Senior Consultant / Manager EY CFO Consulting with concrete IFRS 17 experience

Job description

EY CFO consulting is assisting banking and insurance companies to address challenges within the finance domain, ranging from accounting to regulatory reporting challenges to increased use of data analytics in support of business planning and forecasting to Finance system implementation.

  

The opportunity

     

In order to strengthen our growing CFO Consulting team, we are looking for senior consultants and managers with practical IFRS 17 experience.

 

IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts represents a complete overhaul of the current accounting practices for insurance contracts and thereby introduces the biggest accounting change in decades for insurers. As EY CFO Consulting, we bring deep technical and industry knowledge, and we work together with our clients to achieve IFRS 17 compliance efficiently, and in line with their finance and risk transformation programs and broader business goals.

  

As an experienced Consultant, you will work directly with clients in the insurance sector. Within your role, you will work on a variety of topics, such as:

·  Support the design of IFRS 17 accounting rules
·  Write methodological guidelines to accelerate the practical implementation of the standard
·  Design of management reporting under IFRS 17
·  Assess impact on organizations, systems and processes

We expect you to work effectively as a team member, coach more junior staff and  build good relationships with the client. You will have a great opportunity to expand your technical accounting and financial reporting knowledge and skills and frequently work with other service lines.

        

Your responsibilities

·  Contribute to delivery of IFRS 17 implementation projects, and investigation and resolution of technical accounting issues
·  Assist our clients in transforming their financial statements and investor communications to the IFRS 17 context
·  Redefine the accounting and reporting processes to ensure reporting timelines and ambitions can be met after the IFRs 17 implementation date

         
To qualify for the role you must have

·  Practical experience on IFRS 17 implementation is a must
·  Between 2 and 8 years of relevant experience
·  Ability to translate complex topics into clear, comprehensible communication to a broad audience
·  Proficient level of business English and fluent in Dutch/French

… and this attitude:

·  Adventurous and entrepreneurial spirit
·  A can-do mentality
·  Loving the challenge to connect with different people in an organization (from expert to CFO)
·  Combining a passion for figures with recognizing the importance of a good team spirit

       

What working at EY offers

·  You will join a team with a dynamic mindset where teamwork is key.
·  We provide extensive trainings, both on technical topics, as well on soft skills and project management
·  You will have access to new technologies and innovative equipment
·  You will learn on the job on a daily basis from more experienced professionals in our team

        

We are proud of our flexible working arrangements, and we will support you to build a successful career and deliver excellent client service without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing profession might require regular travel, and at times working at client sites, we are committed to help you achieve a lifestyle balance.

       

Our commitment to diversity & inclusion

        

At EY we are genuinely passionate about inclusion and we support individuals of all groups; we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability status.

         

About EY Financial Services

          

EY is the only major professional services firm with a dedicated financial services practice (the Financial Services Organization, FSO) integrated in the EMEIA region. An international team of over 11000 professionals are working across borders for our clients in the financial sector: Banking, Insurance and Asset Management, in all service lines: Advisory, Tax, Transactions and Assurance. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

       

 Build your legacy with us. Apply today.