AI Finance - Manager - Tech Consulting - Location Open

About the role

EY is helping businesses realize the value they can gain from their IT investments. We deliver exceptional client service—providing advice on how technology, finance process efficiency, and enterprise intelligence contribute to performance improvement, as well as how IT can act as a multiplying effect during major program transformations.

Responsibilities

• Support the Finance Applications Data Lead in executing the overall data management strategy for finance applications.
• Leverage deep expertise in finance applications (planning, reporting, close/consolidation), enterprise data management, data governance, data quality, master data management, Machine Learning, and Generative AI (Gen AI) to support key finance personas.
• Develop and implement EY’s AI Finance service offering, focusing on creating an industry agnostic data model for finance applications.
• Interact with business stakeholders to evaluate business models, processes, and operations; gather, understand, and analyze business requirements; and translate them into technical specifications.
• Provide in-depth analysis related to the implementation, customization, and optimization of specific technology platforms.
• Work closely with finance, IT, and data science teams to support the effective management and utilization of finance application data.
• Lead the delivery of complex technical initiatives, ensuring accountability for performance and results.
• Collaborate with technical teams to design and deliver system architecture solutions.
• Drive continuous process improvement by identifying innovative solutions through research and analysis.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree and approximately five years of related work experience; or a graduate degree in the same and approximately four years of related work experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in data management, with at least 1 year focused on finance application data, data modeling, financial modeling.
• Strong understanding of data management principles, including data governance, data quality, and master data management.
• Experience with Machine Learning techniques, Gen AI technologies, and Azure data services (e.g., Azure Data Lake, Azure Synapse Analytics, MS SQL, Python).
• Knowledge of finance applications including financial modeling (PnL, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow).
• Proficiency in data integration, data transformation, and data modeling tools and techniques.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, supporting the adoption and implementation of emerging technologies.

Qualifications

• Passionate leader with strong vision and a desire to stay on top of trends in the analytics industry.
• Genuine passion for helping businesses achieve the full potential of their data.
• Degree in Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field with relevant experience in the finance data management including data modeling and ML.

Skills

• Foster relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels.
• Monitor progress, manage risk, and keep stakeholders informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Manage expectations of client service delivery.
• Effectively manage and motivate client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds.
• Foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment.
• Counsel and mentor junior consultants within the organization.
• Support Data Management Strategy Execution.
• Collaborate with cross-service line teams, including Finance, Managed Services, and Tech Consulting to ensure alignment and integration of finance application data with related data initiatives.
• Define data requirements, data architecture, and data models for finance applications, considering the potential of Machine Learning and Gen AI technologies.
• Lead the design and implementation of an extensible common information model for the FDL Blueprint.
• Develop and maintain documentation, including data dictionaries, entity-relationship diagrams, and data lineage maps.
• Lead the development and implementation of our FDL Blueprint solution offering, ensuring scalability, performance, and security.
• Collaborate with data scientists and finance SMR’s across service lines to identify opportunities for applying Machine Learning and Gen AI techniques to finance applications/personas and extend the FDL.
• Support the establishment and maintenance of a robust data governance framework for the FDL.
• Stay current with the latest advancements in Machine Learning, Gen AI, Data Management and Azure technologies and identify and implement innovative solutions that drive efficiency, accuracy, and insights for finance applications.

Pay

The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $142,600 to $261,500. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $171,200 to $297,200. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.

Schedule

Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.