Assurance - Audit Manager Glasgow Edinburgh jobs at Ey in United Kingdom, Edinburgh

As an auditor at EY, you will provide independent verification of our clients’ compliance with accounting principles. By doing so, you play a meaningful role in helping businesses accurately reflect their financial picture. In return, you can expect leading class learning and development tailored to your unique interests and motivations. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.

Your key responsibilities

Everything you do will come back to providing exceptional audit activities for our clients.

• Leading fieldwork, managing performance and keeping engagement leaders updated on audits.
• Accurately reporting on financial statements and providing meaningful insights into accounting and reporting matters.
• Completing audit processes and documenting higher-risk areas to increase your technical and business skills.
• Engaging clients and providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout transactions.
• Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues.
• Understanding our clients’ unique ambitions and needs and referring them to colleagues in other teams and areas to broaden our business relationships where possible.

Skills and attributes for success

Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a high-profile contact when it comes to resolving complex issues. As you build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries. You'll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Experience delivering and reporting on external audits
• Partly qualified as a chartered accountant e.g. ACA / ACCA / CA / ICAS / ICAEW
• Non-financial services industry exposure

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Sector experience in one or more of the following: Oil & Gas; Energy; Power & Utilities; Retail; Transportation; Aviation; Supply Chain & Logistics; Consumer Goods
• Knowledge of current market issues in the UK
• Experience using SOX 404 and applying UK GAAP and IFRS
• Project management or team leadership experience
• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and a collaborative approach to management

What we look for

We’re interested in people with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so we look for people who will take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

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:

• 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.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.

Your key responsibilities

• Enthusiastic Senior Manager with ability to create, support, sustain and lead effective teams
• Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day leadership of delivery team
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Contribute to people initiatives, including retaining and training international tax professionals
• Significant involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and also through managing junior staff development and assignments
• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide exceptional levels of client service
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and handle challenges
• Business development skills - able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work by proactively managing existing clients and winning new clients.
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding consulting projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business driven approach taken
• Overall responsibility of quality of client service
• Manage possible leads from other areas of the practice
• Build networks and relationships internally and externally for the team to leverage from
• Contribute to successfully extracting maximum value for both EY and clients from the tax services delivered whilst managing risk appropriately for both client and the firm

Skills and attributes for success

What we look for

• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to sell work
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral

• Significant experience in VAT from a professional services background or in-house team
• ATT / ACA / CA or CTA would be an advantage but are not a requirement
• The role would suit an existing Senior Manager, but we are happy to discuss the opportunity with an experienced, ambitious Manager

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget

As an auditor at EY, you will provide independent verification of our clients’ compliance with accounting principles. By doing so, you play a meaningful role in helping businesses accurately reflect their financial picture. In return, you can expect leading class learning and development tailored to your unique interests and motivations. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.

This role is based inin our Audit Centre of Excellence.

Your key responsibilities

Everything you do will come back to providing exceptional audit services for our clients.

• Leading fieldwork and keeping engagement managers updated on audits
• Accurately reporting on financial statements and providing meaningful insights into accounting and reporting matters
• Completing audit processes and documenting higher-risk areas to increase your technical and business skills
• Engaging clients and providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout transactions
• Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends

Skills and attributes for success

Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a high-profile contact when it comes to resolving complex issues. As you build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries. You'll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Experience delivering and reporting on external audits
• Fully qualified as a chartered accountant e.g. ACA / ACCA / CA / ICAS / ICAEW or international equivalent
• Non-financial services industry exposure

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Sector experience in one or more of the following: Oil & Gas; Energy; Power & Utilities; Retail; Transportation; Aviation; Supply Chain & Logistics; Consumer Goods
• Knowledge of current market issues in the UK
• Experience using SOX 404 and applying UK GAAP and IFRS
• Project management or team supervisory experience
• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

What we look for

We’re interested in professionals with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so we look for people who will take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

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:

• 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.

Apply now.

: Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness.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.

As an auditor at EY, you will provide independent verification of our clients’ compliance with accounting principles. By doing so, you play a meaningful role in helping businesses accurately reflect their financial picture and improve their operations. In return, you can expect leading class learning and development tailored to your unique interests and motivations. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.

Your key responsibilities

Everything you do will come back to providing exceptional audit services for our clients.

