Forensics Assistant Manager jobs at Ey in Greece, Athens

Your Key Responsibilities

The nature of this role means no two projects will be the same. You will provide accounting advisory services encompassing support in the with regards to newly adopted Standards (IFRS 17 and IFRS 9) for insurance companies; improvement of financial reporting processes such as fast close and business intelligence projects; on call financial reporting advice; support in the re-design of control framework in financial reporting and accounting as a result of the adoption of the new Standards. That means you need to think outside the box, be creative and solutions oriented, challenge existing practices and be adaptable to change. As you build your knowledge and experience, you will become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Relevant working experience in consulting / audit services or a financial accounting/reporting role within a company in Insurance sector with a proven track record of outstanding performance and technical accounting knowledge.
• Excellent academic background including a bachelor’s and/or master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or any quantitative degree.
• Professional accountancy qualification or working towards gaining one (ACCA, ACA, CFA, SOEL)
• Good knowledge of accounting and IFRS
• Ability and comfort in researching technical emerging issues (including regulations and industry practices) and distinct willingness to learn
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Excellent written and verbal communication in Greek and English
• Flexibility to travel in accordance with client and other job requirements both locally and internationally.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Knowledge in IFRS 17 and IFRS 9
• Experience in finance transformation engagements

What we look for

A Senior Financial Accounting Professional will:

• Collaborate effectively with Managers, Senior Managers and Partners at the planning, execution and wrap-up stages of FAAS engagements
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams and ensuring deliverables are of a high quality according to EY standards
• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented working environment by maintaining cooperative relationships that lead to open communications and sharing of information
• Demonstrate positive attitude, professionalism, teamwork competences, project management skills and high level of self-motivation and desire to exceed expectations
• Illustrate critical thinking and ability to work in a multi-tasking and results-oriented working environment with keen attention to high quality and details
• Identify and communicating relevant trends, developments and key performance drivers relevant to the client
• Create presentations and using technology to continually enhance service delivery

Ability to Shape your Future with Confidence by:

• Developing your professional growth:
  • You'll have unlimited access to educational platforms, EY Badges and EY Degrees, alongside support for certifications. You will experience personalized coaching and feedback, and gain exposure to international projects, through our expansive global network, empowering you to define and achieve your own success.
  • Dive into our innovative GenAI ecosystem, designed to enhance your EY journey and support your career growth. These advanced AI tools will empower you to focus on higher-value work and meaningful interactions, enriching your professional experience like never before.

• Empowering your personal fulfilment: We focus on your financial, social, mental and physical wellbeing.
  • Our competitive rewards package, depending on your experience, includes cutting-edge technological equipment, ticket restaurant vouchers, a private health and life insurance scheme, income protection and an exclusive EY benefits club card that provides a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.
  • Our flexible working arrangement (hybrid model) is defined based on your own preferences and team’s needs, and we enjoy other initiatives such as summer short Fridays and an EY Day Off.
  • Our commitment to a sustainable way of operating, encourages volunteerism, promotes sustainable practices and offers opportunities for you to create a positive societal impact.
  • Our pride lies in working at EY as one of the most recognized employers in Greece through our multiple awards received over the last 3 years (Top Employer, Great Place to Work and Best Workplace in Professional Services & Consulting).

• Fueling an inclusive culture:We prioritize a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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Your key responsibilities

• Project management including proposals for project strategies, planning, definition of tasks and deliverables, quality control, risk analysis and management, status reports, problem reporting and management systems, follow up and organization.
• Guide project activities and review deliverables as applicable.
• Participate in functional and technical working groups and progress meetings, collaborate effectively with project stakeholders in Waterfall or Agile or hybrid delivery environments.
• Estimate costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to agreed terms of reference.
• Prepare and maintain project and quality plans and tracks activities against the plan, provide regular and accurate reports.
• Monitor costs, timescales and resources used, and take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances. Ensure that delivered IT systems/solutions are implemented within these criteria.
• Manage the change control procedure gaining agreement for revisions to the project from project sponsors.

