GDS Assurance

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EY GDS – Assurance FAAS – Senior/AM – Enhanced corporate accounting and reporting (ECRA) – Technical Accounting:

About Global Delivery Services

Global Delivery Services refers to EY's worldwide network of service delivery centers. The GDS team plays an important role in EY’s strategy by ensuring effective support to EY’s growth agenda. Our journey started in 2002 with approximately 200 people. Today we stand at 80,000+ professionals in ten locations around the world. We operate in Argentina, China, Hungary, India, Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom. Client service is focused on providing Consulting, Assurance, Tax, Strategy & Transactions, and Knowledge support to our clients around the world. The teams enable account teams worldwide to provide seamless, high-quality, value-added support, helping deliver exceptional client service. Enablement Services provides cost-effective, high-skilled, and innovative services to support EY’s global and local enablement teams. Markets, BMC, AWS, Finance and Accounting, Risk Management, Procurement, People Shared Services, IT Service Delivery and IT Global Infrastructure services, are among the services offered by Enablement Services. Our innovation specialists serve the GDS Client Service and Enablement Services teams, along with Service Lines, Core Business Services and Sectors. The team brings the desired environment, technologies and skilled teams together for facilitation, rapid prototyping and innovative thinking. The competencies offered include analytics, digital, user experience, mobile technology, infrastructure, Microsoft technologies and open innovation.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for incumbents who is responsible for the timeliness and quality of the work as per project requirements for our FAAS team and possess strong accounting and financial reporting knowledge. The role requires prior experience and knowledge of advisory services including accounting and regulatory support for GAAP conversion, implementation, and related services.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage quality of service delivery.
• Ensure quality in delivering client service by directing daily progress of fieldwork, informing Supervisors of engagement status.
• Follow through on client requests in a timely fashion and manage expectations regarding the timing of deliverables and reports.
• Apply independent and objective professional judgment in applying accounting standards to meet engagement expectations, including regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of accounting concepts; stay informed of professional standards and firm policies (e.g., guidelines of the EY FAAS Policy Manual); and effectively apply this knowledge to moderately difficult and/or complex client situations.
• Preparation of underlying materials as well as leading/participation in client workshops.
• Co‑ordinating activities between small teams on projects to deliver tasks, including providing guidance and feedback to junior team members.
• Undertaking practice development activities including contributing to thought leadership pieces, running industry events, delivering training, or managing team communications.
• Developing strong internal and external networks for long term relationships, managing EY accounts and to bring all EY to clients.
• Driving innovation by creating an environment that encourages innovation and being a leader in this area by implementing new and improved ways of working, delivery models and / or technological advancements.
• Establishing and managing effective working relationships with peer‑level clients as part of project delivery roles.
• Responsible for decision‑making, optimizing processes, resource management, and overseeing team management as needed for task execution.
• Accountable for allocating personnel, supervising team members, assigning tasks, ensuring that the team has the necessary tools and support to succeed in their roles and optimizing and evaluating their performance to meet organizational goals.

Skills and attributes for success

• Good understanding of IFRS/US/UK GAAP and International auditing standards
• Technical accounting advisory on complex topics (e.g. Revenue Recognition, Leases, business combinations, consolidation, shared based payments, financial instruments including debt/equity etc.)
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, and techni