Senior, Core Audit

ERNST & YOUNG LLP; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

EY invites you to join our External Audit team in Singapore. You will contribute to planning, execution, and delivery of assurance engagements, ensuring clear documentation of audit procedures and robust discussions with management.

This role requires coordinating with the assurance team to identify issues and address audit findings. The ideal candidate brings a degree in Accountancy or a professional qualification and at least 3 years of external audit experience, with preference for those from

Qualifications

• Degree in Accountancy or a professional Accountancy qualification.
• Minimum 3 years of external audit experience, with recent external audit experience gained within the past two years.
• Experience in a global professional services environment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, execution and delivery of assurance engagements.
• Clearly and accurately document the execution of specific audit procedures as defined by the engagement objectives, audit client's engagement history, and planned audit approach.
• Recognize potential audit issues or unusual relationships from basic analysis of the financial statements and communicate them to the assurance team.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Project management

Professionalism

Integrity

Education

Accountancy degree

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 Assurance group is one of the most trusted, respected and influential business unit in the industry. As part of our team, you will provide our clients including companies, investors and regulators a peace of mind by using your skills and experience to them confidence in the validity of financial statements and business-critical information or processes. Groups (or, as we call them, sub-service lines) within Assurance include External Audit, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Financial Accounting Advisory Services and Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services.

Join our External Audit team and you will help our clients meet their reporting requirements by providing an objective and independent examination of their financial statements. In addition, you will conduct timely and constructive discussions with the management on accounting and reporting matters and provide a robust and clear perspective to audit committees.

The opportunity

You will experience professional development through diverse experiences, world-class learning and individually tailored coaching. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Your key responsibilities

• Support the planning, execution and delivery of assurance engagements.
• Clearly and accurately document the execution of specific audit procedures as defined by the engagement objectives, audit client's engagement history, and planned audit approach.
• Recognize potential audit issues or unusual relationships from basic analysis of the financial statements and communicate them to the assurance team.

Skills and attributes for success

• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress.
• Contribute ideas/opinions to the assurance teams and listen/respond to other assurance team members' views
• Demonstrate professionalism and competence in the audit client's environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Good project management skills
• Integrity within a professional environment

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A degree in Accountancy (or related studies) or have completed a professional Accountancy qualification
• Minimum 3 years of external audit experience, including recent external audit experience gained within the past two years

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior working experience in global professional services organization or mid-tier firms will be highly advantageous