Mercury Business Advisor - US

November 8, 2025

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<div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:1.0em"> At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. </div> <div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:1.0em"> </div>Job Title: Mercury Business Advisor Position Summary: We are looking for an Internal Business Advisor with financial experience, who will play a key role to advise and support our client serving teams to make best use of finance support and advise to effectively manage their portfolios of EY external client projects. The main component of this role is providing high quality advice to our internal customers. If you’re flexible and enjoy a continually evolving business environment there’s no better role to further develop your skills. Essential Functions of the Job: <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Work with Finance teams to reach out to client serving teams and assist on their financials</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Provide virtual support to our client serving teams (phone or email)</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Team with them to help in resolving their immediate questions</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Partner with them to help in managing their books of business effectively</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Review the financials and help them to improve the financials</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Educate and guide them through recommendations and training</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Ensure that the needed responses are provided in a quick manner or escalated when essential</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Document all calls, emails and chats into the system</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Share best practices and provide support to other team members across borders and service lines</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Stay up to date with the firm’s latest policies, processes and tools</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Stay connected with the business and functional experts</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Self-educate and seeks additional knowledge</li> </ul> Knowledge and Skills Requirements: <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Fluent in English – written and verbal</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Able to work in a self-sufficient manner, operating across multiple projects and priorities</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Strong knowledge of financial metrics and dependencies including ability to calculate variances quickly and accurately</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Ability to prioritize workload and deliver outputs within strict deadlines.</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Focuses on solutions that drive continuous improvement of account performance</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Demonstrates the ability to challenge assumptions and decisions in an appropriate manner</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Effective teaming abilities including effective virtual teaming</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Effective multitasking and prioritization skills</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, as well as the ability to learn new applications quickly</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Effective organizational, delegation and time management skills</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Strong presentation skills</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Ability to demonstrate self-motivation and ownership of assigned work</li> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Experience in any ERP application will be added advantage (SAP/Oracle etc.)</li> </ul> Job Requirements: Education: <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Bachelor’s degree in Finance is required to perform this position, Master’s degree / professional certification is recommended.</li> </ul> Experience: <ul> <li style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">A minimum of 2 years of experience in a professional services finance or related function is required to perform this position</li> </ul> <div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:1.0em"> EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories. </div>

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