Mena Assurance Graduate Development - Assistant Director jobs at Ey in United Arab Emirates, Dubai

Your key responsibilities

You will combine strong technical skills with practical commercial, legislative and industry knowledge to lead a team in providing tax services. You will be responsible for a team to help manage our clients’ compliance and reporting needs. You will establish, maintain and strengthen valued internal and external relationships and ensure that the services delivered to clients is of the highest quality.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day management of client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, put in place the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, escalate issues as appropriate and drive performance-improvement solutions. You will supervise high performing teams and build a positive learning culture, coaching and counseling junior team members to help them develop. You will also be responsible for ensuring adherence to our Tax Quality guidelines.

Skills and attributes for success

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

Qualification and Experience

• A bachelor's degree with strong academic credentials in accounting, business, finance, taxation or any related essential fields.
• MBA, master’s or another related advanced degree and/or professional qualifications e.g. CA, CPA, ACCA, CTA, ADIT or equivalent qualification.
• A very strong knowledge and minimum of 4 years of experience in domestic and international tax rules/regulations, developments etc., ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment. A very strong background in tax accounting and tax auditing, ideally within a large professional services company or similar environment.
• A strong track record of managerial, organizational and project management experience.

Ideally, you will also

• Have Experience of dealing with multinational clients and ability to work in multi-cultural environment. In-depth commercial, legislative and industry knowledge.

Join a professional tax team spanning the GCC, where you'll work as an experienced transfer pricing specialist in a dynamic, solution-focused environment. We offer exciting projects, a collaborative culture, and the flexibility to shape your workday.

Your key responsibilities

You'll play a key role throughout the project lifecycle, translating data into insights and building strong client relationships across industries. You'll also lead multiple transfer pricing engagements and contribute to high-quality tax planning services.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of 4 years' experience in a similar role – either from another audit house or an in-house transfer pricing section
• An understanding of complex transfer pricing concepts and broad exposure to transfer pricing issues
• Strong organizational, analytical and verbal/written communication skills
• Professional and educational qualifications are Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Commercial Law, Master of Science (MSc) in Business Administration and Auditing or Master of Laws

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Proficiency in Arabic
• A consistent record of excellence in a professional services environment
• Existing transfer pricing experience

Senior Manager / Director Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM)

Languages:Arabic & English (Mandatory)
Experience:12–15 years
Banking, Insurance, and Financial Institutions

Client Delivery and Technical Leadership

• Lead complex risk transformation engagements covering credit, market, liquidity, and operational risk , regulatory capital, and stress testing.
• Design, calibrate, and validate risk models (PD, LGD, EAD) under Basel and IFRS 9.
• Develop and review ICAAP frameworks, capital planning, and stress testing programs for regulatory submission.
• Support clients in strengthening liquidity risk frameworks (LCR, NSFR, IRRBB) and aligning ALM practices with supervisory expectations.
• Advise on operational risk frameworks, RCSA design, loss data analytics, and capital quantification under Basel III/IV.
• Oversee engagement governance, ensuring delivery excellence, client satisfaction, and measurable impact.

Market and Business Development

• Build and manage senior client relationships, including C-suite and Board-level stakeholders.
• Contribute to business development through proposal leadership, solution design, and sector insights.
• Identify emerging client needs (ESG, climate risk, AI governance) and translate them into new service offerings.

People and Practice Development

• Coach and mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of analytical rigor and innovation.
• Develop EY’s intellectual capital through publications, client insights, and participation in industry forums.
• Promote cross-border collaboration with other EY member firms in Europe, APAC, and the GCC.

Desirable / Differentiating Areas

• Lead or contribute to fraud risk analytics using machine learning and anomaly detection.
• Design third-party risk management frameworks for outsourcing and fintech ecosystems.
• Apply AI/ML and automation in model governance, early-warning indicators, and risk reporting.
• Integrate digital, cyber, and resilience considerations into enterprise risk frameworks.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Strong quantitative background and regulatory fluency across credit, market, liquidity, and operational risk domains.
• Deep understanding of Basel III/IV , IFRS 9 , and ICAAP/ILAAP requirements.
• Proficiency in Python, R, SAS, or SQL for quantitative and stress-testing model development.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, capable of engaging both technical and executive audiences.
• Strategic thinker with an ability to translate complex regulations into actionable business solutions.

