Senior Associate - Tax Reporting Technology Belfast jobs at Ey in United Kingdom, Belfast

Join our Government and Infrastructure Advisory (G&IA) team and you join a team of experienced professionals who bring to clients excellence in the planning, procurement and delivery of infrastructure. You will advise both public and private sector organisations that require support in developing and managing large scale infrastructure projects across a range of sectors. You will also advise on the long-term operation of assets and the creation of high performing organisations.

Your key responsibilities

• Working effectively as a senior member of the team under the supervision of Partners within SaT G&IA as well as other EY departments in both Ireland and internationally on the following assignments:

o Strategic advice - various advice relating to strategic matters, which vary considerably from client to client

o PPPs – advising public and private clients in relation to the procurement and funding of infrastructure assets through PPP

• Understanding our client requirements, co-developing our approach with the client, and providing value to our clients through insights, factual conclusions, and advice.
• Develop and maintain business relationships and market profile with a view to winning business for the practice
• Lead and manage a challenging and varied client portfolio, both public and private side
• Develop and maintain new products and service offerings
• Lead both internal and external projects
• Responsible for client engagement on assignments on day-to-day basis; updating client on project progress; discussing tasks to be completed and deliverables to be provided.
• Actively managing project financials and administration including client take on process, WIP control, billing etc.
• A focus on anticipating and identifying risks that require escalation and subsequently escalating these risks to more senior staff as appropriate.
• Working closely with colleagues you will ensure that work is properly executed, documented and concluded in compliance with our Quality & Risk Management guidelines.
• Actively establishing, maintaining, and strengthening your internal and external relationships.
• As an influential member of the team, you will help create a positive learning culture. You will be responsible for mentoring and developing more junior members of staff and providing constructive feedback on both a formal and informal basis. You will also be responsible for recruitment and retention of team members.
• Maintaining and constantly upgrading technical knowledge and personal skills.

Skills and attributes for success

• Ideally you will have an accounting qualification – Chartered Accountant or equivalent; a sound grasp of Irish Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and/or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and financial accounting
• High level of business awareness and a strong understanding of the factors that drive financial performance
• Highly numerate with a sound grasp of Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• A track record in infrastructure advisory and/or corporate finance advisory, experience of working in a professional services environment, and exposure to high profile transactions, would all be a distinct advantage
• Familiarity with the development or formal review of financial models is a pre-requisite
• Strong leadership skills, willingness to learn and a positive attitude
  

To qualify for the role you must have

• Qualified with ACA, ACCA or equivalent qualification with proven relevant and transferrable work experience
• Relevant degree, numeric subjects preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills and client focus are important, as well as attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Demonstrable organization and self-management skills
• Excellent business development and relationship management skills

What we look for

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. 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 right individual will be technically competent with previous practical experience in reviewing complex self-assessment tax returns.

Your key responsibilities:

• Efficient management, review and sign-off a mixed portfolio of private client tax compliance and related services.
• Building and maintaining relationships with clients and colleagues, and providing excellent client service, identifying opportunities and managing expectations.
• Mentoring and technical support of the team.
• Assistance to the senior team on more technical project or advisory work, where appropriate.
• Opportunity to be involved in business development opportunities.
• Effective billing management.

Skills and Experience required for the role

• Relevant/appropriate tax experience in a similar role.
• Efficient technical review of a mixed portfolio of private client’s tax compliance and related services.
• Management and delivery of client expectations, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business driven approach
• Mentoring and providing technical guidance to the team
• Ability to plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budgets and fees.
• Ability to integrate with new teams quickly and build effective relationships at all levels
• Confident with good relationship skills and ability to manage client expectations
• Client focused and commercially aware
• Strong technical skills and keen to develop further
• Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out an effective review and know when to refer upwards

Qualifications

• CTA preferred; or
• ATT/ACA/CA/ACCA with relevant tax experience; or
• Demonstrable experience in a Managerial role within a private client tax environment.

