National Audit Facilitator Excellence Lead

EY; Ontario (CA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Learning opportunities

Freedom & flexibility

Job summary

EY Canada is seeking an Assurance Facilitator Excellence Manager to lead the national facilitator strategy for Audit. You will shape standards, build a credible facilitator pool, and ensure high-quality learning experiences across the function.

Working with Audit leadership, Practice, and Learning teams, you will design governance, run train-the-trainer sessions, teach selected programs, and coach facilitators to deliver accurate content.

Qualifications

• Progressive Audit experience and a strong understanding of audit methodology and quality expectations.
• Experience leading complex programs, capability portfolios or transformation initiatives in a matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and aligning technical and cross-functional teams around shared priorities and outcomes.
• Experience facilitating Audit technical learning and delivering train-the-trainer or facilitator-development sessions.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and AI-enabled productivity tools; experience with learning platforms, reporting or data analysis is an asset.
• A CPA designation or equivalent professional qualification.
• Bilingualism in English and French is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Audit facilitator strategy, aligning capability, capacity and succession planning with curriculum priorities, business demand and quality expectations.
• Establish national standards for facilitator qualification, readiness and delivery quality, reinforced through governance, data and measurable performance indicators.
• Assess facilitator technical knowledge and delivery effectiveness, identify capability gaps, and provide upskilling, coaching and train-the-trainer programs.
• Maintain credible knowledge of priority Audit curricula and methodology to teach selected courses, lead train-the-trainer sessions and advise facilitators.
• Influence Audit leaders, Practice, Experience Management, local offices and Learning and Development teams to resolve capacity and capability risks and secure qualified facilitators.
• Build an engaged facilitator community that accelerates knowledge sharing, mentoring and adoption of leading practices.
• Use feedback, performance data, digital tools and responsible AI to strengthen facilitator matching, readiness, delivery quality, decision-making and ongoing development.
• Design, launch and continuously improve a national Facilitator Excellence program, scaling consistent standards, tools and practices across service lines.
• Provide clear recommendations and executive-level reporting on priorities, outcomes, risks and investment needs, while contributing to broader Assurance and firmwide learning initiatives.

Skills

Audit methodology

Stakeholder leadership

Train-the-trainer

Executive communication

Education

CPA designation

Tools

Microsoft 365

AI tools

Job description

EY Canada is seeking an Assurance Facilitator Excellence Manager to lead the national facilitator strategy for Audit. You will shape standards, build a credible facilitator pool, and ensure high-quality learning experiences across the function.

Working with Audit leadership, Practice, and Learning teams, you will design governance, run train-the-trainer sessions, teach selected programs, and coach facilitators to deliver accurate content.