Mergers & Acquisition - Executive Karachi jobs at Ey in Pakistan, Karachi

Your Key Responsibilities

• Being responsible for AR ledgers of a group of countries in the region:
• Interacting with AR Cash application team to provide them with accurate information on the required allocation of certain client payments
• Using your communication skills and process knowledge to obtain payment information from onshore finance teams and client serving teams
• Following and developing a protocol to enable payment identification and timely allocation and using your problem-solving skills to try and build sustainable solutions to removing obstacles related to the payment allocation process
• Proactively monitor unapplied cash and on account payments, conduct the necessary research to identify and apply these, and assist in cash application corrections
• Investigate and resolve internal engagement team’s queries regarding allocation, reallocation, and checking of remittance in the bank statement
• Working on client’s refund by obtaining necessary approvals and other process documents, coordinating with the firm’s AP department to ensure a timely resolution
• Interacting with the firm’s IFM department to resolve payment allocation issues related to interfirm accounts
• Process and ways of working development: constantly seeking better ways of working across the client engagement-to-cash lifecycle and working with engagement teams, the cash application team and other finance teams to help improve their processes and practices
• Generating customer statements, balance confirmations etc; Working with client AP departments around account reconciliations

Skills And Attributes For Success

Analytical skills: ability to oversee client- and payment related information to identify issues and to ensure timely payment allocation and related problem solving

• Communication skills: able to communicate effectively with other internal teams and stakeholders
• Problem solving mindset: Able to constructively challenge existing approaches; Ability to influence local teams, internal functions and client organizations
• Organization & Prioritization skills
• Numeracy, MS Excel / SAP
• Good knowledge of collections systems and tools
• Appropriate language skills

To qualify, you must have

• Graduate or higher degree in finance, business or related field
• 2+ years of finance experience, with particular emphasis on accounts receivable, cash application, billing and collections
• Experience using SAP
• For internal candidate a knowledge of our engagement lifecycle with an understanding of our cash application processes
• Drive to identify root cause issues and support remediation efforts, through a relentless problem-solving ethos

Ideally, you will also have

• An understanding of service offerings in a professional services environment
• Experience of deploying new tools and ways of working into remote teams
• Experience of continuous improvement methodologies and leveraging them in a dynamic environment

What We Offer

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

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Your key responsibilities

• Manage stakeholder expectations, project plans and communications, and provide status updates as needed to continuously advance service delivery
• Act as the knowledge manager for the engagement team, managing internal databases and/or portals designed to facilitate global team communications and coordination of go-to-market strategy
• Take complete ownership of engagement economics (e.g., hours/budgets/estimates to complete, fees, billings, Work in Process spreadsheets), proactively collaborating with relevant team members to resolve any issues that arise
• Collaborate with the account team, business development and resource management teams to achieve team goals
• Coordinate risk management processes, such as engagement letters, client continuance, independence, family tree, preapproval and other regulatory requirements

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Minimum of 1–2 years of experience in account or project management, customer service, or a related support role
• A degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Communication, or a related field is preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to interact effectively with clients and team members
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to address challenges proactively
• High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple tasks accurately
• Strong organizational and time management skills to handle a high volume of work efficiently
• Client-focused mindset with a commitment to delivering exceptional service and building long-term relationships
• Collaborative team player with the ability to work effectively in a team environment

Supervising Associate- MENA Finance –FP&A

As we roll out ‘All In” across our firms, the PBFA function becomes even more critical to help maintain/improve profitability and provide strategic insights. The support role will be instrumental in helping the Service Line FP&A Lead to carry out this role.

This role requires a finance professional offering support to the MENA Service Line PBFA Lead on P&L analysis and other KPIs. The role will establish best in class support, functional expertise and reporting solutions with a particular focus on analytics and financial modelling.

