Manager- Core Audit - Assurance jobs at Ey in Canada, Vancouver

As a Tax Manager in our U.S. Tax Practice, you will help our clients identify and solve complex U.S. and international tax issues as well as assist them in pursuing and successfully aligning all of the different areas of taxation into a benefit-driven strategy.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong understanding of U.S. tax concepts, including corporate federal and state income tax compliance, as well as income tax provision preparation and review.
• Experience in preparing and reviewing U.S. corporate and partnership tax returns for multinational clients, including income tax provisions for public and private companies.
• Proficient in conducting federal and state tax research, analyzing cross-border tax issues, and drafting technical memos.
• Ability to develop and deliver innovative tax planning ideas and solutions that meet or exceed client expectations.
• Strong analytical skills to assess clients' tax situations and provide practical recommendations.
• Capacity to make informed decisions in complex tax matters and develop implementation plans.
• Excellent relationship-building skills to establish and maintain long-term client partnerships.
• Commitment to continuous professional development and knowledge sharing to enhance service delivery.
• Ability to identify and pursue opportunities for tax planning and special services.
• Proficient in leveraging technology to enhance productivity.
• Effective communication skills to foster open dialogue and supervise team members.
• Willingness to participate in recruiting efforts and contribute to a collaborative, team-oriented culture that supports professional growth.

To qualify for the role you must have

• An undergraduate degree in a related field and a minimum of 3 years of experience in US Tax
• Completion of US CPA or US Enrolled Agent or other related experience or certification relevant to this area of specialization
• A commitment to learning in a tax technology environment
• Strong project management, analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to work within tight deadlines
• Process oriented with excellent documentation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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 to 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, 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

The salary range for this job in British Columbia is $92,000 to $144,000. Individual salaries within this range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and work location city.

As a Transfer Pricing Manager, you will be a part of our International Tax and Transaction Services group. We offer depth of experience through a worldwide network of dedicated transfer pricing professionals which translates to excellent opportunities for learning and career advancement. We will also provide immigration support services for international candidates.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager in our Transfer Pricing practice, you will be part of a team that works with clients to develop tax planning, defend transfer pricing in government audits, facilitate negotiations between tax authorities, and prepare supporting documentation. You will also participate in and supervise various challenging transfer pricing engagements and to contribute to the delivery of quality transfer pricing services for our diverse clients.

Core aspects of the role include

• Demonstrating an understanding of complex transfer pricing concepts and effectively applying economic and financial knowledge to client situations.
• Developing and delivering quality transfer pricing and economic ideas with timely and responsive services and work products.
• Identifying opportunities for transfer pricing and or other specialized services.
• Preparing documentation, participating in advanced pricing agreements (APAs), defending transfer pricing in government audits, leading in the valuation of
• intangible assets, and developing quality, practical planning services.
• Managing the work of client service team members.
• Participating in and contributing to attaining team goals.
• Thoroughly and accurately analyze information.
• Preparing practical, quality approaches to clients’ economic situations and arriving at logical conclusions.
• Leading development of recommendations and implementation plans.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A business, economics or related degree, complemented by an accounting designation or post-graduate law degree.
• 4 or more years of relevant experience, preferably gained in professional services.
• Excellent analytical skills and advanced proficiency with MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• The ability to thrive within a fast-paced, professional services environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with demonstrated ability to team with professionals at all levels.

What we offer you

When you thrive, we thrive. The EY benefits package goes above and beyond, focusing on your physical, emotional, financial and social well-being:

• $5,000 per year for mental health support benefits
• Wellbeing benefit of $1,200/year

