Assurance Senior

Ernst & Young; Carshalton; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in Carshalton is seeking an experienced audit professional to lead engagements, coach associates, and enhance personal development. The ideal candidate should possess a chartered accountant qualification and a minimum of three years in external audit, ideally within financial services. This role emphasizes client relationship building and offers flexible working arrangements. Join us to contribute to a better working world in Assurance and maximize your career potential.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Inclusive culture

Qualifications

• Three years external audit experience in the financial services industry.
• Experience with a Big 4 firm preferred.
• First time passes on your exams.

Responsibilities

• Translate the planned audit strategy into effect audit procedures.
• Deliver the assurance service for set assignments effectively.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with clients.

Skills

Professionally recognised chartered/certified accountant qualification

External audit experience

Coaching and development skills

Education

ACA, ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, CA or equivalent international qualification

Job description

Responsibilities

• Translate the planned audit strategy into effect audit procedures with the support of your team.
• Take responsibility for the allocated audit area(s) and/or delivery and completion on smaller clients.
• Deliver the assurance service for the set assignment both effectively and efficiently.
• Complete the work allocated to you by your direct supervisor, in the agreed budget and deadlines.
• Gather and analyse new and prior year/s data, performing detailed audit testing.
• Review the work completed by associates, for sign off by the manager/senior manager/partner.
• Identify business development and sales opportunities with existing and new clients.
• Generate new ideas to maximise assignment profitability.
• Gain an understanding of potential client and business issues, for example by using the firm's knowledge resources.

People Responsibilities

• Be proactive about managing your own development, for example exploring secondment opportunities, discussing progression with your counsellor, researching new learning and development opportunities available.
• Coach and guide associates, challenging them in line with their competency.
• Build and maintain an effective working relationship with clients and their staff.
• Seek out opportunities to expand and share your knowledge, internally and externally.
• Commit to keeping your direct supervisor updated with progress reports and potential issues.
• Continuously strive to seek feedback on your personal performance, both your strengths and areas for improvement.

Qualifications

• Professionally recognised chartered/certified accountant qualification (ACA, ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, CA or equivalent international qualification)
• Three years external audit experience in the financial services industry, particularly WAM and Real Estate
• First time passes on your exams
• External audit experience working on Financial Services clients
• Experience with a Big 4 firm

Opportunity

To lead multiple engagements whilst providing support and encouragement to your team/s, reporting directly to the manager/director/Partner. The role offers the opportunity to coach and develop others, whilst working on your personal development and achieving your own career goals, working across multiple Financial Services engagements enhancing your technical knowledge and your social skills. You will play a vital role in helping us Build a Better Working World for the future of Assurance.

About EY

At EY, you will have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible arrangements can help you achieve a lifestyle balance. EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.