Senior Manager - Finance Strategy and Transformation - Financial Services

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Senior Manager - Finance Strategy and Transformation - Financial Services - Business Consulting

The Opportunity

As a Senior Manager in Finance Strategy and Transformation, you’ll work at the intersection of finance, data and technology — helping CFOs and finance leaders modernise how finance operates, reports and supports decision making.

Our team focuses on practical finance transformation: understanding how finance works today, designing where it needs to get to, and supporting delivery across subledger, ERP, EPM and reporting solutions. The work spans business led diagnostics and target state design through to hands on support for implementation and last mile reporting.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead finance transformation workstreams from diagnostic through design and delivery, including workplan ownership, issue resolution, risk tracking, quality review and client progress reporting.
• Redesign Record to Report and Planning & Performance activities to improve close discipline, enhance reporting outputs, automate reconciliation processes, and improve control visibility and decision support.
• Work with CFOs and finance leadership teams to assess current state processes, reporting catalogues, data flows, control points and technology architecture, then define practical future state target operating model.
• Translate executive priorities into actionable transformation roadmaps, ensuring solutions are practical, scalable and aligned to business objectives.
• Lead ERP, Subledger, Reporting, EPM and other technology-enabled transformations, shaping finance inputs including gathering functional requirements, identifying process impacts, redesigning data structures, establishing reporting needs and identification of enhancements.
• Lead and develop high-performing teams, coaching junior members while driving a strong delivery culture.
• Support business development by shaping proposal content and identifying follow-on opportunities.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Understanding of finance operating models and core finance processes, particularly Record to Report, Planning & Performance, management reporting, month-end close, controls and finance data flows.
• Experience delivering at least one of the following in a consulting or in-house role: finance transformation, finance operations improvement, ERP/EPM programmes or other technology-enabled finance change. Exposure to platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Workday, Anaplan or similar would be advantageous.
• Ability to translate finance requirements into clear design options, decision papers, system implications and recommendations for finance and technology stakeholders.
• Demonstrate delivery discipline, including workplan management, stakeholder coordination, risk and issue management, quality review and project team leadership.
• Confident facilitator and communicator, able to run finance workshops, explain trade-offs clearly to support CFO, finance leaders and delivery teams to make timely decisions.
• Financial services experience across banking, insurance, superannuation, wealth or asset management would be highly regarded, along with relevant finance or accounting qualifications such as CA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent.

If you are ready to elevate your career by leading transformative finance initiatives and expanding your impact across a broad spectrum of clients and industries, we invite you to join us.

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. We’re proud to be recognised as the #1 WORK180 Endorsed Employer in the Top 101 Employers for Women 2026. Learn more.

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences ey.com/au/careerdevelopment
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including up to 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally www.ey.com/au/benefits
• Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

Acknowledgement of Country

EY acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which EY offices are located around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures, and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. Find out more about our vision for reconciliation at ey.com/en_au/careers/indigenous

Inclusiveness is core to who we are and how we work together, driving value for our people and for our business. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

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