Senior Associate-Reporting and Data Analytics

ES- Finance and Accounting: Reporting and Analytics Centre of Excellence

Senior Finance Analyst

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all

We provide reporting solutions or requirements through finance, markets and operations reporting along with cyclical and critical controlling processes such as Forecasting, Financial Planning, Revenue Planning, Markets Leadership Planning and Cash Reporting to help you take better business decisions. With projects like Mercury, we also support business transformation, and we are continuing to expand our services to support all Regions with their reporting and analytics needs.

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all

We provide reporting solutions or requirements through finance, markets and operations reporting along with cyclical and critical controlling processes such as Forecasting, Financial Planning, Revenue Planning, Markets Leadership Planning and Cash Reporting to help you take better business decisions. With projects like Mercury, we also support business transformation, and we are continuing to expand our services to support all Regions with their reporting and analytics needs.

The opportunity

As a Senior Finance Analyst, you will collaborate with business, reporting, and other teams to understand business requirements and perform data analysis, while driving automation and efficiency across finance and reporting processes. Get involved and lead project transitions from different teams, perform enhancements post transition, and identify opportunities to digitize and streamline manual activities. Study transactions to conclude root causes, variances and suggest corrections to management. Design and create scalable, automated reporting solutions aligned to user requirements. The role requires handling complex issues, driving process improvements through automation, and delivering high-impact analytics-enabled business insights.

Your key responsibilities

• Generate standard reports (Operations statement, Global Revenue reports) on a periodic basis and identify and solve issues that affect reporting
• Knowledge of global reporting and consolidation (Area, Region, Service ling reporting)
• Handle complex ad hoc reports from Stakeholders on a timely manner
• Proactively take part in the revenue planning as well as financial planning process
• Ensure proper review mechanism is in place for the respective teams
• Ability to handle multiple projects and coordinate between teams from different service lines
• Develop new reports as well as enhance existing reports by working on automating the report preparation as much as possible
• Mentor, guide, train junior analysts and new recruits

Power BI, SQL and Automations

• Ability to analyse large sets of data and determine patterns and rules for organizing and prepare visualization dashboards using Power BI.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and coordinate between teams from different service lines
• Analyse and create complex SQL queries as needed to support data extracts needed for further processing in Data Analytics.
• Coordinate development of ETL/data warehouse best practices needed to support new and evolving sources of data used in reporting and analytics.
• Design and implement automated data pipelines and reporting solutions leveraging SQL, Power BI, and integration tools to minimize manual intervention and improve accuracy.
• Develop automation frameworks using Power Automate (Cloud flows and Desktop) to orchestrate workflows, automate report distribution, approvals, and data movement across finance systems
• Apply advanced Excel automation techniques (VBA/Macros, Power Query) to standardize reporting templates, validations, and recurring finance processes
• Leverage Python-based automation for data extraction, transformation, reconciliation, and optimization of repeatable analytics workflows
• Integrate automation into reporting lifecycle (data refresh, validation, alerting, distribution) to improve turnaround time and scalability
• Perform extensive and detailed data analysis necessary to ensure strict adherence to data quality
• Take on end-to-end ownership and perform different roles within analysis and development phases
• Set and manage expectations with stakeholders while providing proactive communication and status updates; prioritize deliverables and drive adoption of automated solutions across teams
• Adhere to general work requirements and perform other duties as assigned

Skills and attributes for success

• Possess statistical or data driven and problem-solving skills
• Have sound understanding of basic accounting concepts
• Possess good communication skill
• Be strong in MS Excel skill
• Understand financial reporting goals and basic process flow
• Ability to understand numbers and arrive at inferences
• Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to teach the juniors

To qualify for the role, you must have

• More than 5 years of experience advanced knowledge as a data analyst and/or SQL Server
• More than 3 years of working knowledge in Power BI Visualization tool.
• Hands-on expertise in Power Automate (Cloud and Desktop) to build end-to-end automations for reporting processes (including monitoring and exception handling).
• Advanced VBA/Macros experience (designing reusable tools, performance optimization, controls, and documentation).
• Working knowledge in Python for automation or analytics will be added advantage
• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in a related field

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• Opportunities to work with EY F&A practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across eight locations – Argentina, China, India, Philippines, Poland, Mexico, Sri Lanka and Spain and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• Continuous learning:You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture:You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.