Assurance - Faas Manager Reading / Manchester jobs at Ey in United Kingdom

Manager, Learning and Development, Financial Services

Transforming the world of work, together we are:

• Revolutionising employee experiences

• Innovatively building capability and learning solutions

• Redesigning organisations, evolving cultures and driving behavioural change

• Successfully navigating a dynamic and complex regulatory change environment

As a member of People Consulting, you will:

• Contribute to and lead workstreams across a diverse range of complex engagements in the financial services sector.

• Design and create innovative solutions for clients, adapting methods and practices to fit client needs.

• Proactively manage stakeholder relationships, building trusted relationships with clients.

• Identify new opportunities, contribute to preparation of proposals and wider business development activities.

• Manage the operational aspects and risk management of client engagements.

• Coach and provide learning opportunities for junior team members.

• Contribute to delivery of wider strategic goals across PC and participate in initiatives that support the growth of the firm as a whole.

With a specific focus on learning, you will:

• Shape, develop and deliver learning programmes, with our account teams and other practice areas (standalone or as a part of larger transformation programmes) in areas such as (but not exhaustive):

• Designing and building the learning function of the future.

• Developing learning strategies (at enterprise level or specific transformation programme level), including learning technologies, and subsequent execution.

• Creating impactful learning solutions – including the design, development, and deployment of learning assets (digital and non-digital).

• Driving strategic change and organization performance through learning initiatives (including learning analytics).

• Lead pursuit and delivery teams to deliver client projects and business development activities to ensure quality and operational excellence for our teams.

• Lead and manage complex learning projects and programmes of work including managing teams of employees, stakeholders, third party providers and learning design teams.

• Develop our learning offerings and products available across a variety of subjects, from Risk and Regulation, to Sustainability, helping develop our business and assume responsibility for different team initiatives and activities.

• Bring your innovation, understanding of the industry and latest trends to ensure to delivery of market-leading, relevant and targeted solutions and content rich thought leadership to clients.

Skills and attributes for success:

• Authenticity and strong personal impact, able to influence and persuade stakeholders to gain support for major changes and key decisions.

• A growth mindset and a desire to challenge established practices.

• Ability to lead complex projects or programmes of work using an Agile approach and adapt to changing requirements or inputs.

• Skilled in leading workstreams, facilitating and working collaboratively with team members, and empowering teams to maximise performance.

• Resilience and ability to work under pressure to deliver pragmatic solutions; confidence and ability to recognise and manage potential challenges during client assignments.

• Creative thinking, using agile methods and innovative approaches to tackle complex problems and to deliver insightful, practical and sustainable solutions.

To qualify for this role, you must have:

• A comprehensive understanding of adult learning theory and behavioural change principles

• Core consulting skills gained through working in a professional services firm, global consultancy, boutique consultancy or an in-house role with exposure to large-scale programmes of work.

• Experience in architecting learning solutions, including analysis, design, content development, and train the trainer, to ensure measurable outcomes within large, complex organisations.

• Experience of managing learning vendors alongside internal and/or client teams/stakeholders to drive target outputs/outcomes.

• Ability to translate and operationalise learning strategy.

• Ability to proactively build relationships and manage stakeholders, including providing robust advice, constructive challenge, influencing decisions, delivering difficult messages and managing performance issues.

• Strong project management and written and verbal communication skills, and experience of producing robust analysis, reports, papers and presentations.

• Experience of designing learning across different formats.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience of working across financial services: banking, insurance, and wealth and asset management.

• Relevant degree-level education and/or professional qualifications.

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.

The team support clients’ cross-border transactions assess their international tax strategies and provide a range of services supporting clients through the transfer pricing life cycle. As a member of this team, you’ll work on multidisciplinary projects helping clients develop integrated and far-sighted global strategies in the ever-changing regulatory environment.

Your key responsibilities

• Build and maintain tax relationships with clients and provide high levels of client service
• Assist in winning work by proactively managing existing clients and contribute to winning new clients.
• Manage the successful delivery of tax projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical/business focused approach taken
• 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.
• Team player; ability to integrate with new teams quickly
• Outgoing with good relationship skills and the ability to deliver quality output
• Strong technical skills and keen to develop further
• Ability to build strong client relationships
• Excellent communicator in range of situations both written and oral
• Ability to identify areas of risk, carry out an effective review and know when to refer upwards
• Client focused and commercially aware

Skills and attributes for success

What we look for

• Client focused and strategically and commercially aware
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral.
• Enthusiastic and flexible attitude to work
• Strong and motivated team player
• Coaching more junior staff

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Strong transfer pricing technical skills
• Strategically and commercially aware
• Effective time management
• Degree or postgraduate degree essential
• ACA/CA/ACCA/CTA; or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training Course; or Law qualification; or CFA;or breadth of knowledge equivalent to a Tax specialist qualification
• Project management skills, plan and prioritise work, meet deadlines, monitor own budget and time

