Audit Quality Support Team - Financial Services - Senior/Assistant Manager - 12 Month FTC | Lon[...]

EY; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior/Assistant Manager for their Audit Quality Support Team. This 12-month fixed-term contract offers a unique opportunity to enhance your technical and soft skills while contributing to vital audit quality initiatives. You will engage with senior audit team members, assist in standardizing processes, and implement innovative solutions to improve project delivery. This role promises a dynamic work environment where your proactive approach and strong auditing skills will be instrumental in driving improvements across various financial services projects. Join a forward-thinking team and expand your professional network.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in financial services audit with a relevant qualification.
• Strong project management skills with a focus on audit quality.

Responsibilities

• Assist in deploying UK quality initiatives and monitoring processes.
• Support the creation of training content and improvements in risk management.

Skills

Proactive communication

Innovative mindset

Project management

Technical auditing skills

Attention to detail

Strong written communication

Strong oral communication

Education

ACA/CA/ACCA

Job description

Audit Quality Support Team - Financial Services - Senior/Assistant Manager - 12 Month FTC

The opportunity
Our Audit Quality team (AQT) plays a vital role in supporting our Audit Quality Programme. As an AQT Senior/Assistant Manager you will contribute to a growing team supporting our audits teams across various projects and initiatives.
We are looking for a senior/Assistant manager to support our team to provide maternity cover for a 12-month secondment/Fixed Term Contract. This role will provide you with an excellent opportunity to further develop both of your technical and soft skills and help in expanding your network across all levels of the business.

Your key responsibilities

• Assist with the deployment of UK quality initiatives including:
  • Standardisation
  • Digital implementation and methodology changes
  • Production of enablement to support audit teams with changes to global methodology
  • Creation of training content for areas identified as requiring extra guidance and support
  • Supporting the Audit quality network (QEN) initiative
  • Improvements to risk management processes and monitoring
• Assist with standard UK FSO Audit Quality team process including:
  • Milestone monitoring
  • AQST monitoring
  • Business unit leader reporting
  • Digital implementation protocols
  • Risk management reporting
  • Audit quality inputs into talent processes

Skills and attributes for success

• Proactive communicator, quick to engage with senior members of the audit quality team
• Innovative mindset, focussed on ways to improve delivery of AQT projects and processes
• Organised project manager with strong prioritisation skills
• Strong technical auditing and accounting skills with a drive for improving audit quality within the wide FS audit business
• Broad business knowledge to apply across financial institution entities
• Flexible working style and ability to navigate across diverse culture to adapt to the different teams and projects you will be working with/on
• Ability to build constructive and professional relationships with senior audit team members
• Attention to detail
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Proactive communication and deadline management

To qualify for the role, you must have

• ACA/ CA/ ACCA (ICAEW, ICAS, Irish Institute or equivalent international qualification)
• Financial services audit background
• Strong project management and technical (auditing and accounting) skills
• Strong focus on and passion for audit quality