The opportunity We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Analyst to join the Markets Finance team for EY Oceania on a flexible, full-time permanent basis.
This role will work with leadership to drive our overall growth strategy for EY's Market Segmentation & Industry structure. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will help navigate the business through the complexities of managing & reviewing monthly performance 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.
Your key responsibilities Reporting Responsible for monthly & weekly key performance reports to various stakeholders Monthly review of actuals with plan movements and provide explanation regarding the variances to leaders Provide key insights & analysis on the results and the commercial drivers behind it. Discussing & presenting the analysis with the respective stakeholders and providing advice. Simplification and streamlining of reporting through leveraging technology Planning Manage the Global integrated planning processes for the Region, working with markets leaders to establish and embed appropriate stretch targets. Including aligning partner accountabilities with markets metrics; Identify potential risks and challenges in achieving revenue plan and advice on strategies to address these. Commercial Providing key analysis on various drivers i.e., growth, margin & pricing Provide commercial analysis support for strategies & presentation and advise on commercial outcomes. Reviewing sales & pipeline and provide analysis when required to highlight key trends in the market for the firm's footprint. The ability to perform modelling for predictive commercial outcomes. Analysis Provide insights into performance by analysing data throughout the year on revenue, sales & pipeline, margin, trends, and annualized impacts, to support forward looking commercial insights and recommendations on how to achieve optimal financial performance. Creating and delivering insightful and impactful messaging to markets leaders, in support of decision making including placing financial metrics. Work with markets leadership / operations to identify reporting needs and strategy to respond including maximising usage of global reporting tool and library. 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. Play an integral part in key strategies from leaders to provide thought provoking analytics to shed key information for the agenda at hand. Performing regular predictive modelling to drive the month outlook with our respective leaders Playing with big data and genuinely demonstrates the inquisitiveness of its nature. Business Partnering Partnering with key stakeholders to act as the business advisor on various financial matters. Team closely with the Segment Operational Leaders & Market Operational Leaders to agree their priorities and focus which are aligned with the business needs and agreed oversight approach. Technology Utilise & become a subject matter expert for all the technology at hand to provide digital based solutions to drive data visualisation & story telling. Become advocate on relevant technology and tools & provide where necessary training back to the wider team. Attend key meetings to discuss best practice on visualisation & analytics to drive decision making with varying level of audience. Qualifications, knowledge & experience Minimum 3 years experience in a business analyst role Experience in a professional services environment preferred Experience in dealing with senior stakeholders Responds well under pressure Proven analytical skills Good skills in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PowerBI, Alteryx Excellent communication skills; the ability to negotiate and influence decision-making, and communicate effectively with senior management on progress, issues and resolutions