Internal Business Advisor with German - Finance

Job description

As a truly worldwide organization, EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) spans all geographies, practices, service lines, sectors and competencies with deeply-integrated services. With 22,000 people working from nine centres in five countries, GDS is online everywhere, helping deliver exceptional client service all the time; providing what you need, where you need it.

EY GDS Poland has been in operation since 2011, supporting 30 countries across 12 services in English and non-English languages. Join one of our innovative and highly skilled teams in Enablement Services to provide high-skilled, and innovative services to support EY's global and local teams. Markets Services, Creative Agency Services, Executive Assistants (AWS), Finance and Accounting, Risk Management Services, Procurement Services and IT Services are among the services offered by Enablement Services. Find your team and gain valuable experiences that will last a lifetime.

Currently we are seeking candidates for the position:

Internal Business Advisor with German - Finance

EY is carrying out a global business transformation which includes a global SAP implementation.

The Internal Business Advisor - Finance plays a key role to advise and support our internal client serving teams in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, to make best use of SAP and its processes in order to effectively manage their projects with EY's external clients.

This is a professional with finance expertise and robust and broad knowledge across the project lifecycle in SAP (contact and opportunity management, account and risk management, financial analysis, reporting and billing).

The Internal Business Advisor-Finance has a dual role:

· Takes part in initiatives to enable our internal client serving teams : training on SAP and financial management, teaming with Finance to work through project portfolio and advise client serving teams on how to adjust and improve their financials,

· Provides quick, focused and accurate answers to our internal client serving teams on the project lifecycle in SAP when they need it (by phone or email).

They are connected to a network of functional experts (finance, risk, CRM, SAP) and to the countries they support: they team together to share knowledge and continuously improve the support they provide.

The Internal Business Advisor-Finance is also part of a global network of Advisors, who share best practice and are constantly seeking ways to develop themselves, be updated with the latest policies to deliver exceptional client service and further expand their expertise.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a global project as the organisation expands to support additional countries.

Desired profile

Requirements:

·  Fluency in German (C2 level) and English
·  Graduate and/or professional certification in a business related subject matter (i.e. Accounting, Finance) or commensurate experience in an Accounting or Finance role is required to perform this position
·  A minimum of 3 years of experience in customer relationship support required to perform this position
·  Strong desire to learn and share knowledge
·  Excellent listening skills to provide focused advice, coming with the ability to apply judgment and seek guidance on when to escalate to a functional expert
·  Questioning/listening skills, being able to get quickly to the nub of what the client serving team members really want/need: ability to view issues through their lens
·  Strong desire to help and support people requiring assistance
·  Self-drive and ability to work with limited supervision
·  Logical approach to problem solving such that the end-solution is delivered to the customer's satisfaction
·  Professional approach, demonstrating tact and diplomacy
·  Ability to prioritize workload and deliver outputs within strict deadlines.
·  Strong communication and partnering skills with people of all levels of the firm
·  Highly effective at virtual teaming and influencing skills.

Essential Functions of the Job:

In practice, an Internal Business Advisor:

·  Works with Finance teams to reach out to client serving teams and assist on their financials
·  Prepares and facilitates training for client serving teams on SAP and finance
·  Provides virtual support to our client serving teams (phone or email),
·  Teams with them to help resolve their immediate questions while educating and guiding them through recommendations and training
·  Makes relevant decisions to ensure they receive a response quickly, so that issues are resolved on a one-stop shop basis where possible, and where that is not achievable, escalated to the appropriate functional expert
·  Responds in writing or by phone to queries in a courteous and helpful manner
·  Documents all calls, emails and chats into the system providing relevant details of the caller, query and resolution

As part of continuous improvement, the team also:

·  Shares knowledge and provides support to other team members, across borders, service lines, and industries; leverage best practices
·  Stays up to date with the firm's latest policies, processes and tools
·  Self-educates and seeks additional knowledge
·  Stays connected with the business and functional experts
·  Proactively aims for continuous improvement of the service provided to client serving teams
·  Benefits from coaching and mentoring

As a new recruit, you will go through an on boarding program which will include:

· EY and its business in Germany, Switzerland, Austria

· SAP end-user training

· EY Finance training

· Role playing and work shadowing with peers

We offer:

·  Opportunity to work in a large multicultural company, in a dynamic teams with high potential and attractive career paths
·  Multisport card
·  Private medical care
·  Life insurance
·  Language classes
·  Healthy lifestyle program
·  Sport groups
·  Internal training sessions
·  ACCA, CIMA certification