FP&A Senior Manager - EY GDS

The FP&A Senior Manager is accountable for the end‑to‑end Financial Planning & Analysis strategy, governance, and transformation across business units or client engagements. The role owns and drives planning, forecasting, performance management, and insight generation by leading high‑performing teams, embedding best‑in‑class analytical and planning practices, and accelerating digital enablement to deliver forward‑looking insights, financial transparency, and measurable value creation. This role is accountable for translating enterprise and finance strategy into decision‑ready insights, ensuring robust forecasting, value‑focused performance management, and a scalable, future‑ready FP&A operating model. Job Goals

Deliver best‑in‑class planning and forecasting performance

Achieve high accuracy, predictability, and agility across budgeting, rolling forecasts, and strategic plans. Enable faster scenario modelling and forecasting in response to business changes.

Be the trusted partner for business performance

Provide actionable insights to CFOs and business leaders to support strategic and operational decisions. Establish FP&A as a value‑creation engine, not a reporting function.

Own financial performance transparency

Ensure clear visibility of drivers, variances, and outcomes across P&L, cash flow, and key KPIs. Enable consistent performance narratives and management reporting.

Accelerate digital, predictive, and insight‑led FP&A

Embed automation, analytics, and AI across planning, forecasting, and performance analysis. Shift FP&A from backward‑looking reporting to forward‑looking decision support.

Drive productivity and cost‑to‑value outcomes

Deliver year‑on‑year productivity improvements through standardization, automation, and self‑service analytics. Release capacity from manual analysis towards business partnering and insight generation.

Build a future‑ready FP&A organization

Develop strong analytical, commercial, and digital capabilities across FP&A teams. Ensure scalable, resilient, and globally aligned FP&A operating models.

Embed continuous improvement and value realization

Convert insight opportunities into executed actions with quantified benefits. Continuously evolve the FP&A model to support growth, complexity, and strategic transformation.

Own and define the global FP&A process architecture, aligned to enterprise financial strategy and performance frameworks. Govern end‑to‑end FP&A processes, including:

Strategic Planning & Long‑Range Forecasting Annual Budgeting & Rolling Forecasts Management Reporting & Performance Reviews Cost, Margin, and Profitability Analysis Cash Flow & Working Capital Analytics Scenario, Sensitivity, and What‑If Modelling

Ensure global standardization of planning calendars, assumptions, driver models, and reporting frameworks. Define governance for forecast assumptions, commentary standards, and performance narratives. Act as the escalation point for complex performance insights, forecast challenges, and executive decision support.

Digital & Analytical & Transformation Enablement

Own the digital FP&A roadmap, embedding automation, advanced analytics, and AI across all planning and reporting cycles. Partner with transformation and IT teams to:

Implement driver‑based and connected planning solutions. Enable integrated financial and operational planning models. Deploy predictive forecasting, scenario modelling, and AI‑based trend analysis. Standardize Power BI dashboards and self‑service analytics for executives and business leaders.

Promote adoption of modern EPM and planning platforms (e.g. Anaplan, SAP Analytics Cloud, Adaptive, Oracle EPM). Track automation adoption, forecast accuracy uplift, and decision‑cycle acceleration.

Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Management

Act as a strategic advisor to CFOs, Finance Directors, and business