibility

You’ll play a leading role on multiple financial services and/or custom-build solution implementations, where you will provide expert advice and solutions, acting in an advisory, design, implementation and deployment capacity. You’ll work closely with clients to understand and gather requirements as well as translating these requirements into high quality solutions tailored to help meet their strategic needs. You’ll need to drive deep conversations with clients across different levels. You will also be required to scope out the longer-term development and expansion of these technologies, while also working to prioritize and deliver for their current business needs.

Skills and attributes for success

• Possess technical competence and business acumen and able to provide solutions to clients’ complex business challenges
• Analyze business and functional requirements and be the architect to articulate the technical solutions to the client and IT development teams
• Consistently deliver quality client services. Monitor progress, manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes. Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business
• Encourage and facilitate collaboration amongst team members, and promote an inclusive working environment
• Experienced in using off-shore delivery and distributed teams
• Establish relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels. Work collaboratively with them to establish a business-driven vision for the future of their IT systems, processes and infrastructure through the application of leading practices and improving their capabilities
• Cultivate and manage business development opportunities. Understand EY and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve clients.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, business, commerce, human resources and/or other relevant disciplines.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience in systems integration and development, IT consultancy and project management
• Proven delivery experience in large scale systems integration and/or custom-build application projects using agile and/or waterfall SDLC methodologies
• Excellent team leadership skills and experience and the ability to make pragmatic decisions
• Proven ability to build valued relationships with clients
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and business engagement abilities
• Demonstrated ability to manage and supervise teams through all phases of the project lifecycle, including requirements definition, process and prose creation, business re-engineering, and application mapping.
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, presentation, client service and business writing and consulting skills
• Strong interest in further designing, developing and integrating business operations and technology.

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization.

What working at EY offers

EY offers a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. We are committed to being an inclusive employer and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

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