Manager, Financial Accounting Advisory Services Finance Optimization; FAAS-FO

Overview

Manager, Financial Accounting Advisory Services Finance Optimization (FAAS-FO). Primary location:
Other locations:
Primary Location Only. Date:
Feb 6, 2026. Requisition .

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.

From small businesses to some of the world’s best-known brands, our clients count on reliable financial statements, information and processes to inform their ongoing strategies. More than ever, business is about interpreting and reacting to complex data – and they look to us for advice and services they can trust every time. You’ll use your professional skills and experience to make it happen, handling complex accounting and finance process issues across a broad range of industries and responsibilities.

While we are part of EY’s Assurance service line, the Financial Accounting Advisory Services Finance Optimization (FAAS-FO) practice sets itself apart, applying leading industry practices from around the world to help clients meet their challenges.

In today’s world, constant change is the new normal. Disruptive forces are increasing – digital and technological advancement, changing regulatory and political environments, increasing regulation, evolving societal norms, talent shortages and market volatility are forcing CFOs and their Finance teams to become more Agile – more efficient, more responsive, and more insightful. Finance leaders must radically rethink their strategies in the face of shifting priorities as they partner with the business to deliver long-term organizational value.

Our FAAS-FO practice helps our clients interpret and react to complex financial and non-financial data sets and provide real-time, forward-looking and trusted insights to stakeholders leveraging best-in-class operating models and technology platforms.

Our evolving suite of Finance Optimization service offerings includes Finance Strategy and Operating Model, Performance Management & Costing, Business Process Optimization, Enterprise Resource Planning ("ERP"), consolidation and budget planning tools ("EPM"), Finance Integration during acquisitions and Data Analytics. Pick a major, pick a minor or explore a range of our services before deciding to specialize and take advantage of the learning and development opportunities available to you as you grow your experience and accelerate your career by working alongside our team of leading finance and accounting professionals to Build a Better Working World.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager in the Finance Optimization practice, you will be a member of our team responsible for carrying out various engagements from our service offering described above.

Skills and attributes for success

• Knowledge of key corporate business processes:
• Procure to Pay
• Order to Cash
• Acquire to Retire
• Record to Report
• Plan to Perform
• Prepare deliverables in French and English, depending on client needs. Our reports are mainly prepared using MS Power Point
• Basic proficiency in ERP systems such as Microsoft Business Central or D365 Finance & Operations, SAP S4/HANA, Oracle, Net Suite, etc.
• Basic proficiency in EPM tools such as One Stream, Tagetik, Anaplan, Adaptive, Blackline, etc.
• Maintain cooperative relationships and foster mutual support with other EY service line teams
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to maintain good relationships with clients
• Strong project management and leadership skills
• Ability to manage multiple engagements and meet deadlines

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or data management/analysis
• At least 5 to 7 years of professional experience
• Experience in financial accounting or audit, financial analysis, process optimization/documentation or as an assistant controller in a company
• Highly adaptable and open to change
• Integrity within a professional environment
• Working proficiency in French and English, both written and spoken

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• An…