To qualify for the role you must have

• University degree in a relevant subject.
• 2- 10 years of professional experience in IT Solutions Project Management.
• Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills in Greek and English.
• Good knowledge of English, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to learn and continuously expand technical and business skills
• Travelling availability and potential work on projects abroad.
• Completed military obligations (where applicable).
• Proven experience in managing the full life-cycle (all phases) of an IT project
• Knowledge and experience with Waterfall and/or Agile and/or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Experience in an Agile team role (e.g. Scrum Master, Product Owner, Tribe/Chapter Lead, Release Train Engineer) would be an additional asset although not a prerequisite
• Very good MS- Project and MS-Office skills; JIRA tool skills are desirable
• Project Management and/or Agile certifications are desirable

What we look for

What’s most important is that you’re dedicated to working with your colleagues as part of a high-performing team. You’ll need to demonstrate enthusiasm, high motivation and passion to develop fast in a multinational working environment. You’ll need to thrive in picking up new skills and talents as you go, so natural curiosity, a lot of questions and the confidence to speak up when you see something that could be improved are essential. If you’ve got the right combination of technical knowledge and communication skills, this role is for you.

Ability to Shape your Future with Confidence by:

• Developing your professional growth:
• You'll have unlimited access to educational platforms, EY Badges and EY Degrees, alongside support for certifications. You will experience personalized coaching and feedback, and gain exposure to international projects, through our expansive global network, empowering you to define and achieve your own success.
• Dive into our innovative GenAI ecosystem, designed to enhance your EY journey and support your career growth. These advanced AI tools will empower you to focus on higher-value work and meaningful interactions, enriching your professional experience like never before.

• Empowering your personal fulfilment: We focus on your financial, social, mental and physical wellbeing.
• Our competitive rewards package, depending on your experience, includes cutting-edge technological equipment, ticket restaurant vouchers, a private health and life insurance scheme, income protection and an exclusive EY benefits club card that provides a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.
• Our flexible working arrangement (hybrid model) is defined based on your own preferences and team’s needs, and we enjoy other initiatives such as summer short Fridays and an EY Day Off.
• Our commitment to a sustainable way of operating, encourages volunteerism, promotes sustainable practices and offers opportunities for you to create a positive societal impact.
• Our pride lies in working at EY as one of the most recognized employers in Greece through our multiple awards received over the last 3 years (Top Employer, Great Place to Work and Best Workplace in Professional Services & Consulting).

• Fueling an inclusive culture: We prioritize a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Our Assurance Forensic & Integrity Services (Forensics) team is growing and as an Assistant Manager, you will play a key role in that growth. Working with clients across all industries, you will develop innovative recommendations to some of the most complex assurance projects including fraud and corruption issues around. Since we work with such a diverse portfolio of clients across industries and geographies, you can expect to take on a wide range of prevention and detection projects, making this a great place to develop your skills and business knowledge.

Your key responsibilities

As all clients have unique challenges, it is no exaggeration to say that you will never be engaged in the same type of client work for too long. You will work on both Audit and Assurance engagements, as well as high profile Compliance, Integrity, and Fraud investigation projects. You will support our teams and clients in proactively monitoring and addressing significant risks within their businesses.

Your work will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Audit and Assurance engagements

• Internal Control System and Corporate Governance assessments

• Fraud investigations and dispute services

• Compliance and Integrity assessments

Additionally, you will assist in producing robust reports and deliverables in both English and Greek, contributing to our mission to Shape the Future with Confidence.

To qualify for the role, you should have

• Relevant working experience in external audit services or relevant positions on financial accounting/reporting roles
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or any quantitative degree.
• Results-oriented approach with keen attention to high quality and accuracy and distinct willingness to learn
• Attention to detail
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Excellent written and verbal communication in Greek and English
• ACCA/ACA/JES/AMP will be considered as a plus

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Forensic accounting skills

• ACAMS/CFE qualification
• Other foreign languages advanced skills

Ability to Shape your Future with Confidence by:

• Developing your professional growth:
• You'll have unlimited access to educational platforms, EY Badges and EY Degrees, alongside support for certifications. You will experience personalized coaching and feedback, and gain exposure to international projects, through our expansive global network, empowering you to define and achieve your own success.
• Dive into our innovative GenAI ecosystem, designed to enhance your EY journey and support your career growth. These advanced AI tools will empower you to focus on higher-value work and meaningful interactions, enriching your professional experience like never before.

• Empowering your personal fulfilment: We focus on your financial, social, mental and physical wellbeing.
• Our competitive rewards package, depending on your experience, includes cutting-edge technological equipment, ticket restaurant vouchers, a private health and life insurance scheme, income protection and an exclusive EY benefits club card that provides a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.
• Our flexible working arrangement (hybrid model) is defined based on your own preferences and team’s needs, and we enjoy other initiatives such as summer short Fridays and an EY Day Off.
• Our commitment to a sustainable way of operating, encourages volunteerism, promotes sustainable practices and offers opportunities for you to create a positive societal impact.
• Our pride lies in working at EY as one of the most recognized employers in Greece through our multiple awards received over the last 3 years (Top Employer, Great Place to Work and Best Workplace in Professional Services & Consulting).