Your key responsibilities

• To contribute to the efficient and successful delivery of tax services to the client,
• Providing exceptional client service with responsibility for quality provided
• Pro-active business development to help add value to existing clients and to develop opportunities to add value to new clients
• High level management of the successful delivery of technically complex and demanding projects, ensuring technical excellence and practical / business focused approach taken
• Being responsible for, and reporting to, Directors and Partners on client account management, including complying with appropriate quality and risk management procedures and financial management
• Help people to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring staff
• Involvement in the management of the team both in terms of strategy and operations and through managing junior staff development and assignments

Skills and attributes for success

• Significant experience in Corporate Tax from practice or from an in-house tax background

• Strong client relationship management skills
• Negotiation skills, able to sustain opinion and exhibit strong stakeholder management
• Business development skills, able to identify and convert opportunities to add value to new and existing clients
• Effective time management, ability to remain calm when under pressure to meet deadlines
• Excellent communicator in a range of situations both written and oral
• Enthusiastic team player with ability to create and sustain effective teams
• Experience of coaching and developing more junior staff
• Ensure delivery of quality work and take day to day management of delivery team
• Act as a leader. Think about maintaining the strength of the EY brand in the energy sector, and support our partner group in the office evolve and deliver the strategy for EY Aberdeen

To qualify for the role you must have

• ACA/CA/ ATT/CTA / or Tax Inspectors with full Technical Training Course / Law qualification
• Degree qualified
• Experienced corporate tax practitioner
• Experience in tax accounting/tax audit
• Proven ability to read and interpret existing and new tax statute

What we offer

• An unrivalled list of clients from the very largest multinationals to exciting and fast-moving owner-managed companies.
• 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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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.

As a manager you will manage small delivery teams, advising clients on cyber due diligence. You will analyse company data (often with limited access), conduct outside-in research, and evaluate whether cyber risk will have an impact on a potential investment or divestment. You will be able to recommend (and cost) solutions/remediation and help our clients understand what must be done if the transaction closes.Skills and attributes for success

• Strong desire to work in a M&A environment operating across the transaction lifecycle, predominantly in the pre deal/diligence phase.
• Knowledge and experience of using recognised cyber standards and frameworks such as ISO27001, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, Cyber Essentials, PCI
• Familiarity with current and emerging regulations such as the EU GDPR, EU AI Act and NIS 2, and an ability to conduct gap assessments and define the impact to the transaction.
• Understanding of key concepts such as privacy and security by design, secure coding especially in the software/product development environment
• Understand how to design an operating model for managing Cyber risk and privacy, optimised for effectiveness and value and evaluate any complexities associated with transitions/roadmaps.
• Effective at leading projects (or significant workstreams) with little to no support
• Leads the development of complete, error-free deliverables (e.g., data books, reports, non-branded deliverables: blueprints, Day 1 plans, board packs, workshop content etc).
• Supports the Engagement Leaders (i.e. Partner, Director or Associate Director) in identifying, scoping, closing opportunities – both in current engagement, and new opportunities.
• Demonstrates strong client influence and relationship management, effectively identifying value creation opportunities and prioritising team efforts based on client needs.

To qualify for the role, we require

• Proven experience and ability to communicate with clarity and impact to senior stakeholders. This may be demonstrable through leading large projects with senior visibility, success at presenting technical topics to non-technical audiences or speaking at events.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with company management teams and other stakeholders to align on value creation objectives and strategies.
• A history of successful project delivery in corporate businesses where you are responsible for managing project team members and vendors Have a broad range of cyber experience including, risk management, cyber controls, standards, resilience, and response etc.
• Professional services / consulting experience within transactions: ideally due diligence, value creation, carve-out or integrations experience; or
• Deep understanding of one or more core aspects of a cyber function (e.g. governance, risk, and compliance, CISO, AppSec, compliance, privacy etc).
• Have deep knowledge of cyber governance and risk controls within businesses and how this can support and safeguard business operations.

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience in supporting sales and business development processes for professional services projects in a large-scale consulting environment.
• Experience in providing cyber and privacy advice to senior stakeholders; transactions/M&A experience would be advantageous.
• Ability to design a roadmap to optimise performance often with financial/budgetary limitations.
• A high-level understanding of the secure development of applications throughout the SDLC
• An understanding of how private equity firms are structured to buy and sell assets in their portfolio.
• Cyber or privacy certification such as CISSP, CISM, CIPP/E, CIPM etc.

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!

Apply now.

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.

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.

The world around us is changing, through Generative AI transforming our daily work, and a changing macroeconomic climate. Our clients are going through significant change as a result of new compliance requirements, transformation and business needs.

Your responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of projects (physical and virtual), assessing engagement risks and opportunities, driving the right outcomes for our clients
• Lead and manage client relationships and interactions, enabling and influencing strategic and operational decisions
• Lead on firm-wide campaigns and go-to-market initiatives including business development and pursuit activities for new and existing clients, developing the delivery of high-quality proposals
• Develop and present exceptional reports & presentations (PowerPoint, Word, etc.) for project deliverables, capturing problem statements and solutions/ recommendations for our clients
• Lead on internal financial, quality and risk management on client projects
• Lead your own and FAAS team’s development of functional and technical skills by establishing a culture of highest performing teams and inclusive behaviours
• