EY
Senior Manager, FAAS
- Permanent
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 28/11/2026
Job overview
Date posted
14/10/2026
Location
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Salary
SAR 30,000 - 40,000 per month
Compensation
Comprehensive package
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
28/11/2026
Job description
Mergers, acquisitions and IPOs in Saudi banking and asset management raise hard accounting and control questions, and this Senior Manager in EY's FAAS Banking and Capital Markets team in Riyadh helps clients answer them. Due diligence, transaction work, internal control over financial reporting and technical accounting for banks and asset managers form one side of the role. The other covers transformation, from operating model design and core banking modernisation to digital channels, data and controls. Private equity clients bring work at both management company and portfolio company level, calling for strong fund controllership and fund accounting knowledge. Stakeholders across business, finance, operations, technology, risk and compliance help shape target-state requirements, which you turn into workplans, capability maps and implementation roadmaps. Larger programmes add PMO governance, RAID management, business readiness and executive reporting. Business development and coaching junior consultants round out the brief. Expect to bring 7 to 10 years of relevant experience, ideally from a top-tier consulting or Big Four firm, with familiarity across fund structures and asset management platforms, and Arabic an advantage.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Direct Banking and Capital Markets advisory engagements across finance transformation, operating model design, core banking modernisation, digital channels, data, controls and technology-enabled change
- Steer due diligence and transaction work on M&A and IPO engagements
- Manage asset management and private equity engagements across finance and operating model design at management company and portfolio company level
- Guide clients on fund controllership and fund accounting principles and practices
- Evaluate current-state challenges with stakeholders across business, finance, operations, technology, risk and compliance
- Shape target-state requirements and practical implementation roadmaps
- Convert banking strategy and business requirements into workplans, process designs, capability maps, target operating models and governance structures
- Oversee large-scale transformation programmes, including PMO setup, milestone tracking, RAID management, business readiness and executive reporting
- Address technical accounting and internal control over financial reporting matters for banking and asset management clients
- Drive business development through proposals, credentials, scope definition, effort estimation and boardroom-ready materials
- Mentor junior team members to deliver rigorous analysis, strong documentation and timely outputs
Experience & skills
- Have 7 to 10 years of relevant experience, preferably within a top-tier consulting firm, Big Four advisory practice or banking transformation environment
- Evidence strong experience serving asset management and private equity clients
- Navigate different types of fund structures with confidence
- Work with asset management technology platforms
- Serve Banking and Capital Markets clients across retail, corporate and transaction banking, treasury, payments, lending, cards, trade finance or capital markets
- Lead transformation programmes in banking covering operating model redesign, process improvement, technology implementation or core banking modernisation
- Engage with core banking platforms, digital channels, payments platforms, data and reporting systems, ERP, CRM or treasury systems
- Identify leading AI use cases in banking such as intelligent document processing, AI-assisted credit analysis and intelligent reconciliations
- Appreciate how banks operate across front, middle and back office, finance, risk, technology and control functions
- Support implementation projects through requirements gathering, vendor coordination, testing, cutover planning, hypercare and benefits tracking
- Graduate with a bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a related discipline
- Add a professional qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA or CFA (an advantage)
- Speak fluent English, with Arabic an advantage for regional delivery