US Finance Business Consulting - Oil and Gas Sector - Manager

EY Studio+ Nederland • Houston, TX

16d • Hybrid

About The Position

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. #Energy Consulting #Finance Our objective is to provide clients with a unique business perspective on how to transform the finance function - reducing cost base, increasing efficiency and quality of information, and improving decision-making through the following core areas: finance operating model design; business performance management and reporting, shared services design and implementation; finance process improvement, finance system implementation and outsourcing consulting. We've shaped a global ecosystem of CFOs, controllers and other accounting and finance executives to help our clients enhance the value they are adding to their enterprise. The opportunity As part of our Finance Transformation team, you will gain Oil and Gas experience working with senior leadership teams in domestic and large multinational companies. You will combine your finance capability with program and change management expertise to implement and embed improvements and deliver sustainable value. Your key responsibilities Your role as a manager will focus on supporting the strategy and delivery of client engagements, interacting at an executive level, as well as sales and practice development activities. In this role, you will help develop high-performing people and teams, supporting them to make an impact that matters, and setting the direction to deliver exceptional client service. You will work to sell, deliver and manage finance transformation projects in one or more of the following areas Finance strategy development Finance operating model design Finance processes improvement Shared services and global business services design and implementation Outsourcing consulting (including managed services) Financial planning and analysis (FP&A) Finance systems and applications (e.g., SAP, Blackline), process mining, robotics, and intelligent automation Financial close, consolidation and reporting Cost management and profitability analysis Hydrocarbon accounting, Order-to-cash, procure-to-pay and record-to-report processes Core responsibilities will also include coaching and mentoring, and performance appraisal. Skills and attributes for success Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially around breaking down complex structures into digestible and relevant points for a diverse set of clients and colleagues, at all levels. By drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll sell and lead consulting engagements that solve complex issues, provide innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs and contribute to thought leadership. You'll actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives. Successfully manage engagement time and budgets In line with our commitment to quality, you'll consistently drive projects to completion, manage risk and ensure that work is of high quality. As an influential member of the team, you'll help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel team members and help them to develop. Build relationships with client executives Be able to manage a virtual workforce across multiple time-zones as well as offshore teammates

Requirements

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially around breaking down complex structures into digestible and relevant points for a diverse set of clients and colleagues, at all levels.
• By drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll sell and lead consulting engagements that solve complex issues, provide innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs and contribute to thought leadership.
• You'll actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives.
• Successfully manage engagement time and budgets
• In line with our commitment to quality, you'll consistently drive projects to completion, manage risk and ensure that work is of high quality.
• As an influential member of the team, you'll help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel team members and help them to develop.
• Build relationships with client executives
• Be able to manage a virtual workforce across multiple time-zones as well as offshore teammates
• A bachelor's degree and approximately 5 years of related work experience; or a master's degree and approximately 4 years of related work experience
• Approximately 5 years of experience in providing consulting services in the finance function focused in at least one of the following areas: finance operating model design, performance management, shared services design and implementations, outsourcing consulting
• Experience in managing large-scale Finance Transformation and/or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations preferred
• Oil & Gas Industry experience with robust finance operations expertise
• Experience leading teams, managing engagement economics and business development
• Willingness to travel to meet client obligations

Nice To Haves

• An advanced degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Operations or superior academic achievement in a related field
• CPA
• Industry Knowledge in Hydrocarbon Accounting
• Planning/budgeting/forecasting and reporting/analytics experience

Responsibilities

• supporting the strategy and delivery of client engagements
• interacting at an executive level
• sales and practice development activities
• develop high-performing people and teams
• make an impact that matters
• setting the direction to deliver exceptional client service
• sell, deliver and manage finance transformation projects
• Finance strategy development
• Finance operating model design
• Finance processes improvement
• Shared services and global business services design and implementation
• Outsourcing consulting (including managed services)
• Financial planning and analysis (FP&A)
• Finance systems and applications (e.g., SAP, Blackline), process mining, robotics, and intelligent automation
• Financial close, consolidation and reporting
• Cost management and profitability analysis
• Hydrocarbon accounting, Order-to-cash, procure-to-pay and record-to-report processes
• coaching and mentoring
• performance appraisal

Benefits

• comprehensive compensation and benefits package
• medical and dental coverage
• pension and 401(k) plans
• paid time off options
• flexible vacation policy
• time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees