Senior Consultant - Finance Transformation - Montreal Job Montréal area,Montreal Province de Québec Canada,Finance & Banking

Location: Montreal

About EY

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. Our purpose is Building a better working world. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high‑performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation.

The

Opportunity

We are seeking a Senior Consultant to join our Finance Transformation team. As a Finance transformation professional, you will work with clients to provide insights into current finance transformation practices and how to strengthen them through process, people, technology and disruptive approaches. Recognizing the changing and fast‑paced professional landscape, you will team with engagement leadership to bring our broad range of capabilities and insights to enhance the effectiveness of the finance and operations function.

You will be part of our Finance Transformation team and help clients by focusing on providing business advisory services that achieve measurable benefits in operational efficiency and strategic decision making.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Consultant, you'll contribute to client engagements and internal projects. An important part of your role will be to actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships. You will also identify potential business opportunities for EY within existing engagements. Similarly, you anticipate and identify risks within engagements and raise any issues with senior members of the team. As an influential member of the team, you will help create a positive learning culture, while providing coaching and counselling to other team members.

Participate in client engagements
Contribute to market and business development
Ensure the successful execution of project work
Provide insights and ideas to assist in drafting high quality project work products
Demonstrate high levels of technical and professional knowledge
Display teamwork, integrity and leadership
Use technology and tools to continually learn and innovate, share knowledge with team members and enhance the delivery of services

Skills and attributes for success

Strong analytical, interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
Values, principles, and work ethic consistent with those outlined in the EY Global Code of Conduct
Willingness to learn and adapt to rapid‑changing environments

To qualify for the role you must have

Professional designation and/or qualification i.e. MBA, CPA, CA, CMA, CGA.
Demonstrated experience in project‑based engagements in any or the combination of the following areas: IT systems and operations, ERP implementations and architecture
Understanding of operational models of the finance function
Please be advised that this role does not meet the training and experience requirements for those individuals wishing to pursue their Chartered Accountant designation.
Consulting experience is highly desired
Background in operational finance and/or accounting functions is highly desired
Background in finance transformation

Ideally, you’ll also have

Graduate level education or applicable professional designation
A willingness to travel to meet client needs

What we look for

We are looking for the next generation of outstanding leaders to disrupt and improve current practices and bring new perspectives to the Finance Transformation team. Our top performers in the past have demonstrated deep knowledge of the financial services marketplace, strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, and an ability to adapt and…