Contract Security Program Administrator jobs at Ey in Canada, Toronto

EY's State and Local Tax (SALT) team is a growing practice within the organization, and you'll see that growth reflected in your career. As a Tax Senior, you'll assist with multiple tax engagements and contribute to the delivery of quality tax planning and compliance services for our financial services clients. You'll be part of a rapidly growing team that's seen plenty of recent expansion, with the aim to double in size over the next few years. With support from some of the most engaging professionals in the business, you can expect to develop your tax technical skills, management techniques, and business experience considerably. It's all about taking on new skills and responsibilities as they arise and making the most of our dedicated mentors and training programs.

Your key responsibilities

You'll likely spend most of your time on a diverse array of projects, responsibilities, and tasks. Whatever you're working on, our clients will turn to you for up-to-the-minute tax advice they can always rely on. To make that happen, we'll look to you to implement your extensive knowledge of state and local tax concepts and law. You can expect to be working in a highly collaborative culture, where listening to and sharing information with colleagues is an essential part of the role.

Skills and attributes for success

• Contributing to the overall success of the team by developing a thorough understanding of EY methodologies and tools to enhance service delivery
• Challenging traditional procedures and finding new approaches to provide tax services
• Providing compliance work product and assisting management with client deliverables
• Building client relationships and demonstrating your knowledge of the financial services industry
• Staying abreast of state & local tax developments and work to develop new and innovative service offerings that can deliver value to our clients

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor's degree with an emphasis in accounting, finance, or economics and 3 years of related work experience
• CPA or licensed Attorney, or the ability to achieve either certification
• Strong tax technical skills and experience in tax research and writing, income and franchise taxes and transfer taxes
• Compliance skills as it relates to multi-state jurisdictions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment

Ideally, you'll also have

• Experience in a professional services environment

What we look for

We’re interested in people with initiative who are not afraid to speak up, with a genuine desire to service clients in the financial services industry focused on state and local taxes. If you’re ready to further build on your reputation as a professional advisor, this role is for you.

Senior Manager - Digital Engineering - Technology Consulting

As an Infrastructure Architect within our Technology Consulting team, you will play a key role in bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to gather, analyse, and translate requirements into clear and actionable documentation that supports solution design, development, and delivery.

Your key responsibilities

• Requirements Gathering: Conduct interviews, workshops, and stakeholder sessions to elicit business and technical requirements.
• Documentation & Analysis: Translate stakeholder needs into clear specifications, functional documentation, and user stories that guide solution development.
• Validation & Testing: Develop test cases and validation frameworks to assess technical solutions against business requirements, ensuring alignment and quality.
• Risk & Impact Assessment: Analyse potential risks and impacts of proposed solutions, contributing to informed decision-making and project planning.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architects, developers, and business leads to ensure shared understanding and delivery of requirements.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve business processes and system functionality through data-driven insights and feedback loops.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong experience in business analysis within technical environments, including system integration, infrastructure, cloud platforms or application development projects.
• Proficiency in producing clear and comprehensive documentation, including business requirements, functional specifications, and process flows.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall methodologies, and experience working with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or similar platforms.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to assess complex systems and identify gaps or improvement opportunities.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Understanding of core on-prem infrastructure platforms and services (AD, Hypervisor platforms, Application environment services, Azure & AWS PaaS and SaaS offerings etc..)
• Proficiency with TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, and network security fundamentals.
• Hands on experience with Infrastructure migration from SAP ECC to SAP S4 HANA in Azure
• Familiar with enterprise IT operational governance practices (CAB, SDA, ARB etc..)
• Able to produce solution and product design documentation.
• Familiar with Microsoft productivity suite services and architecture including migration of services to new organisation

Ideally, you’ll have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field.
• Knowledge on WAN/ LAN routing protocols (e.g. BPG, ISPF) is highly desirable along with relevant certifications such as CCNA/ CCNP.
• Experience in enterprise transformation, system migrations, or regulatory environments.
• Exposure to risk analysis frameworks and validation methodologies.
• A proactive mindset and a passion for enabling technology-driven business outcomes.

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn .

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally
• Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

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As the Workplace Services Customer Service Coordinator –6 Month contract- you will be the first point of contact for the firm and the face of EY. You are a driven workplace services professional who enjoys working in tandem with your colleagues while striving to understand and anticipate customers’ needs to exceed expectations. Your key responsibilities also include:

• Greeting visitors: Receive & welcome visitors to the office in a professional, courteous manner
• Incoming calls: Answer queries and directs calls
• Electronic Visitor Log: Check visitors in & out, providing the appropriate security badge if needed, and informing appropriate EY staff of their arrival
• Security badges: Maintain and track visitor and temporary building and/or office security badges
• Meeting preparation: Coordinate meeting room bookings, help with room set up, tear down/clean up
• Assistance/ Backup WSG Support: Cross-trained to assist in various WSG areas such as the mailroom, security desk, facilities related duties, and taking on broader reception duties, to maintainseamless coverage and operational flexibility.
• Equipment management: Understand and operate office equipment, place service calls as needed
• Light housekeeping: wiping down counters, maintaining reception area
• Overtime required as needed

Skills and attributes for success

• Committed to contributing to a strong team culture to ensure success
• Develop and maintain relationships to efficiently leverage expertise
• Sound judgement regarding confidential and sensitive matters Aptitude to differentiate when to act independently or team with others
• Highly adaptable and always ready to tackle new priorities or unexpected situations with ease.
• Quick-thinking and responsiveness in a fast-paced environment, able to manage multiple tasks efficiently.
• Motivated to grow, open to feedback, and eager to expand knowledge and skills.

What we look for

• Exceptional client service experience
• Strong oral communication skills, including active listening

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Reception and general facilities experience
• Professional services firm experience
• Post-secondary education

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

Your key responsibilities

Your key responsibilities will include:

Hands on design and configuration of the Microsoft Defender and Sentinel product Suites

• Expressing configuration and development of Sentinel and Defender using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Providing Overall Cybersecurity expertise to the team and our clients
• Development of advanced Sentinel queries and playbooks
• Logic App development
• Potential Live Cybersecurity Response in a Managed Services/Operations setting
• Helping leverage AI to automate Investigation and Response
• The development of Cybersecurity decoy systems to lure attackers off track leveraging Microsoft tools
• Endpoint Detection and Response support and administration

The Microsoft Defender/Sentinel Engineer role will design and implement the Defender and Sentinel aspects of our products. This will be done leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IAC). The Engineer will also work with offshore colleagues to configure and deploy the various solutions.

Our Microsoft Technology Stack: Azure, M365, Dynamics, Purview. Priva, Entra, Defender & Sentinel

Skills and attributes for success

• Microsoft Security Knowledge: Proficiency in Microsoft security products is essential, particularly in Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender. This includes familiarity with the implementation, administration, and troubleshooting of both tools
• Threat Detection and Analysis Skills: An understanding of threat detection and response is critical. This includes the ability to create, manage, and investigate incidents and alerts, understanding security threats, anomalies, and breach patterns.
• Azure Knowledge: Since Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-based SIEM, knowledge about Azure cloud services, Azure Log Analytics, and how these integrate with Sentinel is needed. You need to understand how to ingest data from various sources into Azure Sentinel.
• Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM): Knowledge of SIEM concepts and capabilities is crucial.
• Programming and Scripting: Familiarity with scripting languages, such as PowerShell or KQL (Kusto Query Language, used in Azure Sentinel for data querying)
  

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Good executive presence
• Ability to work independently or team with others as required
• Minimum of 5 years of Cybersecurity experience
• Excellent collaboration and presentation skills, and the confidence to challenge senior colleagues and stakeholders from a diverse range of backgrounds
  

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Professional services firm experience
• Being bilingual (English & French) would be an asset
• Microsoft Security Engineer Associate certification
• Microsoft Security Operations certifications
• Other Cloud Certification
• Other Cybersecurity certifications

What We Offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future. Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry
• Learning opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

We build a better working world by helping clients make better decisions, faster. We bring clarity to complex decision-making, helping our clients identify their most important risks, then building consensus and insight on the treatments, systems and strategies that will lead to best-practice risk management.

EY is looking for dynamic individuals in the SAP Security, Controls, and SAP GRC space. These professionals will know how to help clients identify, design, implement and extract value from their SAP solution and supporting business processes. You will help clients make ‘better decisions’ and work with our clients on their most important challenges relating to:

• Security and controls;
• Business and process controls transformation;
• Strategic risk management;
• Enterprise governance, risk and control (GRC) technology enablement; and
• Program and project risk management;