• Fueling an inclusive culture:We prioritize a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

We are currently seeking professionals to strengthen our Corporate Reporting Services (CRS) and Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) teams. Our CRS and FAAS teams consist of a group of experts whose day-to-day activities exist in supporting fast growing companies to take the next step (e.g. being an IPO or sale to a third-party investor) while supporting our clients with their ongoing corporate reporting responsibilities. This involves among others, preparation of high-quality IFRS financial statements and other parts of their annual reports, complying with new and more complex IFRS accounting standards and IFRS sustainability standards, and meeting the demands of regulators who demonstrate heightened interest in corporate reporting, transparency and connectivity. At the same time, the increasing need for dealing with complex financial reporting issues and interpreting technical requirements along with compliance with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is high on the agenda of our profession but also of big corporate and financial institutions.

Your key responsibilities

As Assistant Manager/Manager will support clients’ accounting advisory engagements, provide technical accounting support, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality work. This role requires strong technical knowledge of IFRS, project coordination skills, and the ability to mentor junior team members.

Skills and attributes for success

• Supporting in researching IFRS accounting issues
• Supporting in pre-issuance IFRS technical reviews on IFRS financial statements
• Fostering an efficient, innovative and team-oriented working environment by maintaining cooperative relationships that lead to open communications and sharing of information
• Ability to network effectively within large organizations and build relationships with colleagues and clients
• Building strong relationships with clients working collaboratively to achieve their goals
• Demonstrating positive attitude, professionalism, teamwork competences, project management and leadership skills and high level of self-motivation and desire to exceed expectations
• Illustrating critical thinking and ability to work in a multi-tasking and results-oriented working environment with keen attention to high quality and accuracy along with strong appetite for development
• Embracing technology to continually enhance service delivery

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Excellent academic background including a bachelor and/or master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration or other appropriate academic major
• Professional accountancy qualification or very close to gaining one (ACCA, ACA, CPA)
• Relevant working experience at a large accounting firm
• Very good IFRS knowledge, strong technical skills, ability to research IFRS technical issues and risk management ability
• Experience in performing IFRS technical analysis, making IFRS calculations and accounting entries for IFRS adjustments and preparing IFRS financial statements
• Strong analytical skills that enable you to think out of the box and ability to produce technical arguments and document solutions to complex accounting questions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Greek and English
• Project management skills and proven experience in managing demanding projects

What we look for

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong Technical Knowledge and deep understanding of IFRS and GR GAAP, with the ability to research and interpret complex accounting principles.
• Project Management Ability ensuring meeting deadlines and delivering high-quality services
• Excellent communication skills and can build strong relationships with clients and collaborate effectively within teams.
• Eagerness to stay updated on emerging accounting topics.

Ability to Shape your Future with Confidence by:

• Developing your professional growth:
• You'll have unlimited access to educational platforms, EY Badges and EY Degrees, alongside support for certifications. You will experience personalized coaching and feedback, and gain exposure to international projects, through our expansive global network, empowering you to define and achieve your own success.
• Dive into our innovative GenAI ecosystem, designed to enhance your EY journey and support your career growth. These advanced AI tools will empower you to focus on higher-value work and meaningful interactions, enriching your professional experience like never before.

• Empowering your personal fulfilment: We focus on your financial, social, mental and physical wellbeing.
• Our competitive rewards package, depending on your experience, includes cutting-edge technological equipment, ticket restaurant vouchers, a private health and life insurance scheme, income protection and an exclusive EY benefits club card that provides a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.
• Our flexible working arrangement (hybrid model) is defined based on your own preferences and team’s needs, and we enjoy other initiatives such as summer short Fridays and an EY Day Off.
• Our commitment to a sustainable way of operating, encourages volunteerism, promotes sustainable practices and offers opportunities for you to create a positive societal impact.
• Our pride lies in working at EY as one of the most recognized employers in Greece through our multiple awards received over the last 3 years (Top Employer, Great Place to Work and Best Workplace in Professional Services & Consulting).

