EY GDS - Delivery Lead - Finance & Insurance Operate

Background and Position Summary:

There is a marked increase in velocity of clients across FS sectors looking to offshore Finance Insurance Operate business to India. They are looking for a trusted partner who could help with end to end set up of their capability - people, skills, leadership team, IT and related ancillary services.

A strong Delivery Leader will need to be dedicated to interface with C-suite business clients and take ownership of end to end delivery out of GDS working alongside member firms.

Delivery will be based out of NCR & Bangalore. The Delivery Lead will lead the end to end delivery for the account managing all aspects of the engagement across:

1. Client Delivery

2. Hiring

3. YoY Optimization

4. Handle escalations

5. MI Reporting with client leadership

Essential Functions of the Job:

- Has prior experience in interfacing with client leadership on large Finance Insurance Operate delivery teams, business domain, transformation, and technology/Automation experience to drive Year on Year efficiencies.

- Must have the ability to engage with CXOs of Insurance & Finance leaders companies.

- Experience delivering large-scale, multi-year, Finance Insurance Operate business.

- Experience with agile, globally distributed models, and knowledge on Finance Controls and Operations, FP&A, Treasury & Investment, Reinsurance & leveraging technology is a must.

- Strong communication skills and able to successfully articulate concepts to both business leaders

- 15+ years in the managing and growing large teams

- Strong knowledge in Life & Annuities and P&C Insurance businesses.

- Proven ability to nurture and build teams across clients and sustain teams for longer period

- Experience in reviewing decisions and articulate pros/cons of technology options based on personal experience, industry knowledge, and best practices.

- Proven track record in managing delivery risks in large scale programs

- Program governance and client leadership interface

- Build a team and mentor Managers, Senior Managers

- Host several client CXOs and their teams to create the conducive & collaborative environment for client innovation.

- Should be able to navigate a hybrid consulting organization and manage several stakeholder groups

- Manage advisory, build out and governance of large multiyear deals

Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

- Has prior experience in interfacing with client leadership on large Finance Insurance Operations offshore set ups across FS domain

- Strong and assertive delivery leadership with focus on technical delivery excellence.

- Grow and sustain large, high-performing teams.

- Paint a compelling vision of the future, leverage storytelling and rally others with passion and purpose.

- Develop delivery-driven methodologies, assets, and accelerators

- Must have the ability to engage with CXOs, lead large pursuits and take end to end ownership of deal making

- Experience in successfully executing large Managed Services / Build Operate Transfer deals

- Experience with agile, globally distributed teaming models

- Strong communication skills and able to successfully articulate concepts to both business and technology audience

- 15+ years in managing, building, and delivering solutions preferably for Financial Services clientele.

- Proven ability to nurture and build teams across clients and sustain teams for longer period

- Experience in reviewing decisions and articulate pros/cons of technology options based on personal experience, industry knowledge, and best practices.

- Proven track record in program governance of large multiyear programs

Supervision Responsibilities:

- Lead delivery for a large Managed Services Deal

- Lead a large team of Finance Insurance professionals comprising of Chartered Accountant, FP&A and Reinsurance Experts

- Highly motivated, self-starter professional with the ability to lead large transformations across client organizations

- The person will also work collaboratively with FS sector leaders and across clients

- Up to 5 Senior Managers (Account focused) reporting into this role

Other Requirements: This job will require frequent travel.

Job Requirements:

Education: Graduate in any discipline, preferably MBA Finance or in Technology

Experience: 20+ Years overall, with minimum 10 years of Delivery leadership experience