Senior - ADN

EY; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your voice to help EY become even better.

EY-Assurance Senior Associate in GDS will be the main contact for assigned engagements, ensuring timely, high-quality deliverables and managing day-to-day operations with global teams. Strong accounting knowledge and leadership are valued.

Qualifications

• Freshly qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAI) with CA credential.
• 0–1 year of experience in Assurance.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead an engagement from the GDS front and ensure timely, high-quality work.
• Review procedures and apply EY tools to improve efficiency.
• Build relationships with EY Global counterparts across regions.
• Embed EY Quality and Risk Management into engagement teams.
• Coordinate resources, monitor utilization, and budget to actuals.
• Provide coaching and performance feedback to team members.

Skills

Communication

Project management

Leadership

Coaching

Education

CA (ICAI)

Tools

MS Excel

MS Office

Job description

Job Summary

At EY, youll 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 were 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- Assurance Senior Associate

As part of our EY-Assurance Team, you would be the main point of contact from GDS for the tasks assigned by the global client serving assurance teams and be responsible for the timeliness and quality of deliverables along with managing day to day operations of those engagements.

The opportunity

We're looking for candidates who possess technical knowledge, including ability to interpret reviews and accounting standards and strong project management skills along with excellent communication and leadership skills.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead an engagement from the GDS front and ensure the team delivers timely and high-quality work, as per EY GAM and in line with the Global team expectations.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of GAM while performing reviews of procedures performed by GDS staff, along with knowledge of EY tools to make reviews more efficient and meaningful.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with key EY Global counterparts like Assurance executives based out of Americas or Europe.
• Develop an understanding of EY Quality and Risk Management procedures and ensure these are embedded into the engagement teams work.
• Proactively discuss workflow management with the assurance teams, allocating resources to the assigned work and monitoring performance against standards. Monitor utilization for ones team, budget to actuals, and other operational matters.
• Demonstrate professionalism, competence and clarity of communication when dealing with GDS and Global teams.
• Establish expectations of value to be delivered to the respective GDS Global teams aligned.
• Identify opportunities to improve the scope of work for GDS on ones own engagements.
• Standardize review processes along with leveraging best practices across ones aligned engagements or beyond.
• Motivate and lead ones GDS team members, identify and foster key talents, coach and supervise team members.
• Be responsible for various operational matters related to engagements aligned.
• Conduct timely performance reviews and provide performance feedback/training. Lead by example.

Skills and attributes for success

• Knowledge of Indian accounting and assurance standards or knowledge of IFRS / UK GAAP / US GAAP and International review standards is an added advantage.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal, risk management, facilitation and presentation skills
• Project management, leadership, coaching, counselling and supervisory skills
• Ability to spread positive work culture, teaming and live EY values.
• The ability to quickly form strong working relationship with colleagues in India and global teams.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Freshly Qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAI)
• 0-1 year of Sub small experience in Assurance.

Ideally, youll also have

• Proficiency in MS Excel, MS Office.
• Interest in business and commerciality.

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be part of a market-leading, multi-disciplinary team in the only integrated global assurance business worldwide.
• Opportunity to work with EY GDS Assurance practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries