E&Y - Manager - Business Performance Modelling

Manager (Business Performance Modelling )

Position description summary

About Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide, our 167,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We make a difference by helping our people, our clients and our wider communities achieve potential.

Global Shared Services (GSS) plays a vital role in supporting EY's various service lines and business operations across the world. Over the last two years, GGS has grown four times in size and continues to scale new heights.

GSS operates from in India (Bangalore & Gurgaon) with a work force of over 5,500 people.

GSS TAS Business Performance Modelling

GSS Business Modelling under the TAS umbrella works with global Business Modelling teams, by providing assistance on review and creation of models on various industries and transaction types.

Within the ambit of GSS Business Modelling, we have a sub-group - Business Performance Modelling (BPM) - that works on providing database and reporting solutions using applications such as MS Excel, MS Access, VBA, SQL Server, etc. Currently the team comprises of 14 professionals who are involved in development of automated tools and solutions. We have ambitious growth plans for the team's growth in the coming years and are looking to expand our capabilities across all levels.

Our assignments cover a wide range of countries and industry sectors.



We are seeking to hire a Manager to lead our Business Performance Modelling team.

Position Details

Job Title : Manager

Department: Business Performance Management, TAS

Reporting to: Assistant Director

Location: Gurgaon

Job description

- The main objectives of the role are to achieve business growth by achieving excellence in service, providing value-add on assignments, contributing to training and up-skill of the team, developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key business decision-makers, promoting our capabilities and services to relevant stakeholders and communicating how these services benefit their teams.

- In addition to managing the project delivery, this role involves heavy hands-on development work.

Primary Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

- Assist EY country practice teams in design and build of new MS Access, MS Excel and VBA applications

- Assist EY country practice teams with testing and documentation of MS Access / Excel / VBA Applications

- Assist EY country practice teams in code reviews and bug fixes

- Manage a team of ~20 people

- Measure, monitor and improve client service by guiding team members and driving excellence in service delivery

- Work on and manage several large- to- medium-size projects

- Ensure smooth service delivery within the defined geographical / competency area

- Focus team on key priorities and ensure that team members deliver quality service as per client's needs and priorities

- Partner with internal and external clients to improve processes

- Work with project leaders to analyze resource needs and gaps, and devise alternative ways forward

- Assign people to projects based on their skills, career goals and client's expectations

- Produce assignment budgets and timetables, and manage delivery against them

- Provide team members with accurate and useful guidance in technical areas of high-risk and complexity

- Act as a counselor for team members

- Participate in goal setting, performance appraisal and management of the team

- Identify L&D requirements of team members; plan and conduct training and knowledge sharing sessions for the team

Competencies / Skills

Must Have:

- Highly numerate and analytical individual, preferably with an excellent academic record and a degree in computers, engineering, economics, sciences, or accounting & finance

- Excellent MS Access skills with a proven experience of building complex MS Access applications using forms, queries and visual basic code

- Advanced MS Excel and VBA skills

- Very strong relational database (SQL Server) design and build skills

- Working knowledge of Visual Basic Editor and Visual Studio 2005/2008

- In-depth understanding of Software Development Life Cycle

- Proven experience in estimating, planning and managing technology projects

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Leadership and relationship management skills

- Strong business acumen

Good to Have:

- Visual Basic skills

- Basic knowledge on MS Visio VBA

- Basic knowledge of business intelligence and analytics tools like Spotfire, Tableau and Qlikview

- Knowledge of C# .NET

- Any Microsoft certifications

- Experience in testing methodologies and using testing tools

Job Specification

Education & Experience:

- Post Graduate with 8-10 years of relevant work experience building MS Access, MS Excel, VBA and SQL Server applications