• Effectively leading engagements in accordance with the firm's methodologies and guidance, professional standards, and local legal and regulatory requirements

• Building and nurturing new business relationships, engaging clients, and providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout transactions

• Understanding our clients’ unique ambitions and needs, delivering value to the client by providing knowledge, ideas, and solutions for improving their business, assessing legal implications

• Successfully and proactively managing multi-disciplinary teams, resolving any challenges, and ensuring the smooth delivery of team operations, client audits and services

• Performance management and coaching of junior colleagues throughout the performance year

• Identifying and acting upon staff needs, including resourcing, learning and development

• Constantly refreshing your understanding of current market trends

Skills and attributes for success

Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a high-profile contact and point of escalation when it comes to resolving complex issues. As you build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries. You'll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Experience planning, leading, and delivering multiple major external audit and assurance engagements (e.g. FTSE 100) in a managerial capacity

• Fully qualified as a chartered accountant e.g. ACA / ACCA / CA / ICAS / ICAEW or international equivalent*

• Excellent technical expertise with proven industry knowledge and sector experience in one or more of the following: Oil & Gas; Energy; Power & Utilities; Retail; Transportation; Aviation; Supply Chain & Logistics; Consumer Goods

• Project and people management experience

*Please note that evidence of qualification status will be requested pre-interview. We kindly request that applicants upload a copy of their qualification certificate at the point of application.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Previous professional experience at Manager level, or equivalent

• Knowledge of current market issues in the UK

• Experience using SOX 404 and applying UK GAAP and IFRS

• Expertise using GAM to perform an assurance engagement in compliance with auditing standards

• An application and solution-based approach to problem solving and a collaborative approach to management

• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

What we look for

We’re interested in professionals with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so we look for people who will take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

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:

• 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.

Apply now.

: Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness.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.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Manage a delivery team on Financial Services Data Platform transformation programmes. A typical programme can include roles such as target state architecture scoping, data analysis, solution design, and end to end implementation management. As a Manager, you can expect significant people leadership responsibilities and will face off to senior members of client teams.
• Business development; including the development of long-term trusted advisor relationships with our clients and Data Platform vendors. You will support RFP responses as well as thought leadership articles that we issue to the market.
• Develop our people through coaching, talent development, recruitment and formal performance management.
• Ensure internal risk and admin processes are adhered to.
• Support the development of new EY data solutions and methods that will improve effectiveness and reduce costs of current practices.
• Proven experience in building data engineering solutions focused on data quality, ingestion, transformation, data modeling, data governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Domain experience in the UK insurance market, experience working with speciality insurance would be advantageous

To qualify for the role, you must have some or all of the following:

• Demonstratable interest and awareness in data, AI & emerging technologies
• Ability to demonstrate strong leadership, problem solving, teamwork and communication skills, and an ability to communicate ideas effectively and clearly both verbally and in writing to a diverse set of business and technical stakeholder groups
• 5+ years of FS experience
• Relevant experience in Data Platform Technologies, including
• Understanding of Snowflake architecture, including basic data warehousing concepts and data sharing capabilities
• Experience using native functionality to deploy and interact with Large Language Models
• The ability to write SQL and/or Python queries for the purposes of transforming, joining and aggregating data
• Ability to analyse datasets and generate insights using Snowflake features
• Practical knowledge of common data engineering and BI/data visualisation integrations such as dbt, Azure Data Factory, PowerBI and Sigma

• Experience of Agile and traditional SDLC delivery methodologies
• A point of view on how the FS industry will continue to evolve and how the technology, innovation and FinTech landscape will shape the future

• Experience creating new AI & Data propositions / assets/ solutions and launching these to the market
• Previous consulting experience would be a plus, but so would the curiosity and ambition to develop your career with a consulting role

• Certifications such as SnowPro Associate and SnowPro Core would be advantageous but not essential and EY will invest in the right candidate to support their professional development

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.

As an auditor at EY, you will provide independent verification of our clients’ compliance with accounting principles. By doing so, you play a meaningful role in helping businesses accurately reflect their financial picture and improve their operations. In return, you can expect leading class learning and development tailored to your unique interests and motivations. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.

Your key responsibilities

Everything you do will come back to providing exceptional audit services for our clients.

• Effectively leading engagements in accordance with the firm's methodologies and guidance, professional standards, and local legal and regulatory requirements

• Building and nurturing new business relationships, engaging clients, and providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout transactions

• Understanding our clients’ unique ambitions and needs, delivering value to the client by providing knowledge, ideas, and solutions for improving their business, assessing legal implications

• Successfully and proactively managing multi-disciplinary teams, resolving any challenges, and ensuring the smooth delivery of team operations, client audits and services

• Performance management and coaching of junior colleagues throughout the performance year

• Identifying and acting upon staff needs, including resourcing, learning and development

• Constantly refreshing your understanding of current market trends

Skills and attributes for success

Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a high-profile contact and point of escalation when it comes to resolving complex issues. As you build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries. You'll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory.