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The salary range for this job in British Columbia is $95,000 to $110,000 . Individual salaries within this range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and work location city.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead key Digital Health strategy workstreams or engagements, driving the completion of specific workstreams or deliverables.
• Lead and direct teams to provide insightful and impactful solutions to complex client issues, leveraging analytical approaches, established methodologies and critical thinking skills.
• Direct and guide the work of consultants, offering respectful challenge and experienced-based insight to drive high quality outputs and work products.
• Develop, maintain and strengthen client relationships through the delivery of excellent service.
• Participate in business development activities, including proposal coordination and development.
• Keep abreast of current Digital Health trends and issues directly relevant to the business of current and potential clients.
• Demonstrate technical and professional knowledge of key Digital Health trends in both the Canadian and Global landscape.
• Participate in the development of Digital Health thought leadership.
• Mentor and train Senior Consultants and interns, through on the job coaching and supervision or as a peer advisor.
• Foster an innovative, inclusive and team-oriented work environment.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in business, health administration, technology, or equivalent experience (MBA or MSC are preferred).
• A minimum of 5+ years’ experience in industry and/or with a professional services firm along with a successful track record in Digital Health and technology transformation strategy development,
• including leadership roles.
• A minimum of 3+ years experience in technology strategy consulting experience.
• Experience designing and implementing digital operating models in healthcare transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading projects in innovation, market assessments and transformation would be nice to have.
• In-depth knowledge of EMR/HIS systems, including implementation and configuration best practices would be nice to have
• Advanced problem-solving skills and critical thinking ability, including the ability to structure and plan workstreams to address bespoke and custom client needs.
• Strong command of technical applications and tools to support complex analysis.
• Experience synthesizing research and analysis into structured and logical recommendations.
• Excellent communication skills and writing ability.
• Travel requirements may be up to 80% of work week.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Security clearance preferred.

Skills and attributes for success

• Business and Commercially Driven - working in a fast-paced, exciting environment with good business acumen to drive value to our clients and differentiate our services.
• Project Management – organized and can lead project activities and support creation of deliverables with a variety of EY resources in a dynamic environment.
• Building Relationships - cultivate strong working relationships with clients, EY teams and able to support key decision makers.
• Business Development – Contribute to our practice development with the ability to spot opportunities and work with account teams to bring ideas to market.
• Digital – a good understanding of the digital transformation enablers for business processes and how to apply concepts for a client transformation
• Learning - learn and develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and experiences.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or Analytics and 2 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 18 months of related work experience.
• Must be willing and able to travel at least 25% on short notice (subject to client needs).
• Demonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis, and an ability to synthesize and derive insights from large datasets.
• The ability to develop and test hypotheses; can follow through from ideation to storyboarding and delivery of presentation.
• The ability to prioritize effectively on projects and the skills to adapt quickly to new challenges and concepts.
• A demonstrated interest and curiosity in data analysis, process mapping and business process improvement
• Strong technical and analytical capabilities – Excel required, familiarity with Microsoft applications (PowerBI, Azure, Databricks, SQL) and data analysis tools (e.g.
• Tableau, Alteryx) are a plus
• Management consulting experience is an asset.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience gained within another large professional services organization
• Supply chain, procurement and/or finance process optimization experience

The salary range for this job in British Columbia is $92,000 to $108,000. Individual salaries within this range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and work location city.

Client Delivery

• Lead change management projects and/or large change management workstreams, from planning through implementation – including managing project resources and budgets effectively and identifying and effectively managing and mitigating risks and issues.
• Demonstrate technical competence in change management, across various change types and transformation projects.
• Act as a trusted advisor for clients, project team and EY’s internal teams to deliver solutions and solve client challenges
• Encourage and facilitate collaboration amongst team members and promote an inclusive working environment.
• Lead self and/or team in the creation of well-structured, high-quality deliverables that demonstrate attention to detail, critical thinking, and practicality, while aligning with client needs, context, and audiences.
• Contribute to generate profitable revenue by identifying additional engagement opportunities and building lasting relationships with clients; mentor teams in building similar connections and strong relationships with clients.

Business Development

• Lead the development of proposals and sales materials to support business growth.
• Generate new business opportunities by understanding EY’s service offerings and proactively driving on-sell and expansion opportunities for WFA and/or across business lines.
• Proactively support on-selling, through excellent delivery, on-going relationships with clients and shaping next steps or future work.
• Develop long-term client relationships and networks, fostering deep connections with clients and other EY team members across all practices.

Practice Development

• Lead practice development and service offering initiatives, inclusive of team leadership, project management, and execution.
• Responsible for supporting the development of our People Consulting practice by enhancing change management methodologies, driving the creation of related intellectual property, and developing go-to-market materials for the Organizational Change Management service offering.
• Play an active role in recruitment efforts, including referrals, events, interviews, etc. to bring the best talent to the team.
• Stay up to date on latest industry trends to contribute to thought leadership and bringing best practice to clients.

