FAAS Senior Manager - Integrated Finance Managed Services -Transition and Onboarding Lead

Location: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Hoboken, Houston, Los Angeles, McLean, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle Role Overview The Transition/Onboarding Lead will play a critical role in ensuring the successful onboarding, transition, and stabilization of clients onto EY’s IFMS operating model. This role spans onboarding readiness, end-to-end transition execution, and transition PMO leadership, providing strong governance, coordination, and transparency across complex, multi-workstream engagements. Key Responsibilities Lead and own end-to-end transition and onboarding delivery, including planning, execution, governance, budgets, dependencies and stabilization. Act as the primary client point of contact during transition, managing communications, risks, issues and escalation to ensure a controlled onboarding experience. Own onboarding readiness across policies, controls, operating practices, data migration, knowledge transfer, and technology enablement, working in close coordination with business and technology SMRs. Drive structured change management, communications, and adoption to enable smooth delivery and operational readiness. Drive consistency and efficiency through standardized templates, dashboards, and PMO enablement tools. Prepare steady‑state readiness criteria and completion checklists. Collaborate with delivery teams to enable smooth handoff to steady-state operations. Deliver clear, executive-ready dashboards and insights highlighting status, risks, decisions required, and upcoming actions. Manage transition quality gates, cutover readiness, and go‑live governance to ensure smooth onboarding of client services into steady‑state operations. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Project Management, or related field. 10+ years of experience in managed services transitions, onboarding and PMO. Strong understanding of transition governance frameworks, service delivery models, project management methodologies, and operational best practices. Demonstrated program and PMO leadership capability across complex initiatives. Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and organizational skills. Experience driving change management and operational readiness. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written in English, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels. Ability to work collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment, drive operational efficiency, while working across borders and functional competencies. Knowledge of SAP Finance modules (FI/CO) and experience working with Signavio process maps a big plus. Benefits Competitive compensation package with performance-based rewards and recognition. Base salary range for all US locations: $146,700 to $335,100. New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento): $176,000 to $380,800. Total Rewards package includes medical, dental coverage, pension, 401(k), paid time off, and other benefits. Support and coaching from engaging colleagues. Opportunities to develop new skills, progress your career, with freedom and flexibility. EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law. EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr Ernst & Young Oman