Assurance - Wealth & Asset Management Audit - Account Support Associate - London

at  EY

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.
This is a high-profile role working with some of the world’s largest companies and offers an exciting opportunity to gain exposure to the dynamic world of FSO Audit. Our team is highly ambitious and has significant growth aspirations over the next year.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS

We are looking for a pro-active and highly organised individual who can manage various projects and who is actively involved in ensuring that the efficiency of the engagement is met. To ensure delivery, this individual will have first-class communication and project management skills and will be comfortable dealing with stakeholders (internal and external) at all levels.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

We are looking for an individual who is hands-on and rigorous in their working style and a highly motivated team player, capable of working in a fast-paced environment. Candidates must demonstrate an ability to communicate clearly internally and to other stakeholders. For the right candidate, this opportunity will provide stimulation and challenge and the prospect of career development in a key specialism within the firm.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a valued member of our Assurance team, you will interface regularly with EY engagement teams and external client personnel at all levels of seniority. You will dedicate most of your time to engagement administration and non-technical project coordination. You will provide day to day support to audit teams, their activities and the service delivery of audit engagements, including both financial analysis and general administration.

Key responsibilities:

• Prepare supporting analysis for fee billings, monitoring and conducting credit collection
• Take the lead on budget setting analysis, challenge work in progress, summarise costs against budget and highlight any variances to the account team members
• Proactively build ongoing relationships and act as a point of contact for clients, responding to non-technical coordination queries
• Play a key role in the audit project cycle via diary management and maintaining audit timetables and staffing
• Delegate and supervise routine administrative tasks to EYs overseas Global Delivery Service (GDS) team, monitoring their output and maintaining overall responsibility for task completion

TO QUALIFY FOR THE ROLE, YOU MUST HAVE

• Proven project management experience
• Effective communicator, specifically the confidence to approach, interact, question, and challenge geographically dispersed stakeholders of varying seniority, both in EY and client organisations
• Proven ability to successfully multitask, plan and prioritise multiple ongoing and ad-hoc projects during key busy periods with minimal direction and maintaining high standards of work
• Able to effectively summarise and conclude on work, applying appropriate documentation
• Proactive in seeking to help on projects and to put forward ideas to increase efficiency
• Strong customer service focus with foresight to anticipate team and client requirements
• Strong analytical/numerical skills and ability to summarise complex financial information for review
• High level of proficiency in MS Office with advanced level MS Excel