Senior Manager - Financial Accounting and Advisory Services-Transactions Job Toronto area,Old Toronto Ontario Canada,Management

Location: Old Toronto

The opportunity

As a Transactions Senior Manager, you will be a professional member of our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team. FAAS operates principally through 4 main pillars:
Enhanced Corporate Reporting & Accounting, Finance Optimization, Treasury Management and Transactions Advisory. We understand the evolving role of the CFO and the Finance function, and work with our clients to automate and streamline efficiency, control, and compliance functions, while simultaneously improving the value Finance provides to the organization. Together with our substantial investments in technology, knowledge, and learning resources available to our advisory professionals, you will be part of the team that delivers fit for purpose financial advisory services to our clients and their stakeholders.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.

Your key responsibilities

As a Transactions Senior Manager, you will actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships in order to establish and maintain a robust business development funnel for our Transactions service pillar. You will help to develop and expand long-term client relationships and networks, as well as develop relationships with team members across all EY practices to service client needs. By drawing on your relationship building skills, project management, and financial knowledge and experience, you will provide innovative commercial insights for clients by adapting proven industry delivery methods and practices to meet clients’ organizational needs focused on Initial Public Offerings (IPO), acquisitions and divestitures.

You will actively contribute to improving transaction readiness, operational and reporting efficiency, and effective decision making. A majority of your time will be spent supporting local business development activities and client engagement teams, working with a wide variety of clients, across multiple sectors, to deliver professional services.

Skills and attributes for success

Client responsibilities

Lead external client consulting engagements focused on the planning and execution of Transactions initiatives (including planning and execution of IPOs, and/or the planning and execution of acquisitions and divestitures), looking at a company’s internal finance and accounting processes and advising clients on solutions to increase deal value / benefits, improve processing efficiency, drive automation or reengineer existing processes to better align with future state target operating models;

Lead business development initiatives including service offering development and roll-out, proposal development, responding to RFX’s and participating in oral presentations

Stay informed of changing market conditions and new regulatory developments and their impacts on clients.

Specialization in our Transactions service offering to provide subject matter expertise and relevant go-to-market activities in this area

Manage the financial and commercial aspects of engagements by organizing staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders; and

Build strong internal relationships within our national and global FAAS practice and across EY’s service lines including Advisory, Tax and Assurance.

People Management responsibilities

Prioritize the development of people through effective coaching, constructive on-the-job feedback and mentoring

Foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment

Effectively motivate teams with diverse skills and backgrounds

Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff

Lead/contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training FAAS professionals

Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills

Understand, follow, and lead by example as it relates to workplace policies and procedures

What we look for:

10+ years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 7+ years of related work experience

Professional designation and/or qualification , CA, CPA

In depth knowledge in several of:

IPO readiness assessment and management of activities across the IPO…