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Ernst & Young

Global professional services: consulting, assurance, tax

Senior – Consultant Finance - Accounting, Controlling & Steuerung, Financial Services, w/m/d

Financial & Transaction AdvisoryUpdated on Nov 14
Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed degree in economics/business, business informatics, mathematics, or a comparable course of study with a focus on finance, controlling, or insurance.
  • Ideally, knowledge of accounting standards and methods including IFRS, HGB, IFRS 17, and modern controlling methods; experience with SAP Finance, SAP Analytics Cloud, business intelligence tools, or cloud-based reporting systems; an insurance background; and an affinity for technology.
  • Very good communication skills in German at least C1 level and in English.
  • An agile mindset, curiosity, ambition, engagement, and a collaborative, team-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

  • Advise national and international companies in the financial and insurance sectors on optimizing and digitizing finance processes, including accounting, controlling, regulatory matters, IFRS, HGB, and IFRS 17.
  • Develop and introduce costing and pricing models, including pre- and post-calculation, contribution margin accounting, and profit management, to increase profitability.
  • Further develop management reporting, performance measurement, and cost and revenue management in finance and risk management, and analyze and improve planning and forecasting processes with a focus on automation and data quality.
  • Design and implement executive dashboards and business-intelligence-based decision-making tools for strategic and operational management.
  • Analyze process landscapes and derive measures to improve efficiency, automate processes, and ensure compliance, including Solvency II and DORA; introduce modern systems and tools such as SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI, and data warehouses.
  • Support financial-sector clients in agile finance transformation and in optimizing or transforming financial management, including forecasting, planning, controlling, consolidation, and reporting, as well as finance processes, financial data management, finance analytics, and digitization of the finance function.
  • Develop end-to-end solutions spanning business-model strategy, finance-process and architecture design, and implementation in finance architecture and data environments.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of accounting standards and methods including IFRS, HGB, and IFRS 17, and of modern controlling methods.
  • Experience with SAP Finance, SAP Analytics Cloud, business intelligence tools, or cloud-based reporting systems.
  • An insurance background and affinity for technology.

About the Company

Ernst & Young

Global professional services: consulting, assurance, tax

EY (Ernst & Young) provides professional services at a global scale, offering consulting, assurance, tax, and transaction advisory services. It serves clients across industries such as technology, media, real estate, hospitality, and construction. Instead of selling a single product, EY works with clients through tailored engagements where cross-disciplinary teams analyze challenges, design strategies, perform audits, help with tax planning, and assist with mergers or divestitures. What sets EY apart is its worldwide reach and integrated service model, industry-specific expertise, and focus on responsible business practices like sustainability, cybersecurity, and workforce flexibility. EY’s goal is to help organizations improve performance, manage risk, and achieve sustainable growth while building a better working world.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Founded
1991

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