EY GDS - Senior Associate/Supervising Associate - Finance & Accounts - CA

The opportunity :

To ensure accurate and proper finance systems for effective Service Line performance tracking, reviews and decision making. We're looking for Senior with preferably with prior working experience in Financial Planning & Analysis. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a leading firm whilst being instrumental in the learning, understanding and growth of GDS business.

Your key responsibilities :

- Budgets & Planning: Annual financial planning covering HC, costs and expenses and margins; half yearly forecasts prepared with due interaction with various location finance teams: Assist in pricing and other decisions.

- Reporting: Reporting monthly financials and other reports highlighting key performance parameters. Provide

- Operational support / cost improvement studies to enable effective management and improving operations and increasing efficiency of resources / processes. Develop models / reports in excel / access

- Special Projects / Assignments: Undertaking any specific projects, assignments and/or track and update management with the best analysis

- Adhoc Analysis / Reports: Ad-hoc decision support for various global initiatives / improvement projects

- Process Improvement and Standardization: Ability to define As Is Processes and lead / support in design of to-be processes and roles leveraging best in class practices and enabling technologies, to ensure optimum and consistent performance

- Additional exposure to the following areas and hence any experience of these will be of value:

- Functional experience in Finance transformation projects across all or any of the phases i.e. Plan, design,

- Test and Deploy, preferably involving implementation of Enabling technology, tools and Software applications

- Master data support: Maintain / provide support to the various Technical team on various cost centre/ codes, rates, structures, hierarchy and planning tools

- Will be required to assist in designing of reporting requirements for operational reports, service level requirements and process KPIs Provide definition and development.

Skills and attributes for success :

- Excellent Communicate as the role would require interactions with multiple stakeholders

- Understanding or comfort with Project / Process Management skills

- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities and desire to learn

- Knowledge of any ERP system preferably SAP

Eye for details :

- IT acumen, backed by proficiency in MS-Office, ability to handle complex data, and experience of modelling in MS-Excel or Access

- Must be a great team player having ability to work with a diverse global workforce

- Taking Initiatives, working independently and Customer focus

To qualify for the role, you must have :

- CA with 2-7 years of work experience

- Strong Knowledge in Accounting, Finance, MIS etc

- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills

- Demonstrated strong written and oral communication skills

Ideally, you'll also have :

- Project management skills

- Exposure to tools like Power BI, Hyperion etc.

- Credible experience working in a fast-moving, client-centric, multi- national environment

What we look for :

- A team player with a curious mindset - should be open to continuous learnings and improvements

- Self-driven with an ability to produce high quality output and self-checks with minimal supervision