Senior Manager – IT Advisory, Financial Services Sector

As Performance Improvement Senior Manager - IT Advisory, you||ll build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and develop a portfolio of business by focusing on high impact opportunities. You||ll lead presentations and proposals for moderately complex projects - or for elements of highly complex projects - and provide subject matter insight to bids and proposals. Drawing on your skills and experience, you||ll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership. In addition, you||ll package overall project findings into clear, concise, high-quality work products. Acting as a subject matter resource on one or more services, you||ll leverage knowledge and experience to shape Ernst & Young||s services to meet client problems. By driving improvements in business processes, you||ll serve as a role model for quality & risk management and confirm that project teams understand and comply with Ernst & Young||s Q&RM guidelines. As a respected senior professional, you||ll communicate effectively with Ernst & Young engagement partners and managers and work to build, manage and motivate high-performing teams. You||ll also help key staff to build sustainable competencies. Client responsibilities • Participate in and, as required, lead IT Advisory Services engagements • Manage financial aspects of client engagements and communicate significant issues, fees, and estimates-to-complete to partners and clients • Help partners and directors generate new business opportunities and build client networks and relationships • Understand all Ernst & Young service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients • Build strong internal relationships within Ernst & Young Advisory Services and with other services across the organization People responsibilities • Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring all levels of staff • Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for all levels of staff • Contribute to people-related initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training IT Advisory Services professionals • Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills of all levels of staff • Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures and communicate these to all levels of staff Technical skills requirements You||ll have knowledge and experience of a number of the following areas: • Solution architecture, specifically in the area of data architecture • Data quality, integration and management • Data migration, strategy, approach and execution • Business intelligence solutions • Information delivery (business intelligence, reporting and analytics) • Systems delivery, support and advice • Systems integration, support and advice • IT service management and delivery • IT program assurance • Strategic supplier management • IT process effectiveness and value • IT governance and management • Business architecture and IT strategy You||ll have knowledge and experience in one of Ernst & Young||s priority industry sectors: • Financial Services and Banking Additional requirements • Experience in multiple implementations of core banking systems • Demonstrated track record with a blue chip consulting organization and/or international financial services and banking organisations • Demonstrated experience in business development and account management • Strong academic record including a degree • Relevant technology and/or management qualifications highly advantageous, eg TOGAF, ISEB, PRINCE 2, PMI • PMP Certification is a plus • Knowledge or experience of industry •hot topics• desirable, eg IFRS, Solvency II, FATCA, Basel III, PPI, clearing • Proficiency in Arabic language skills are highly desirable Who we are Information technology is one of the key enablers for modern organizations. As one of our information technology risk and assurance professionals, you||ll work with clients to improve the competitive advantage of their IT operations by enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. You||ll help them create and implement processes to identify risks associated with running their systems and find ways to manage those risks. You can expect to work on some of the biggest external and internal audit engagements in the world and we||ll give you the opportunities and support you need to succeed professionally and personally.