People Leadership and Teaming

• Exemplify EY values and demonstrate a strong investment in the practice, our people, and their experience.
• Accountable for timely and honest feedback to team members, effectively identifying and leveraging skills, escalating performance issues as appropriate and investing time in coaching / development
• Manage teams to meet project, business development, or practice development objectives, knowing how to delegate work, leveraging a diverse team to achieve results.
• Lead by example and focus on developing others, rewarding and recognizing teams and building a safe, inclusive and engaging team environment.
• Engage in learning activities throughout the year, ensuring learning requirements are met and learning goals achieved.
• Seek feedback from more junior team members, peers, and above for self-improvement and skills enhancement and act on development feedback to improve performance.

Technical skills for success:

• Strong knowledge and application of relevant change frameworks like ADKAR and Kotter's 8-Step Process.
• Exceptional skills using Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, MS Project) to create documents, analyze data, develop presentations, and manage communications effectively.
• Ability to analyze data related to change initiatives and employee feedback.
• Knowledge of instructional design and adult learning principles to develop effective training programs.
• Skills in identifying and managing stakeholder needs and concerns.
• Intermediate proficiency in proposal writing, project management, risk and budget management

Leadership & business skills for success:

• Strong leadership skills, through experience leading teams or managing staff on projects
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including storytelling, adapting messaging and style to suit the needs of different audiences. Strong facilitation skills, including the ability to design meeting agendas or workshop activities to design creative solutions, build commitment to outcomes and drive decision making.
• A strong work ethic, high levels of motivation and a growth mindset.
• Ability to think outside of the box, thrive on new challenges and work in ambiguity.
• Enjoy a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Ability to manage time and multi-task across project delivery, business development, practice development and leadership/team management.
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence.
• This role involves interaction with clients operating nationally and globally where fluency in English is required.
• Flexibility and ability to travel.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A bachelor's degree and approximately 6-8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 5-7 years of related work experience
• At least 3 years of professional service experience, with a global management consultancy firm, or niche consultancy in which you gained exposure to large-scale project.
• Experience leading engagements in one or more of the following functional domains – supply chain, IT, finance, customer, sales & marketing. Should have worked in large multi-disciplinary teams as part of functional and enterprise-wide transformation engagement.
• Progressive experience leading change management teams throughout large, complex transformations
• PROSCI or other industry standard change managements certification considered an asset
• An understanding of the opportunities, challenges and issues in at least one of the sectors we serve (e.g., Oil & Gas, Health, Government, Telecommunications, Power &
• Utilities, Insurance, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Mining & Metals, etc.).
• A proven track record in managing and analysing large datasets and using analytics in project execution. Deep expertise in working with and engaging clients in discussions around the use of digital assets in the delivery of org. design projects.
• Experience in selling and delivering projects that cover the full life-cycle of assessment, design and implementation support
• The willingness to travel as needed, and working in a balanced hybrid environment.

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.

As part of our EY GDS – SC&O team, you will help clients to improve the performance of their supply chain. Working with EY GDS-SC&O proprietary frameworks, you will help clients to improve reliability, flexibility and responsiveness of their supply chain whilst reducing the total cost. Typical role representation would include developing digital manufacturing solution, developing assets/tools and coming up with thought leadership.

Your key responsibilities

• Define digitization footprint for Supply Chain, Global Manufacturing,
• Identify, define and execute projects for adapting latest technologies and futuristic tools.
• Support implementation of IIoT for assigned sites. Accountable for executing data analytics and visualization required for supply chain and factory digitization worldwide.
• Collaborate with technology team in effective execution of the digital manufacturing transformation initiatives at various sites
• Develop a global rollout plan for digital manufacturing solution/use cases implementation
• Define the deployment operating and governance model
• Provide expertise in deployment of high end technological initiatives like Control Tower, RPA,IQ-BOT,ML,AI, Data sciences and Data Engineering.
• Partner with SCM and Plant functions to understand the data control, analysis and visualization needs and provide sustainable solutions.

