Tax ACR SMO Senior KA 560016

EY · Consulting & Professional Services

Bengaluru, India
On-site
Posted 21 days ago
Finance & Accounting

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About the job

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.

Job title

Senior – Service Management Office (SMO)

About EY GDS

A career in Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network of over 74,000 people working across the border to provide innovative and strategic business solutions to EY member firms and EY clients worldwide. We play a vital role in EY’s growth strategy, helping EY clients become agile and efficient, and help fulfill our purpose to build a better working world.

The opportunity

In Tax, GCR is the subservice line and ACR is built to cater GCR’s corporate client to provide compliance and accounting services, they include statutory reporting and bookkeeping services. The Services Management Office (SMO) supports the clients of ACR in managing their Commercial, Tax quality, User access and robust tracking mechanism for SLA/KPI management processes.

The SMO team offers the ease of managing clients (also referred to as Engagements within EY) in the following manner:

Manage compliance of complex regulatory affairs across jurisdiction and support their processes end-to-end life cycle of an Engagement

Provide project management support and control the cost of managing compliance across various regions/countries

Measure and report engagements’ performance as per defined SLA’s and KPI’s of the clients

Responsibilities

Implementation phase – Post the awarding of the contract to EY, there is a detailed project phase where the GCR business model needs to be implemented across the countries in scope. This involves extensive collaboration with EY professionals across various functions and countries, local client entities, central client team and possibly 3rd party service providers. Main tasks for the PMO professional in this phase would include:

Knowledge transfer :

Communicate new client win and identify EY professionals across network who will be part of the delivery

Project to manage local knowledge transfer meetings across multiple functions and countries to capture specific scope of service

Technology set-up :

Assess outcomes of knowledge transfer meetings to build the delivery plan for the next year

Build project plan for delivery and set up engagement management tools

Contractual :

Identify changes in scope post-local knowledge transfer meetings and build up fee schedule for central client negotiations

Issue subcontracts to local EY teams for agreed scope and fees to initiate service delivery

Service delivery phase – During service delivery, local EY teams will prepare tax and accounting compliance deliverables to help the client entities meet the jurisdictional requirements in the respective countries. Main tasks for the PMO professional in this phase would include:

Service management:

Monitor the compliance delivery services across multiple countries and functions

Prepare reports indicating status, issues and potential risks in delivery for the respective period

Coordinate with local EY teams to work through issue resolutions

Change management :

Coordinate with local EY teams to understand nature and impact of scope change

Prepare detailed change requisitions for regional and global client approvals

Invoice and cash flow :

Maintain schedules of inter-EY and client billings

Work with finance teams to raise necessary invoices and track invoices raised by local EY teams

Coordinate with various stakeholders for clarifications on invoicing and contract related issues and queries

Key Competencies and Skills

We are looking for candidates with the following:

Strong client relationship skills and account management in the Finance and Accounting domain.

Exposure to multi-country Finance and Accounting project lifecycle in a client service environment

Should be an Expert in understanding the Finance and Accounting rules and legislations in a multi-country environment at a high level.

Experience in developing cross-functional teams in a multi-disciplinary practice and ability to lead a team of experienced professionals.

Good understanding of the Technology enablers and supporting trends to advise clients on innovative solutions around delivery.

Driven operational excellence by adopting a continuous improvement mindset, delivery excellence using Six Sigma etc., process efficiencies and ability to effectively implement change management.

Proven ownership of delivering strategic projects

Expert numeracy skills, attention to detail and accuracy

Exposure to global Finance and Accounting Platform for reporting using PowerBi, SAP, SNOW

Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills

Strong client and stakeholder management skills

Qualifications & Experience

You will need to :

Have Graduate/ Postgraduate with overall 5 – 10 Yrs. of experience.

At least 3-6 years in a client serving role is a must.

Business understanding and clients handled in Finance/Payroll/ HR domain is preferred.

PMI/ PRINCE or equivalent project management certification preferred, but not necessary.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – 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

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