FAAS - Manager

EY; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Total Rewards package

EY Tech MBA program

Job summary

EY FAAS is seeking a Manager in the Assurance FAAS - Control & Compliance domain to lead risk and control engagements for clients. You will steer planning, fieldwork, and reporting, while aligning with UK/US regulatory standards and internal EY risk controls.

You will mentor junior staff, drive quality, and contribute to business development and solution development, including data analytics and dashboarding for client insights.

Qualifications

• Significant managerial and professional experience in risk, process and controls services in a consulting, industry or public sector setting.
• Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA (US), ACCA (UK) or MBA with 5–10 years of experience in Process, Risk and Control.
• Experience in Process and Control / SOX areas: governance, control design and testing, ICFR.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage multiple client engagements, ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables.
• Discuss complex regulations with clients as trusted advisor, including SOX and internal controls.
• Maintain risk management processes across client acceptance, contracting and delivery.

Skills

Risk and compliance

Engagement management

Leadership and mentoring

Communication

Data analytics / visualization

Education

CA/CPA/ACCA/MBA + 5–10 years

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SAP

Oracle

Job description

At EY, you’ll 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’re 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 GDS – Assurance FAAS – Manager – Control & Compliance

The opportunity

Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) professionals provides advisory services including Accounting and regulatory support for accounting change and special matters; accounting processes and controls support. We are looking for a professional to join EY FAAS, having expertise across the FAAS solutions and specifically for engagements related to Process and Control, Process compliance and reviews, SOX and, Developing Standard Operating Procedure manuals, Enterprise Risk Management & Payment application.

FAAS is a dynamic group of people focused on helping our clients solving tomorrow’s problems today through integrated solution service offerings in the area of risk, such as internal control assessment, risk management and financial controls. Risk continues to move up the agenda and our team work with many of today's front-running companies. Our clients want integrated, strategic, tech-enabled, end-to-end solutions and we deliver tailored risk offerings putting client value and relationships at the core of what we do. You can expect to work with senior client personnel and drive high quality work products.

Our Risk team consists of talented colleagues who invite you to bring your natural curiosity and innovative thoughts to work each day. Working within our team, you’ll 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. We offer excellent career development, diverse opportunities and fantastic work life balance including hybrid working. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Client Delivery and Project Management: Lead and manage multiple client engagements. Oversee planning, fieldwork and reporting of findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders. Ensuring high-quality deliverables, on time within budget.
• Technical Expertise: Act as a key trusted advisor in discussing complex regulations with clients, including UK Corporate Reform, US Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance, Global Internal Audit Standards and other industry-specific regulatory compliance requirements.
• Quality and Risk Management: Ensure compliance with EY’s quality and risk management processes across client acceptance, contracting and engagement delivery. Proactively identify and manage risks across engagements, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Stakeholder Management: Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and proactively manage client expectations to ensure alignment on project goals, timelines and deliverables. Collaborate cross-functionally with other EY service lines and subject matter experts to deliver high quality insights. Collaborate with internal leader/s, provide regular updates on engagement progress and support internal decision-making through clear communication and proactive escalation and the ability to flex communication styles.
• Team Leadership and Development: Mentor and coach junior team members through effective supervision to develop their technical and professional skills. Support career development through performance reviews and providing timely, regular and actionable feedback. You will contribute to a positive team environment by demonstrating consistent commitment and optimism toward work challenges.
• Business Development: Build the EY brand through high quality delivery. Support in the identification of new opportunities and development of proposals. Build EY’s market presence through contribution to thought leadership and client events.
• Promoting EY’s values: Champion EY’s commitments to integrity, respect and teaming in all client and internal interactions. Foster an inclusive and diverse working environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.
• Practice development: contribute to practice development and internal initiatives such as learning and development programmes and solution development.

