The opportunity

EY Advisory Services is a fast-moving, high-growth area with huge potential. We are seeking a SAP Group Reporting – Senior Consultant to join our national Technology Consulting practice. The SAP Group Reporting Functional Consultant will design, configure, test, and deploy Financial Consolidations solutions for clients through SAP’s Group Reporting module. The role entails working closely with clients across sectors and industries to modernize their Financial Consolidations processes and systems. The successful candidate has completed at least one full lifecycle implementation of S/4HANA Group Reporting.

Your key responsibilities

• Experience in the end-to-end implementation of the SAP S/4 Group Reporting solution.
• Support the S/4 Group Reporting Consolidation workstream from project initiation through to system go-live.
• Support design and requirements gathering workshops documentation of Group Reporting solutions.
• Collaborating with key business stakeholders to documenting business requirements and performing FIT-GAP analyses
• Perform system configuration, master data management, and unit testing of solutions, compliance with SAP best practices and client specifications.
• Testing solutions and supporting the defect break-fix cycle
• Support EY team in developing and enhancing internal assets and client demos to strengthen our SAP practice.
• Support EY leadership in creating sales materials and RFPs
• Foster internal mentor relationships within EY and support development of junior resources.

To qualify for the role you must have:

The candidate must possess a strong grasp of Group Reporting technical configuration, including, but not limited to:

• Over 3 years of hands-on end-to-end SAP Consolidation solution implementation experience (SAP Group Reporting, SAP BPC etc.)
• At minimum of 1 complete full project lifecycles in S/4HANA Group Reporting implementation.
• Basic understanding of the end-to-end consolidation process, including familiarity with SAP’s Best Practice content for Group Reporting, integration with S/4 Core Finance, and Reporting tool (SAC, AFO etc.) integrations.

Basic understanding of financial consolidation concepts and Group Reporting terminology, including:

• Consolidation Master Data in Group Reporting, e.g., Consolidation Versions, Financial Statement Items (FSIs), Consolidation Units, and Consolidation Groups etc.
• Data Monitor and Consolidation Monitor tasks, Reclassification Rules and Validation Rules, Data Collection Methods, Inter-Company Matching & Reconciliation (ICMR), Intercompany Eliminations etc.
• Knowledge of Investment Consolidation (both Rule-based and Activity-based), good grasp of concepts like Direct Share, Group Share, Goodwill, and Non-Controlling Interest.
• Knowledge of Consolidation Financial Reports, e.g. Cash Flow Statements using Reporting Items and Logic Setup.

Skills and attributes for success

• Effectively manage diverse skills and backgrounds and foster an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills, coupled with a strong interest in further developing and integrating enterprise domain knowledge with technology skills.
• Basic to intermediate Microsoft Office skills, to include MS PowerPoint and MS Excel.
• Project management skills.
• Demonstrate characteristics of a forward thinker and self-starter that thrives on new challenges and adapts quickly to learning new knowledge.
• Ability to lead a team of consulting and client professionals on multiple projects.
• Being a leader in our EY SAP practice mentoring our team members through career coaching
• A strong work ethics.

What we look for

We’re interested in passionate leaders with a strong vision and a desire to stay on top of trends in the IT Advisory space. If you have a strong passion for helping businesses achieve their IT strategy, this role is for you.

What we offer

When you thrive, we thrive. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being:

• $5,000 per year for mental health support benefits
• Wellbeing benefit of $1,200/year

Explore how a career at EY is yours to build at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/careers/personalized-career-development

Discover how, when and where you can work at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/careers/flexibility-mobility

Learn about our commitment to DE&I at https://www.ey.com/en_ca/about-us/corporate-responsibility/equity

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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BC & Ontario Region Pay Information (only if role is being published in BC):

The salary range for this job in British Columbia is $72,000 to $132,000. Individual salaries within this range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and work location city

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