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience in Digital Manufacturing systems and processes with flair of analytics
• Effective communication skills and experience in customer facing role.
• Drive RFPs/ POVs to collaborate and create value for the global clients

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Minimum 13-20 years of Working experience on at least 1 of the platforms for RPA & AI OR IOT-
  • RPA & BPM – Blue Prism, Open Span, Automation Anywhere, UI Path, Aheyu, PEGA & others.
  • AI / Cognitive – Gen AI, Watson/ IBM Bluemix, Kore, Amazon Lex etc
  • Analytics (Good to have) – R, Python etc.

• Deep understanding and experience across a minimum of 2 to 3 industries– Life Sciences, CP&R, AM&M
• Strong Project Management skills and trusted exposure in large assignments
• Ability to travel

What we look for

• Technical experience, commercial acumen and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• Strong experience in digital manufacturing and passion to drive the change

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. 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

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.

Skills and Attributes for Success

Significant working security experience and knowledge in the design, implementation, and operation of security controls in one of the following areas:

• Agile & DevOps Methodologies – Experience as a contributing member of a balanced team within an Agile development or DevOps environment;

• Application Security - Experience with the design of security controls for multi-tier business solutions, including the design of application-level access and entitlement management, data tenancy and isolation, encryption, and logging. Working familiarity with REST API and microservices architecture;

• Cloud Security – Technical understanding of virtualization, cloud infrastructure, and public cloud offerings, as well as experience designing security configuration and controls within cloud-based solutions in Microsoft Azure, Google GCP, Amazon AWS, and other vendors;

• Infrastructure Security – Experience with the integration of common infrastructure security technologies and solutions into business solution architectures, including the integration of identity & access management, intrusion detection and prevention, security monitoring, and data encryption solutions;

• Identity and Access Management - Experience in design and integration of identity and access management based on Active Directory and Federation technologies.

To qualify for the role, you must have experience in

Extensive experience in implementing, advising on, and consulting about security configurations across complex IT architectures, including cloud environments (primarily Microsoft's, but also including a range of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings from multiple vendors) and on-premises solutions. In-depth knowledge of IT system architecture concepts and cloud technologies, along with associated technologies such as Identity and Access Management (IAM), network security, firewalls, software development best practices, systems auditing, system hardening, and other security principles as outlined in ISO27001, OWASP, and related security standards. Proficiency in interpreting security reports (SAST and DAST) and testing outcomes for applications, providing advice on necessary corrections and security measures based on policies and non-functional requirements. A degree in Computer Science or a related field. Excellent communication skills, fluency in English (knowledge of Spanish is an advantage), and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders ranging from developers and architects to business leaders and EY's clients.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Operational Security – Experience in defining operational models and procedures for business solutions, including the operation and maintenance of infrastructure and application security controls.

• Information Security Standards – Knowledge of common information security standards such as: ISO 27001/27002, NIST CSF, FEDRAMP, CSA, and CIS Controls.

• Cloud security certifications such as AZ-300 Azure Architect Technologies.

• Product Management – Working with a broader business team on aspects of security that affect all phases, from concept to design to implementation and then operational support.

Requirements:

· Advanced degree in Computer Science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience;

· Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or equivalent security certifications;

· Fluent in English and Spanish.

· Certifications: CISSP, CCS, CISM, or similar;

· Although not required, it is preferred that candidates possess additional working security experience and knowledge in one or more of the following areas:

· Previous working experience in Big 4 or big consulting firms;

· Operational Security – Experience;

· Occasional travel.

Key Responsibilities:

· This position is a leading role in designing, developing, and accessing all aspects of security for market-leading regional and global systems based primarily on Cloud technologies. As a security consultant for the regions, you will be an individual contributor capable of supporting multiple project teams operating in the latest technologies of Cloud-based, Agile developed systems, using automated deployment from CI/CD pipelines. In other words, it is not just an audit or oversight role, but one that requires detailed participation in the design, implementation, and certification of security controls across solutions. This requires knowledge of various IT system architecture and Cloud technology, as well as supporting technologies such as IAM, network security, AI, user account management, audit and logging, and other security concepts as outlined in ISO27001/2, OWASP, and related regional security standards. Also, the successful candidate should have knowledge of 3rd party security assessments and applicability of SOC2 and SOC2 reports, and concepts of vendor risk management.