What 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.

Please note;

Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity& inclusiveness

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.

People Consulting - Training & Change – Manager

Our work is varied and challenging; from embedding cultural and behavioural change and training across an organisation to creating an organisation design that determines effective organisation solutions. We manage communications and stakeholders, plan and implement change journeys and offer an understanding of the HR structures, practices and policies required to support the organisation.

Your key responsibilities

• You will develop strategic training and change management plans aligned with client / organisational goals and best practices.
• You will be experienced in the full project lifecycle, from concept through to implementation
• You will design and customise training and change management programmes, workshops and materials tailored to client needs.
• You will have experience in the end-to-end project management of training and change programmes for clients
• You will lead the development of project plans including defining the scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines.
• You will create and maintain project governance, track progress, and identify and mitigate risks to ensure successful completion of projects.
• You will incorporate innovative learning and change methodologies, technologies to enhance engagement and effectiveness.
• You will implement programme evaluation frameworks / mechanisms to assess the impact and effectiveness of training and change initiatives.
• You will be responsible for building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• You will play an active role in growing our business by identifying potential business opportunities. This entails understanding potential client’s needs and supporting business proposals.

To qualify for the role, you must

• Be degree qualified and have relevant professional experience; applicants will preferably have prior consulting experience in a client facing role on large or complex transformation programmes.
• Be experienced in using relevant training / L&D tools, templates, and change management methodologies.
  
• Experience in Oracle training is preferrable
• Be professional, quickly establishing personal credibility and demonstrating expertise.
• Have strong personal impact and resilience and be able to influence clients and stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions.
• Be pragmatic - taking a practical approach to solving issues and gaining client agreement.
• Be able to analyse complex problems and to deliver insightful, practical, and sustainable solutions.
• Be focused on achieving project / programme goals and objectives.
• Be experienced of full project lifecycle from concept through to implementation.
• Have proven experience structuring and managing projects or programmes of work which meet client expectations and mitigate any risks or issues.

What we look for

We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate real impact within various areas of People Consulting for our clients. We require people who can build our service offerings, understand client needs, grow our internal capability, and connect effectively across our global People Consulting practice to maximise our global knowledge and experience in supporting clients.

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching 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.

Senior Manager, Transaction Diligence, Belfast or Derry/Londonderry

The Transaction Diligence team at EY currently has exciting opportunities. You'll work with a high-performing, integrated team which focuses on a variety of high-profile IPOs and transactions. You'll have a diverse range of stretching experiences which will give you continuous learning and development opportunities as well as a great sense of achievement.

You will be working alongside experienced due diligence professionals, where you will continue to develop your skills to perform due diligence in a range of situations and sectors. There is the opportunity for travel, both within the UK and potentially internationally. When working on projects you will almost always be working as part of a wider cross service line team.

Skills and attributes for success

• Commercial thinking and ability to analyse businesses at pace
• An ability to interact with and challenge management teams
• Strong attention to detail with a logical and methodical approach
• Team working and communication skills

To qualify for the role you must have

• A Degree (ideally in a financially related topic)
• ACA (or equivalent) qualification ideally with First Time Passes
• Project management and Excel skills
• Evidence of report writing skills
• A passion to provide high quality service to your clients

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Transactions experience
• Client facing experience from a professional services background

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 thrive in picking up new skills 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.

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. 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.

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Our Forensic & Integrity Services (Forensics) team is growing. As a Business Conduct & Ethics Associate/Senior Associate in our UK&I Managed Services Delivery Centre in Belfast you’ll play a key role in that growth.

Your key responsibilities

You will support our clients to proactively monitor and address important risks within their businesses, including those which may arise from their relationships with third parties and business partners. These may include bribery and corruption, sanctions, human rights, sustainability, reputational risk and fraud.