To Qualify for the Role, You Must Have

• 12–15 years of experience in financial-services risk management, either in consulting or at a Tier-1 bank.
• Demonstrated success leading risk and capital-management transformation programs.
• Experience working directly with regulators (e.g., SAMA, CBUAE, QCB, EBA, APRA, PRA).
• Fluency in Arabic and English (spoken and written).

Ideally, You’ll Also Have

• Exposure to fraud, third-party, or digital-risk domains.
• International project experience across Europe, Australia, or APAC.
• Professional certifications such as FRM , CFA , or PRM .
• Experience leveraging AI/ML for predictive modelling, anomaly detection, or model monitoring.

What We Offer

• A platform to lead risk transformation across the region’s most significant financial institutions.
• Access to EY’s global network of quantitative and regulatory experts.
• Opportunities to innovate with emerging technologies in risk and finance.
• A diverse and inclusive culture that values intellectual curiosity and teamwork.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall day-to-day requirements in client engagements, monitor progress and deliverables, put in place the necessary standardized processes, anticipate and identify risks, resolve or escalate issues as appropriate and drive performance-improvement solutions.
• Assisting clients to improve and implement efficient financial reporting processes, implement new accounting standards, and advise on finance process controls and transformation.
• Assisting clients in their financial accounting processes, period-end closings, assistance in completing external audits, financial statements preparation, general accounting and internal optimization projects.
• Provide technical advice on accounting standards (e.g., IFRS) and tax compliance, conduct analytical procedures, and support clients with complex accounting matters.

Skills and Attributes for Success:

• A relevant professional qualification such as CA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent is required.
• Minimum 5-7 years working experience within a large professional services company or similar environment.
• Extensive and in-depth knowledge of Financial Reporting Standards, relevant tax rules, procedures and guidelines.
• Have ability to win in the market, good negotiation skills and ability to work under challenging situations.
• Willingness to travel within UAE for client requirements.

Your key responsibilities

As an assistant manager, you'll manage FIS projects, including design, implementation, configuration, and integration. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather business requirements, design solutions, and provide expert advice on FIS functionalities. Analyse and optimize treasury processes, identifying areas for improvement and implementing best practices. Conduct client demonstrations and presentations, showcasing the capabilities and benefits of FIS solutions. Provide support in responding to RFPs, preparing proposals, and participating in client discussions. Perform system testing, create test scenarios, and ensure successful data migration and validation for FIS functionalities. Develop and deliver training programs and workshops to enhance end-user understanding and proficiency. Stay updated with the latest industry trends, regulations, and advancements in treasury management, sharing knowledge and insights with the team. Support project management activities, including project planning, resource allocation, and monitoring project progress. Provide long term value led support and maintenance for FIS application, modules, addressing any functional issues or enhancements required. Oversee engagement planning, budgeting, execution, and management.

Skills and attributes for success

Knowledge of treasury and risk management processes, including cash management, bank management, liquidity management, debt & investment management, and financial risk. Experience in configuring FIS functionalities i.e., cash positioning and forecasting, bank account administration, payments processing, foreign exchange, debt and investment management, accounting, compliance, and reporting and in integrating FIS with other systems and external platforms.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, accounting, computer science, or a related field
• Candidates with a minimum of 4+ years of relevant FIS implementation/ support experience in treasury management
• Valid FIS certifications with experience of past at least 2 FIS implementations or long term application support

As a Senior Consultant you’ll build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and develop a portfolio of projects by focusing on high value opportunities. You’ll lead presentations and proposals for complex projects or elements of highly complex projects and provide subject matter insight to bids and proposals. Drawing on your skills and experience, you’ll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Consultant in the Forensics team, you are required to lead and grow a team and to provide strategic sourcing services related to regulatory compliance, corporate governance, fraud risk assessments, enterprise risk management, internal controls to our clients. You are also required to assist organizations to maintain effective and efficient controls, in order to manage organizational and strategic risks.