• Fueling an inclusive culture:We prioritize a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Building a better working world

Your key responsibilities

Our clients look to us as trusted consultants, and as a FAAS professional, you will be at the heart of that goal. As FAAS professional you will have a great opportunity to expand your technical knowledge and skills, working on challenging projects for major corporate clients in Greece or in the public sector or as well as major clients abroad and frequently work with other service lines. At the same time, you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to the FAAS team during a time of exciting growth.

You will be provided with the opportunity to further develop your expertise, differentiate yourself from your peers and be part of a dynamic and growing part of the firm.

Skills and attributes for success

• Fostering an efficient, innovative and team-oriented working environment by maintaining cooperative relationships that lead to open communications and sharing of information
• Building strong relationships with clients working collaboratively to achieve their goals
• Demonstrating positive attitude, professionalism, teamwork competences, project management and leadership skills and high level of self-motivation and desire to exceed expectations
• Illustrating critical thinking and ability to work in a multi-tasking and results-oriented working environment with keen attention to high quality and accuracy along with strong appetite for development
• Embracing technology to continually enhance service delivery

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Excellent academic background including a bachelor and/or master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration or other appropriate academic major
• Professional accountancy qualification or working towards gaining one (ACCA, ACA, CPA, SOEL) could be considered an asset
• Experience within an accounting firm, ideally within accounting advisory or transaction accounting with more than 9 years of experience
• Excellent accounting knowledge, strong technical skills, ability to research accounting technical issues and recognized risk management ability. IPSAS knowledge will be considered an asset.
• Experience in performing accounting technical analysis, making calculations, drawing-up the accounting entries for accounting adjustments and preparing full set of financial statements.
• Experience in the public sector will be considered an asset
• Professional acumen in analyzing complex accounting issues and providing solutions in accordance with the relevant accounting standards and legislation
• Strong analytical skills that enable you to think out of the box and come with good ideas to help our clients address their complex accounting questions.
• Substantial knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook applications
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Greek and English and the ability to explain specialized concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Results-oriented approach with keen attention to high quality and accuracy
• Ability to work under tight timelines.

Ability to Shape your Future with Confidence by:

• Developing your professional growth:
  • You'll have unlimited access to educational platforms, EY Badges and EY Degrees, alongside support for certifications. You will experience personalized coaching and feedback, and gain exposure to international projects, through our expansive global network, empowering you to define and achieve your own success.
  • Dive into our innovative GenAI ecosystem, designed to enhance your EY journey and support your career growth. These advanced AI tools will empower you to focus on higher-value work and meaningful interactions, enriching your professional experience like never before.

• Empowering your personal fulfilment: We focus on your financial, social, mental and physical wellbeing.
  • Our competitive rewards package, depending on your experience, includes cutting-edge technological equipment, ticket restaurant vouchers, a private health and life insurance scheme, income protection and an exclusive EY benefits club card that provides a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.
  • Our flexible working arrangement (hybrid model) is defined based on your own preferences and team’s needs, and we enjoy other initiatives such as summer short Fridays and an EY Day Off.
  • Our commitment to a sustainable way of operating, encourages volunteerism, promotes sustainable practices and offers opportunities for you to create a positive societal impact.
  • Our pride lies in working at EY as one of the most recognized employers in Greece through our multiple awards received over the last 3 years (Top Employer, Great Place to Work and Best Workplace in Professional Services & Consulting).

• Fueling an inclusive culture:We prioritize a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

for the third consecutive year, certified as afor a second year in a row, and awarded as

future-focused skillsand equip you withworld-class experiencesthrough coaching and training programs as well as the use ofadvanced technology and AI. We’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a

over 2.600 professionals in Greece, to experience great flexibility under ourhybrid operating modelacross our offices in Athens, Patras, and Thessaloniki and help to

As part of our AI & Data team of the Technology Consulting practice, you will work with multi-disciplinary teams to support clients in a wide range of data initiatives aiming to generate and present new, useful and actionable insights. You will have the opportunity to work and take responsibilities in challenging engagements, gaining exposure to clients in various sectors both in Greece and abroad.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Participation in large-scale client engagements.
• Leading the delivery of innovative and engaging data engineering solutions.
• Mentoring and supervising teams.
• Understanding of business and technical requirements, provision of subject matter expertise and implementation of data engineering techniques.
• Conducting data discovery activities, performing root cause analysis and making recommendations for the remediation of data quality issues.
• Putting into practice good organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and complete multiple complex projects under tight deadlines.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• A BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or other related, quantitative fields.
• At least 4 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in leading teams.
• Experience in Data Warehouses and/or Big Data and/or Cloud.
• Good knowledge of Data Management and DWH concepts.
• Working experience with leading ETL tools.

