Transactional and Technical Topics Pension - Audit Senior Manager

at  EY

EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities. 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.
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The Americas Assurance Transactional and Technical Topics (“T3”) group encompasses the centralization of EY audit efforts in complex audit areas to a specialized team of professionals who work closely with internal engagement teams to assess risk, plan, and execute, and evidence work using a structured approach and standardized documentation. T3 team members are high-performing professionals consistently delivering a superior audit experience and providing insights to internal and external clients through deep subject matter competencies, excellent teaming, and a continuous improvement mindset.

THE OPPORTUNITY

You’ll help internal EY engagement teams and external clients meet their reporting requirements by accurately reporting and providing meaningful insights within a specific complex area of audit. The T3 Pensions team is growing and looking for individuals with interest or experience in public company pension plan sponsor audits and/or employee benefit plan audits. In return, you can expect to work alongside high-performing specialists in a highly structured and collaborative environment while enjoying a more predictable work scheduled. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to own your career and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS

• Leading fieldwork, managing performance, and managing audit flow of a specific complex audit area across multiple engagements, keeping engagement leaders updated
• Coaching internal EY engagement teams in completing robust risk assessments in a specific complex audit area and co-developing a responsive audit plan
• Completing audit processes and documenting higher-risk areas to increase your technical and business skills in a specific complex audit area
• Engaging internal EY engagement teams and external clients and providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout the audit
• Developing a strong perspective of best practice within a specific complex audit area and delivering relevant insights to internal and external clients
• Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends within a specific complex audit area and processes and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues
• Understanding clients’ unique ambitions and needs and referring them to colleagues in other teams and areas
• Overseeing engagement economics and managing appropriate resources for efficient engagement models within a specific complex audit area
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge and enhance service delivery

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business discipline, supported by 8 years’ work experience as an auditor in a public accounting firm
• Targeted and strong knowledge of specific complex audit area
• US CPA licensure in your work state
• Experience leading the planning, execution and reporting on audits of financial statements applying US GAAP
• Experience with SEC clients using SOX 404 and applying PCAOB standards
• Proven project management skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a collaborative approach to management
• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess if standard hours when necessary
• Access to reliable transportation to/from the EY office and client sites. A driver’s license is strongly recommended as ride share and public transportation options may not be available in all locations

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with public company pension plan sponsor audits and/or employee benefit plan audits
• Strong interest in internal controls

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Everything you’ll do will come back to providing exceptional audit activities for our clients. Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a high- profile contact when it comes to resolving complex issues as it relates to pensions. As you build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business discipline, supported by 8 years’ work experience as an auditor in a public accounting firm
• Targeted and strong knowledge of specific complex audit area
• US CPA licensure in your work state
• Experience leading the planning, execution and reporting on audits of financial statements applying US GAAP
• Experience with SEC clients using SOX 404 and applying PCAOB standards
• Proven project management skills
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a collaborative approach to management
• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess if standard hours when necessary
• Access to reliable transportation to/from the EY office and client sites. A driver’s license is strongly recommended as ride share and public transportation options may not be available in all location