Because all clients have unique issues, no two projects look the same. However, the type work you undertake may include:

• Conducting and reviewing risk assessments on client organisations and/or their third parties
• Reviewing policies, procedures, and other key documentation
• Using open sources and proprietary databases to conduct research and background checks
• Analysing and interpreting company data and financial information
• Preparing clear and concise factual reports
• Highlighting risks or issues for escalation or remediation, and supporting with remediation efforts
• Liaising with clients and third parties
• Project management

Skills and attributes for success

• A curious and inquisitive approach to your work
• A strong desire to learn and absorb new information and ideas quickly
• The ability to quickly and effectively interpret and summarise information from multiple sources
• Attention to detail with a commitment to high quality and factual accuracy
• The ability to adapt and be flexible in a dynamic environment
• The ability to work both independently and within a team environment
• Time management and multitasking skills
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal abilities

To qualify for the role you must have

• Fluency and strong report writing skills in English
• Fluency or advanced working proficiency (including reading comprehension) in at least one of the following foreign languages:(Japanese, mandarin, Arabic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, Italian)
• Experience of conducting research and drafting reports, articles or essays in a professional or academic environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A year or more of professional experience
• Experience in reviewing and analysing financial data
• Knowledge and experience with Business Conduct & Ethics topics such as bribery and corruption, sanctions, fraud, and third party risk.

What we offer

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. 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.

Please note;

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

• Helping clients unlock value from their information assets through collaboration with domain experts and by embedding innovative data analytics solutions in existing services lines
• Leading diverse teams with varying skillsets, who use different Data and Analytics technologies.
• The ability to adapt your leadership style to fit team, client, and cultural needs. They will look to you to anticipate and identify risks and escalate issues as appropriate. As an influential member of the team, you’ll create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior members of the team and help them develop
• Working in multi-disciplinary teams across a range of industries to help our clients transform and improve their business
• A passion to contribute to the growth of the team, bringing energy, enthusiasm, and the courage to lead and develop others
• Drawing on your knowledge and experience, you’ll create innovative insights which will add value to both our clients and to the broader society
• Champion operational efficiency improvements on projects and internal initiatives
• Consistently drive projects to completion, ensuring the work is of high quality.
• Contribute to the development of the wider Data & Analytics team’s future by building our brand, by attending relevant events, collaborating with other internal teams, producing thought leadership, etc
• Actively establish, maintain, and strengthen internal and external relationships. With guidance from partners, directors, and other senior managers, you’ll identify potential business opportunities for EY to incubate or drive new solutions and services

Skills and attributes for success

• Relevant experience in consulting or industry with significant management experience
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and develop others, effectively communicate, budgets, managing client expectations, delivering quality projects, timelines, etc.
• Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical colleagues and clients
• Proven work experience as a Data Architect
• Experience of gathering and analysing system requirements
• Proven cloud data architecture experience (Azure/AWS)
• Deep understanding of both relational and non-relational databases
• Ability to design cloud architectures at a conceptual, logical, and physical level
• Analytically minded and can assimilate and apply new techniques and knowledge, to deliver insights and solve problems
• Professional with ability to work in diverse, evolving, and dynamic client environments
• Experience in the following aspects of the data analytics lifecycle, for example:
  • Cloud and Data Architecture
  • Data Pipelines and ETL/ELT
  • Data Modelling
  • Understanding of Data Governance principles
• A completed degree (bachelors, masters, or PhD) or relevant professional experience
• It would be advantageous if you had attained data-related cloud certifications in Azure and/or AWS

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Experience in consulting or industry with significant management experience
• Demonstrated ability to supervise and develop others, effectively communicate, budgets, managing client expectations, delivering quality projects, timelines, etc.
• Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical colleagues and clients
• Proven work experience as a Data Architect
• Experience of gathering and analysing system requirements
• Proven cloud data architecture experience (Azure/AWS)
• Deep understanding of both relational and non-relational databases
• Ability to design cloud architectures at a conceptual, logical, and physical level

What 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.

Please note;

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.