Your key responsibilities:

• Develop a good understanding of the FP&A cycle in a year, along with SL performance KPIs.
• Conduct data analysis on large sets of data, to give leadership insights on performance and profitability, to drive business decisions.
• Lead in the development of financial models for different scenarios to assess the impacts of changing levers.
• Support Operations team in various reporting and analytical requirements.
• Collaborate with GDS, Experience Management, Talent and Markets team to ensure accurate financial input.
• With time, develop effective working relationships with the extended Finance team and Tax leadership team.
• Participate in various improvement initiatives and information gathering activities within PBFA space.
• Be the Go-to-Person for all analysis and financial modelling.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Keen to solve problems and provide a credible solution.
• Ensure delivery of exceptional client service to all stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills, with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Good time management skills and able to balance multiple priorities by considering risk, importance and level of urgency.
• Eagerness to learn quickly, be proactive and ask questions.
• Well-developed listening skills.

To qualify for the role, you must be:

• Willing to work in a fast-paced environment with a strong work ethic.
• Able to interact well with people at all levels within the firm and build strong relationships.
• Having a strong knowledge of MS Office Packages. Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Power BI and Word in particular.
• Having excellent communications and organizational skills.
• Detail oriented and eager to analyze and solve complex cases
• Have a finance-related degree or a qualified accountant
• Have 4-6 years of relevant work experience
• Be an innovative, confident and creative thinker with the ability to make quick decisions.

Your key responsibilities

You will spend your time assisting with and managing the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding transfer pricing engagements, ensuring technical and practical excellence to maximize client service quality.

Moreover, you will be a core contributor to the development of the practice through initiatives such as delivering internal training, developing precedents, sharing knowhow, participating in team and firm events, giving internal and external presentations, and producing expert articles for publications.

Skills and attributes for success

You will also need to have strong technical knowledge and subject matter expertise on the various topics related to international tax in addition to a keen understanding of the tax laws and codes of the jurisdictions you are expected to work with.

Qualifications & Experience

• A relevant Bachelor’s degree focused on Tax, Economics, Accounting, or Finance, or related area.
• 6 years or more of relevant, client-facing international tax or transfer pricing advisory experience.
• Strong managerial, organizational, project management, analytical and verbal/written communication skills.
• Experience of managing a team and/or mentoring and developing more junior team members.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• An approved professional qualification such as ADIT, ATT, ACCA, CPA, CA, or LLB. Alternatively, a relevant Masters’ degree is also acceptable.
• Fluency in Arabic, both written and spoken.

MENA Tax - Global Compliance & Reporting, Senior Consultant

As part of a MENA team, you will be providing high quality services to clients across a range of industries. You will look after service delivery, coordination, issue resolution, and contract management of large-scale projects where you will need to execute the delivery of tax services by EY teams in the region.

Key responsibilities

You will work hand in hand with our tax and accounting professionals to help deliver our clients’ compliance and reporting needs. You will also establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships with clients to help ensure that the services delivered are of the highest standards and are done on time.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day execution of client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, partake in the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, escalate issues as appropriate and follow performance-improvement solutions.

In addition to the above, you will be supporting the team in marketing and business development initiatives to grow our GCR client base in the region. You are also expected to support GCR proposals by providing assistance on fee gathering for corporate income tax, indirect tax, statutory accounts preparation, and bookkeeping.

Skills and attributes for success

If you are an excellent communicator and detail-oriented professional who is comfortable working across borders with a wide network of people and with large amount of data, you will be perfect for the role.

Roles to have

• A bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials in accounting, business, finance, taxation or any related essential fields.
• Preferably an MBA, Masters or another related advanced degree and/or professional qualifications e.g. CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT or equivalent qualification.
• Strong knowledge and minimum 3 years of experience in tax compliance, financial reporting and ERP systems, ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience of dealing with multinational clients and ability to work in multi-cultural environment.
• Excellent analytical, management and leadership skills.
• Effective organization and time management skills with ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines.
• Ability to multitask and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

What we offer

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

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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.

Your key responsibilities

As a member of the Audit team, you will support engagements by collaborating with team members, maintaining communication, and updating senior staff. You will assist in meetings with management teams and prepare reports for clients.

Skills and attributes for success

To thrive here, embrace proactivity, accountability, and a results-driven mindset. Effectively managing priorities, understanding resources, and communicating well will enhance your performance and positively influence others. Strong academic record, professional accounting qualification, such as ACCA/ CPA/ CA along with a thorough professional experience in external audit at a reputed firm is required.

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