Senior Associate

Description:

The Portfolio Finance Advisor (PFA) will be part of an extended global PFA cohort and network, focused on improving margin performance and at the forefront of finance and business policies, tools and best practices to effectively support Client Servers (CS). This high-profile role will work with leadership to drive our overall growth strategy for EY’s large and complex engagements. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will help navigate the business through the complexities of managing large and complex engagements and translating financial data into commercial terms, providing insight into the account/engagement’s financial performance as well as forward thinking modelling and advice to support future financial decisions. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Commercial/Senior Commercial Analyst who is looking to take the next step up in their career.All maintaining work life balance through hybrid working.

• Pricing analysis which includes compiling a range of scenarios for the firm for the best possible outcome with regards to rates & profitability.
• Discussing & presenting the analysis with the respective stakeholders and providing valuable advice.
• Review of pricing plans – including rate cards and discount strategies/buyer behaviours. Help the team to evaluate/analyse the margin impact for new rate card and discount proposals.
• Financial analysis related to engagement metrics and drivers (including margin improvement and resource/inventory management) to understand what is impacting performance.
• Build & maintain leverage modelling of staffing mix and how it impacts various KPI’s for a Client & Sector
• Provide decision support back to Service Lines & Markets respective stakeholders on various projects that provides valuable insights & clear direction for decisions to be made.