EY GDS - Treasury Transformation Manager - Financial Accounting Advisory Services

Position Summary

Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) professionals provides advisory services including Accounting and regulatory support for accounting change and special matters; accounting processes and controls support.

Within EY FAAS practice, the Treasury Transformation Experts team build and develop client relationship with our regional stakeholders. We are part of an integrated global network of professionals who develop, design and optimise client service business processes for efficiency and high performance. We leverage and improve various frameworks, methodologies, solutions specific to our offerings and articulate presentations that communicate proposals, strategies, plans and outcomes.

We are looking for an experienced professional to join EY FAAS team to help drive growth and manage delivery teams, bring subject matter expertise in Treasury Transformation solutions.

The manager should be competent to manage a portfolio of clients and be responsible for the timeliness and quality of the work as per EY Global Standards for our FAAS team. While the Manager will be based out of our Gurugram or Bengaluru offices, the individual will be responsible for supporting EY practices and clients across the Global Market. Also, the individual will be required to travel to other countries (short-term) for executing the client engagements.

Primary Responsibilities

The Manager will manage teams of FAAS professionals during engagements covering a broad spectrum of areas. The individual will be responsible for the following tasks:

Act as a subject matter expert for one or more Treasury Transformation solutions, including:

- Subject matter expert for streamlining and improvement of existing processes

- Process design skills - able to critically review existing processes; make recommendations for rationalisation and improvement

- Support technology led enterprise transformation projects for our clients

- Lead the development and execution of a comprehensive treasury transformation strategy aligned with the organization's goals and objectives

- Provide strategic recommendations to senior management, leveraging the individual's expertise and experience, on utilizing new technologies, automation, and digitalization to drive innovation and transform the treasury function

- Identify key areas of improvement within the treasury function and lead initiatives to streamline processes, optimize systems, and enhance overall performance

- Identify opportunities for process optimization within the treasury function, including cash management processes, bank relationships, and payment methods to increase efficiency and reduce costs.

- Evaluate and rationalize the company's banking relationships to streamline operations, reduce complexity, and enhance cost-effectiveness

- Analyze and optimize bank fees by negotiating favorable terms and fee structures with banking partners and implementing cost-effective solutions

- Oversee daily cash management activities, including cash positioning, forecasting, and working capital management, to optimize cash flow and liquidity.

- Develop and implement risk management strategies to mitigate financial risks associated with currency fluctuations, interest rates, and market volatility.

- Lead change management efforts to ensure smooth adoption and integration of new processes, technologies, and ways of working

- Develop a robust performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor and track the Treasury function's progress and effectiveness, using the individual's expertise in performance management

- Provide training, coaching, and guidance to treasury team members, and assist them in understanding and engaging in the treasury transformation journey

- Lead project management activities, including project planning, resource allocation, and monitoring project progress

- Maintain relationships with the client's management in order to manage the expectations of service

- Account management, business development on select accounts

- Work on proposals related to our offerings and take them successfully to clients

- Leading projects that ensure high quality consulting services to major clients, preferably with a practical approach as learned during working in the business

- Active participation in the creation and maintenance of an environment that enables the team to manage delivery effectively and achieve the highest quality

Qualifications, skills and experience

To qualify, candidates must have:

- Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA (US), ACCA (UK) or MBA with 5-10 years of relevant experience

- Knowledge of Treasury domain and preferably a large network in this field

- Improve data and analytics capabilities to transform treasury processes and understanding of value drivers

- Experience on treasury transformation, process optimisation projects

- Knowledge of various data visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI

- Knowledge of leading TMS tools like SAP Treasury, Kyriba, FIS, G-Treasury, Aladdin, Murex, Calypso, and other tools etc

- Have experience in current state analysis (As is), future state analysis (To be), process optimization, data optimization, data analytics, data management.

- Proficiency in financial software applications and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, utilizing your skills to lead and assist in leveraging technology for Treasury transformation.

- Knowledge of latest technology landscape, trends and solutions

- Strong problem solving and analytical skills

- Strong training and mentoring skills

- Ability to manage a team and to establish credibility as a trusted advisor with clients

- Strong executive presence and ability to interface with all levels of management (EY and clients)

- Strong project management and organizational experience

- Fluent written and verbal communication and presentation skills in English, other languages are highly preferred

- Willingness to work in a global environment where travel is regularly required for several clients