You will be responsible for managing multiple client engagement teams at an executive level within the practice and the firm. You can expect to work with high level client personnel to address compliance, financial, and operational risks as well as perform internal control testing, develop internal audit plans, and provide internal audit services on an outsourcing basis. You will assess the client’s current state internal controls and SOX framework in order to mitigate risk.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in the Forensics domain coupled with a background in GRC, internal & external audit, risk advisory and compliance and risk assessment with a consulting firm.
• Broad industry expertise and network, and with an establishes experience with a top tier consulting firm
• Lead a team of professionals to combine diverse cross-border experience with local knowledge across a broad spectrum of industries
• Work effectively as a member of a worldwide network of professional advisors, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress
• Strong understanding of expectations of regulators and international organisations such as FATF.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Working experience in the MENA region
• Prior experience in consulting firm
• Fluent Arabic and English communication skills

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.

Requisition Id : 1650638

ASU - FAAS - Financial&AccountingAdv :

1) Ensuring their accounts comply with the requisite audit standards

2) Providing a robust and clear perspective to audit committees and

3) Providing critical information for stakeholders.

Our Service Offerings include External Audit, Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS), IFRS & US GAAP conversion, IPO and other public offering, Corporate Treasury - IFRS 9 accounting & implementation support etc.

Your key responsibilities

Technical Excellence

Your key responsibilities

Support the assessment and redesign of finance processes with a focus on enhancing CFO capabilities in areas like financial reporting, close, control, and automation.
Assist in developing digital finance solutions, including functional support around tech implementation, to streamline and automate critical CFO processes.
Contribute to implementation of SOX/Gaap compliance controls and process controls within finance systems.
Support data analytics initiatives by preparing, modelling, and visualizing financial data to enable CFOs to make strategic decisions.
Help capture reporting requirements, develop dashboards, and deliver insights using BI tools to support CFOs’ oversight and control functions.
Participate in enterprise finance transformation projects, including process automation, technology deployment, and strategic planning.
Support proposal development and contribute to the creation of new service offerings aligned with CFO priorities.
Collaborate with client teams and internal stakeholders to ensure the effective delivery of solutions that improve financial processes and controls.
Contribute to knowledge sharing, asset development, and best practices in digital finance, data analytics, and automation.

Skills and attributes

To qualify for the role you must have
Qualification

Skills and attributes for success

Must have strong knowledge of Finance processes & some accounting standards
Ability to prioritize work on multiple assignments & manage ambiguity
Strong verbal and communication skills
Clarity of thoughts and assertive
Effectiveness and creativity of written expression - logical, readability and conciseness
Ability to meet deadlines
Foundational analytics in areas such as Journal entry testing, Hire to Retire, Procure to Pay, Acquire to Retire Order to Cash, Record to Report, Production and Inventory
Visualization
Data extraction from Client ERPs
Design, review and rectify algorithms, systems and processes to analyze client data, as well as implement them in the appropriate tools and technologies
Hands on experience in analytics in financial reporting
Knowledge of databases, ETL, and hands on experience / theoretical knowledge in SQL
Experience in any of the visualization tools like Tableau, Spotfire, Qlikview, etc.
Knowledge and experience in ERP such as SAP and / or Oracle and data extraction
Proficiency in MS Office Suite (advanced Excel skills & Macros)

Good to have

Experience in NLP/ Web Scraping/ Log Analytics/ TensorFlow/ AI / Beautiful Soup
Experience in Iron Python/JavaScript

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Information Technology, or related fields.
2-6 years of experience in finance process improvement, functional support around tech implementation, data analytics, or automation within a consulting or corporate environment.
Knowledge of CFO-critical finance processes such as financial reporting, close, procure-to-pay, and inter-company accounting.
Familiarity with tech solutions like SAP, Hyperion, other similar platforms, and experience with financial controls, including SOX.
Proficiency in data visualization tools such as Power BI and data modelling such as Alteryx for financial reporting. Or any other ETL tool.
Strong analytical skills, with an understanding of financial data structures and processes.
Effective communicator with a team-oriented mindset, eager to support CFO-led initiatives.
Prior experience supporting digital finance transformation projects is a plus.

What we look for

People with the ability to work in a collaborative manner to provide services across multiple client departments while following the commercial and legal requirements. You will need a practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions. We look for people who are agile, curious, mindful and able to sustain postivie energy, while being adaptable and creative in their approach.

What we offer

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