What We Look For

• Strong analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Team building skills and ability to guide junior team members.
• Advanced communication skills.
• Desire to investigate and try-out new tools and technologies as they are released.
• Ability to work under tight timelines across different projects.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively within high-performing teams.
• Confidence to convey technical advice and guidance to clients.
• Advanced technical writing skills in Greek and English (additional languages will be a plus).
• Self-motivation and continuous development.

Ability to Shape your Future with Confidence by:

• Developing your professional growth:
  • You'll have unlimited access to educational platforms, EY Badges and EY Degrees, alongside support for certifications. You will experience personalized coaching and feedback, and gain exposure to international projects, through our expansive global network, empowering you to define and achieve your own success.
  • Dive into our innovative GenAI ecosystem, designed to enhance your EY journey and support your career growth. These advanced AI tools will empower you to focus on higher-value work and meaningful interactions, enriching your professional experience like never before.

• Empowering your personal fulfilment: We focus on your financial, social, mental and physical wellbeing.
  • Our competitive rewards package, depending on your experience, includes cutting-edge technological equipment, ticket restaurant vouchers, a private health and life insurance scheme, income protection and an exclusive EY benefits club card that provides a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.
  • Our flexible working arrangement (hybrid model) is defined based on your own preferences and team’s needs, and we enjoy other initiatives such as summer short Fridays and an EY Day Off.
  • Our commitment to a sustainable way of operating, encourages volunteerism, promotes sustainable practices and offers opportunities for you to create a positive societal impact.
  • Our pride lies in working at EY as one of the most recognized employers in Greece through our multiple awards received over the last 3 years (Top Employer, Great Place to Work and Best Workplace in Professional Services & Consulting).

• Fueling an inclusive culture: We prioritize a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Your Key Responsibilities

In your new role, you will work closely with our clients, advising on diverse projects:

• Participate in technology transformation projects under CFO agenda, helping clients to streamline processes, assess technology implemented from a business perspective and recommend best practices.
• Participate in financial analysis initiatives including financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting
• Support projects related to management reporting, documentation of processes and policy manuals
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions that address complex business challenges.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Excellent academic background including a bachelor and/or master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Accounting, Management Science & Technology or other appropriate academic major
• Relevant working experience in Financial Analysis or Accounting or Process Automation oriented role within a well-established company or a consulting firm.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Hands-on experience with business intelligence technologies such as SQL, RPAs and Power BI
• Professional accountancy qualification or working towards gaining one (ACCA, ACA, CFA, CMA, CIMA).

What we look for

We are on the lookout for an experienced professional who will:

• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented working environment by maintaining cooperative relationships that lead to open communications and sharing of information
• Collaborate effectively with Managers and Senior Managers at the planning, execution and wrap-up stages of FAAS engagements
• Build strong relationships with clients working collaboratively to achieve their goals

Ability to Shape your Future with Confidence by:

• Developing your professional growth:
• You'll have unlimited access to educational platforms, EY Badges and EY Degrees, alongside support for certifications. You will experience personalized coaching and feedback, and gain exposure to international projects, through our expansive global network, empowering you to define and achieve your own success.
• Dive into our innovative GenAI ecosystem, designed to enhance your EY journey and support your career growth. These advanced AI tools will empower you to focus on higher-value work and meaningful interactions, enriching your professional experience like never before.

• Empowering your personal fulfilment: We focus on your financial, social, mental and physical wellbeing.
• Our competitive rewards package, depending on your experience, includes cutting-edge technological equipment, ticket restaurant vouchers, a private health and life insurance scheme, income protection and an exclusive EY benefits club card that provides a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.
• Our flexible working arrangement (hybrid model) is defined based on your own preferences and team’s needs, and we enjoy other initiatives such as summer short Fridays and an EY Day Off.
• Our commitment to a sustainable way of operating, encourages volunteerism, promotes sustainable practices and offers opportunities for you to create a positive societal impact.
• Our pride lies in working at EY as one of the most recognized employers in Greece through our multiple awards received over the last 3 years (Top Employer, Great Place to Work and Best Workplace in Professional Services & Consulting).

• Fueling an inclusive culture:We prioritize a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment, where you’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.