Skills And Experience

• You will be a trusted manager with proven technical expertise in risk, control and compliance that will complement our teams in delivering high-quality solutions to our clients.Your skills and experience will include:
• Control & Compliance experience: Proven and relevant professional experience across core process and controls solutions (e.g. internal audit, SOX and internal controls) in consulting, government or industry. Extensive experience in process mapping, walkthroughs, risk analysis (strategic, financial, operational and compliance) and control identification and design assessment. The ability to act as a trusted advisor to clients on risk and control issues, such as controls remediation or Enterprise Risk Management.
• Technical skills and knowledge: In depth understanding of core business processes, associated risks, and leading practice controls. Strong leadership and communication skills, technical knowledge, and the ability to write at a publication quality level in order to communicate findings and recommendations to clients. Strong business acumen, including the ability to compile information quickly and accurately, and to test data and assumptions for informed decision-making.
• Engagement management: Track record demonstrating success in leading high-performing teams, mentor junior staff and foster a culture of continuous learning. Experienced in managing complex project and multiple stakeholder groups including senior clients and internal leadership. Demonstrated ability to balance project management and delivery skills across a range of clients, including financial management, quality, and risk management requirements.
• Communication and interpersonal skills: Strong communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and build trust at all levels. Being an active listener, having self-awareness when dealing with others, and adapting your own approach to differences in individual style and backgrounds, recognising the risk of unconscious biases.
• Client delivery: Demonstrated success in delivering high-quality, client-focused solutions on time and within budget with acommitment to going above and beyond for clients.
• Commercial acumen: Commercially aware, with a track record of developing relevant propositions and sales collateral and supporting business development efforts.
• Technology and innovation: Proficient in leveraging technology such as data analytics, automation, and AI in project delivery. Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and core business systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle). Proficient across the Microsoft Office suite (e.g. PowerPoint, Excel and Word). Ability to develop dashboards across key data visualization tools and produce visual reports to track key risks and control metrics, noted as desirable but not essential.
• Professional attributes: Self-stater with a proactive mindset, natural curiosity and commitment to delivering excellence for our clients. Ability to work in areas of uncertainty and navigate ambiguous situations, adaptable and inclusive, with strong self-awareness and the ability to work effectively across diverse teams. Up to date with industry trends, emerging risks, and the UK regulatory landscape. Adaptability and the ability to work effectively across diverse teams.
• Other desirable skills and experience: Professional experience, skills and knowledge in the following areas is desirable but not essential; finance transformation, controls automation, programme assurance, IT control including analysing core systems (e.g., SAP and Oracle) to identify control weaknesses

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Significant managerial and professional experience in risk, process and controls services in a consulting, industry or public sector setting.
• Chartered Accountant (CA), CPA (US), ACCA (UK) or MBA with 5-10 years of experience with a large global corporate Process, Risk and Control and/or similar experience
• Experience on the following Process and Control / SOX areas:
  • Governance, controls and regulation
  • Governance, Risk & Compliance
  • Process and Control
  • Process reviews
  • Standard Operating Procedures
  • Enterprise Risk Management
  • Revenue Assurance
  • SOX
  • Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
  • Design and Implementation testing
  • Process walkthroughs and testing effectiveness of controls
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong sales, presentation and client management skills
• Strong training and mentoring skills
• Ability to manage a team and to establish credibility as a trusted advisor with clients
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to present complex information in a concise and clear manner
• Strong executive presence and ability to interface with all levels of management (EY and clients)
• Strong project management and organizational experience
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 50% to 80% of the time

What we look for

• We are interested to hear from entrepreneurial people who feed on the energy of a thriving global team. We seek a high level of drive, commitment to achieving solutions, and ability to work under pressure. We need people worthy of trust, who demonstrate enthusiasm, passion to grow fast and are highly motivated to support this purpose.
• We invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. If you want to know more about our people and our culture, search #EyCulture on LinkedIn.

What we offer

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 working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning:You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next, including having the opportunity to gain an EY Tech MBA which is an accredited MBA program offered to all EY professionals globally
• Success as defined by you:We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership:We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture:You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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