EY Government and Public Sector Assurance Manager

The Virginia Society of CPAs; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young LLP (EY) in the United States seeks a Manager for the Government & Public Sector Assurance practice in Virginia. You will act as the primary day-to-day client contact, growing relationships and leading audit teams to deliver high-quality assurance services across federal, state, local, and education clients.

Success requires a deep understanding of complex accounting and auditing concepts, the ability to mentor staff, and strong communication skills to partner with clients and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; graduate degree preferred.
• Approximately 4–5 years of related work experience; 2 years of audit experience with a public accounting firm if graduate degree.
• Strong understanding of accounting and auditing concepts; ability to apply them to client situations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as primary day-to-day contact for audit clients.
• Develop relationships and manage audit teams.
• Direct field work and monitor engagement status; provide performance feedback to staff.

Skills

Client relationships

Auditing concepts

Team leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Problem solving

Technology use

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree

Job description

From strategy to execution, the Government & Public Sector practice of Ernst & Young LLP provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our Federal, State, Local and Education clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military, veterans and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world.

The opportunity

Our Government & Public Sector Assurance practice is growing exponentially, and as a manager, you'll play a key role in that growth. Together with our substantial investments in technology, knowledge, and learning resources on behalf of our audit professionals, this commitment will enable us to deliver quality assurance services to our clients and their stakeholders. While interacting with our clients, you'll develop your career by communicating and providing expertise around data integrity that can provide improved insight within the accounting, finance, governance, and regulatory space.

Your key responsibilities

The nature of this role means that you will be recognized as a primary day-to-day contact for our clients. That means you'll develop your knowledge by learning about current issues, profession, and business developments relevant to the client's industry, so we'll look to you to build relationships and manage teams.

Skills and attributes for success

• Develop and maintain strong, productive working relationships with audit client personnel, assess audit clients' satisfaction and proactively maintain contact with the audit client throughout the year
• Direct field work, inform supervisors of the audit engagement status and manage assurance staff performance
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex accounting and auditing concepts and apply them to client situations
• Develop people through effectively delegating audit tasks and providing guidance to assurance staff
• Provide performance feedback, training and performance reviews for assurance staff
• Contribute ideas/opinions to the assurance teams and listen/respond to other assurance team members' views
• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge with assurance team members and enhance service delivery
• Direct field work, inform supervisors of the audit engagement status and manage assurance staff performance
• Develop an understanding of EY's service lines and actively seek/encourage assurance team members to contribute ideas and identify opportunities to apply the firm's services

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree an approximately 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 4 years of related work experience, with approximately 2 years of audit experience with a public accounting firm
• A degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field"}]