To qualify for the role you must have

• Experience planning, leading, and delivering multiple major external audit and assurance engagements (e.g. FTSE 100) in a managerial capacity

• Fully qualified as a chartered accountant e.g. ACA / ACCA / CA / ICAS / ICAEW or international equivalent*

• Excellent technical expertise with proven industry knowledge and sector experience in one or more of the following: Oil & Gas; Energy; Power & Utilities; Retail; Transportation; Aviation; Supply Chain & Logistics; Consumer Goods

• Project and people management experience

*Please note that evidence of qualification status will be requested pre-interview. We kindly request that applicants upload a copy of their qualification certificate at the point of application.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Previous professional experience at Manager level, or equivalent

• Knowledge of current market issues in the UK

• Experience using SOX 404 and applying UK GAAP and IFRS

• Expertise using GAM to perform an assurance engagement in compliance with auditing standards

• An application and solution-based approach to problem solving and a collaborative approach to management

• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

What we look for

We’re interested in professionals with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so we look for people who will take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

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:

• 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.

Apply now.

: Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness.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.

Your key responsibilities

You will support our clients across a range of Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) issues and challenges and enable our clients to better manage the broad range of risks in their increasingly complex supply chains. In addition, you will play a key role in supporting the development of new business opportunities.

You can expect leading-class learning and development tailored to your unique interests and motivations. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.

Client responsibilities

• Managing a portfolio of TPRM engagements with our clients, responsible for the day-to-day running of the engagements including meeting quality, time and budget targets
• Working with prospective clients to agree, scope and plan the delivery phase of engagements
• Drive go-to-market strategy for TPRM services, including thought leadership, solution development, and alliance partnerships.
• Champion the use of emerging technologies (e.g., AI, automation, continuous monitoring platforms) to enhance TPRM capabilities.
• Oversee the design and implementation of scalable TPRM operating models and tooling (e.g., ServiceNow VRM, Archer, ProcessUnity).
• Lead the development of next-generation TPRM capabilities, including continuous monitoring, ESG risk integration, and AI-driven risk intelligence.
• Provide subject matter guidance on evolving regulatory frameworks (e.g., DORA, EBA Outsourcing, PRA SS2/21) and their impact on third-party ecosystems.
• Lead regulatory response programmes and remediation efforts for clients.
• Mentor and develop future leaders within the Cyber & Resilience practice.
• Contribute to practice growth through recruitment, capability building, and internal training initiatives.
• Creating thought leadership and market materials for selling and promoting EY Cyber and TPRM offerings
• Oversee financial aspects of engagements by organising staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to engagement partners

People responsibilities

• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff
• Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining, and training Cyber and TPRM professionals
• Recognise the value of teamwork, facilitating and encouraging collaboration amongst team members and motivate teams to maximise performance

• Lead internal communities of practice focused on innovation, regulatory change, or sector-specific TPRM challenges.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Project experience and client knowledge gained from professional practice across a number of TPRM engagements, including aspects of Compliance, IT Risk Management, Cyber, Resilience, and Privacy.
• Team leadership and management experience, including the coaching and mentoring of more junior staff and direct reports
• Strong academic record, ideally to a bachelor’s degree-level or equivalent industry experience
• Awareness and understanding of National and International Security Standards (e.g., NIST, ISO27001), reporting standards (e.g., SOC/ISAE), and privacy or TPRM regulations, such as UK Data Protection Act, GDPR, DORA, etc.
• Willingness to travel
• Creative and independent with good problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for report writing, client presentations, and project management
• At least 8 years of relevant experience (desirably within resilience, cyber, or TPRM). Preferably with experience in a consulting role in a leading consultancy firm.
• Proven track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder programmes in regulated industries

• Strong commercial acumen and experience managing large client accounts or portfolios.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in Financial Services, Government Organisations, or the Military
• Industry related certification preferred (e.g., CISSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, ISO27001 Lead Implementer/Auditor)
• Solution related experience, such as the use of platforms like ProcessUnity, ServiceNow, and Azure

What we look for

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:

Continuous learning:You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

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.

Apply now.

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. We ask because it matters!