Your Key Responsibilities

• Working on SAP Security, Controls and SAP GRC related engagements, professionals will bring functional and technical experience in the implementation
• Supporting the delivery of SAP project implementations across a broad range of SAP technologies (including GRC, S4HANA, Fiori/Gateway)
• Overseeing full cycle project risk management tasks relating to project delivery;
• Working effectively as a team member sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Minimum 4 years to 10 years of experience
• Provide day-to-day knowledge transfer to staff across the Project
• Demonstrates proven thorough abilities and success with managing large engagements that involve facilitating with staff and managers as they perform assessments and deploy SAP Security, Controls, and SAP GRC as it relates to SAP product optimization, implementation and/or configurations, emphasizing the following areas:
  • Understanding clients' business, industry and/or technologies and leveraging thorough project management skills in relation to SAP projects, including developing project plans, budgets, and deliverables schedules, as well as defining resource requirements, budgets, and billing and collection. This includes supporting the delivery of SAP project implementations across a broad range of SAP technologies (including GRC, S4HANA, Fiori/Gateway)
  • Identifying key risks and controls, knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley readiness, controls optimization, as well as configuration of controls around security, business process and within the SAP
  • Technical and functional experience in the implementation of implementing SAP Security and SAP GRC technologies (i.e., SAP GRC Access Control, SAP Identity Access Governance and/or SAP GRC Process Control)
  • Identifying and addressing client needs, including developing and sustaining meaningful client relationships
• Knowledge of SAP related identity access management technologies and/or concepts would be an asset
• Bilingualism (English and French) would be asset
  

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A high level of motivation, strong work ethic and self-starting attitude.

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future. Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry
• Learning opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Seattle, WA.

Full time employment, Monday – Friday,40hours per week, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Law, Management or a related field and 5 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate work experience. Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Law, Management, or related field and 4 years of work experience.

Must have 2 years of recent experience in one of the following:

- Providing financial accounting and advisory services to clients, including implementing accounting standards, finance function transformation, quarterly reporting, and due diligence; OR

- Working on GAAP conversions (including IFRS) with a public accounting firm working with large multinational clients.

Must have 2 years of recent experience in the planning, execution, and reporting of audits for financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAS and U.S. GAAP; OR 2 years of recent experience in providing financial reporting accounting services.

Must have 2 years of recent experience in supervising financial accounting and advisory services teams consisting of two or more staff members.

Must have 2 years of recent experience with SEC financial reporting.

Must have active US CPA certification; or foreign certificate in accountancy and sufficient coursework/experience requirements as determined by the work location state Board of Accountancy to obtain US CPA certification.

Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience.

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary for this job is $133,120.00 per year. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

•You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
•We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
•We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
•You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

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Your key responsibilities

Your key responsibilities will include:

Hands on design and configuration of the Microsoft Defender and Sentinel product Suites

• Expressing configuration and development of Sentinel and Defender using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Providing Overall Cybersecurity expertise to the team and our clients
• Development of advanced Sentinel queries and playbooks
• Logic App development
• Potential Live Cybersecurity Response in a Managed Services/Operations setting
• Helping leverage AI to automate Investigation and Response
• The development of Cybersecurity decoy systems to lure attackers off track leveraging Microsoft tools
• Endpoint Detection and Response support and administration

The Microsoft Defender/Sentinel Engineer role will design and implement the Defender and Sentinel aspects of our products. This will be done leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IAC). The Engineer will also work with offshore colleagues to configure and deploy the various solutions.

Our Microsoft Technology Stack: Azure, M365, Dynamics, Purview. Priva, Entra, Defender & Sentinel

Skills and attributes for success

• Microsoft Security Knowledge: Proficiency in Microsoft security products is essential, particularly in Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender. This includes familiarity with the implementation, administration, and troubleshooting of both tools
• Threat Detection and Analysis Skills: An understanding of threat detection and response is critical. This includes the ability to create, manage, and investigate incidents and alerts, understanding security threats, anomalies, and breach patterns.
• Azure Knowledge: Since Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-based SIEM, knowledge about Azure cloud services, Azure Log Analytics, and how these integrate with Sentinel is needed. You need to understand how to ingest data from various sources into Azure Sentinel.
• Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM): Knowledge of SIEM concepts and capabilities is crucial.
• Programming and Scripting: Familiarity with scripting languages, such as PowerShell or KQL (Kusto Query Language, used in Azure Sentinel for data querying)
  

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Good executive presence
• Ability to work independently or team with others as required
• Minimum of 5 years of Cybersecurity experience
• Excellent collaboration and presentation skills, and the confidence to challenge senior colleagues and stakeholders from a diverse range of backgrounds
  

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Professional services firm experience
• Being bilingual (English & French) would be an asset
• Microsoft Security Engineer Associate certification
• Microsoft Security Operations certifications
• Other Cloud Certification
• Other Cybersecurity certifications

What We Offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package allows you decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future. Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry
• Learning opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you