Manager, Finance Consulting (Value & Performance Management) in London

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Are you passionate about Value & Performance Management and Finance transformation enabled by technology? The opportunity Finance consulting works with clients to address mission-critical issues related to company-wide performance, creating value and delivering world-class future finance capabilities, leveraging the EY brand as impartial, trusted advisors. You will work in multi-disciplinary teams for some of the biggest and most recognised corporate brands in the world, applying the latest technologies and analytical methods to help drive their business performance and digital finance transformation agendas that make a real difference to our working world.

A growth area for us is Value & Performance Management (VPM) and how technology enables control, automation, efficiency and value growth—empowering strategic budgeting, planning, and forecasting, integrated business planning, consolidation, performance management and KPIs, data management, business partnering, AI enablement, cost reduction and value growth initiatives.

Your key responsibilities

• You will build strong relationships within client organisations, working with them to understand their most critical business problems and priorities, consulting with your EY peers to evaluate, design, and deliver solution options that leverage cutting-edge technologies.
• You will motivate and manage high-performing diverse teams, aligned to EY’s values, delivering exceptional client service and preparing our clients for a digital future.

Skills and attributes for success

• We are looking for professionals who are great communicators, team players, and relationship builders, with a real desire to learn.
• Professional in your approach, you will have a natural ability to establish personal credibility with clients.
• You will also be highly organised, capable of coordinating your own workload and that of other team members, meeting deadlines, proactively managing risks and delivering quality outcomes.
• A role model to those around you, you will live the values of the firm daily, coaching and supporting the development of others.
• You will add measurable value to your clients by delivering work that addresses their biggest challenges and priorities.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Experience in designing solutions for complex multi-national organisations.
• Multiple lifecycle implementation experience of EPM or Finance Analytics.
• Proficiency in your chosen market or sector.
• Strong client relationship skills and proven stakeholder engagement.
• A keen interest in applying modern technologies to solve Finance and cross-functional challenges.

Ideally, you'll also have:

• A valid and certified professional accounting qualification.
• A background in management consulting or experience leading large-scale VPM or EPM programmes in industry.
• Ability to develop creative, technical solutions.
• High attention to detail and strong output quality (e.g. storyboarding, reporting).
• Strong facilitation, presentation, and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Experience line managing and coaching high-performing teams.

What we look for:

• Core consulting skills: client management, commercial thinking, problem solving, and facilitation.
• Technical skills: hands-on delivery experience and subject-matter knowledge in Finance transformation and performance improvement.
• Versatility: ability to adapt quickly and contribute in a fast-changing, tech-enabled environment.
• Market / sector knowledge: demonstrable domain expertise relevant to your field.

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.