Ernst & Young

FSO, Technology Consulting Solution Architect - Manager

Ernst & Young$142K — $261K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5 years progressive experience with a Bachelor's degree or 4 years with a Master's degree.
  • 4 years in financial services or consulting services for financial clients.
  • 4 years leading regulatory reporting transformation and technology implementations.
  • Experience in system implementation design including testing and deployment.
  • 3 years leading requirements gathering and business process transformation activities.
  • 3 years in data management including governance and reporting solutions.
  • Ability to manage project teams and engagement budgets.

Responsibilities

  • Lead regulatory reporting transformation and technology implementation for financial clients.
  • Oversee requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, and solution architecture design.
  • Drive data strategy and governance initiatives related to regulatory reporting.
  • Manage project planning, budgeting, risk management, and overall delivery execution.
  • Lead teams comprising EY professionals, clients, and technology vendors.
  • Build trusted client relationships and communicate project updates to stakeholders.
  • Identify client needs and support business development initiatives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive compensation package with performance rewards.
  • Hybrid work model with in-person collaboration 40-60% of time.
  • Flexible vacation policy tailored to personal circumstances.
  • Time off for designated paid holidays and personal well-being support.
Full Job Description
Role Overview

Lead client engagements focused on regulatory reporting transformation by advising financial services organizations on the assessment, design, implementation, and optimization of regulatory reporting operating models, processes, data, and technology capabilities. Partner with senior client stakeholders to identify regulatory reporting challenges, define strategic objectives, and develop solutions that enhance reporting accuracy, control environments, scalability, and regulatory compliance.

Lead requirements gathering workshops and translate business objectives into target-state operating models, functional requirements, solution architectures, and implementation roadmaps. Oversee the design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization of regulatory reporting technology solutions, ensuring alignment with business, regulatory, and technology objectives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead regulatory reporting transformation and technology implementation engagements for financial services clients.
  • Oversee requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, functional design, solution architecture, configuration, testing, deployment, and production support planning.
  • Drive data strategy and reporting initiatives, including data governance, data quality, data modeling, data warehousing, and regulatory reporting infrastructure modernization.
  • Manage engagement planning, budgeting, resource allocation, quality review, project governance, risk management, issue resolution, and overall delivery execution.
  • Lead multidisciplinary teams consisting of EY professionals, client stakeholders, technology teams, and third-party vendors.
  • Build and maintain trusted client relationships and communicate project status, recommendations, risks, and strategic insights to senior client and EY leadership.
  • Identify client needs, connect opportunities to EY solution offerings, and support business development activities, including proposals, pursuit support, solution development, and go-to-market initiatives.
  • Mentor and develop junior team members, provide performance coaching, and foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
  • Maintain current knowledge of regulatory guidance, industry practices, emerging technologies, and financial services reporting trends.


Required Qualifications
  • 5 years of progressive work experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 4 years of progressive work experience with a Master's degree.
  • Minimum 4 years of experience working within a financial services organization or providing consulting services to financial services clients.
  • Minimum 4 years of experience leading regulatory reporting transformation, regulatory reporting technology implementations, or regulatory reporting operations initiatives.
  • Experience leading system implementation execution and system implementation design, including configuration, testing, deployment, and production support model development.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience leading requirements gathering, fit-gap analysis, solution design, and business process transformation activities.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience with record-to-report processes, finance transformation, or financial and regulatory reporting operations.
  • Minimum 3 years of experience with data management, data modeling, data governance, data warehousing, and reporting solutions.
  • Experience managing project teams, workstreams, engagement budgets, risks, timelines, resources, and delivery quality.
  • Experience interacting with senior client stakeholders and presenting recommendations, project status, risks, and strategic insights to leadership.
  • Willingness and ability to travel domestically up to 70%, of which 20% may be international, to serve client needs.


Preferred Attributes
  • Strong understanding of Finance and Regulatory Reporting Operations and Technology, Data Warehousing Features and Functionality, and Regulatory Reporting Systems Features and Functionality.
  • Ability to advise clients on business process, organizational, data, and technology capabilities across regulatory reporting environments.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate workstreams, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality client solutions in a fast-paced consulting environment.
  • Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to translate complex regulatory, data, and technology topics into clear recommendations for leadership.
  • Commercial mindset with experience identifying client opportunities and communicating them to EY leadership.
  • Commitment to coaching, teaming, inclusiveness, quality, and maintaining current knowledge of regulatory guidance and industry practices.


Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field and 5 years of progressive work experience.
  • Alternatively, will accept a Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field and 4 years of progressive work experience.
  • Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, certification, or experience.


What we offer you
  • We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you'll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $142,600 to $261,500. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $171,200 to $297,200. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
  • Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
  • Under our flexible vacation policy, you'll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You'll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.


Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
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EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.

About Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young (EY) is a multinational professional services firm that provides audit, tax, consulting, and advisory services to clients in a wide range of industries. The firm was founded in 1989 through the merger of Ernst & Whinney and Arthur Young & Co., and has since grown to become one of the largest professional services firms in the world. EY is committed to building a better working world by helping its clients solve their toughest challenges, and by creating a positive impact on the communities it serves.
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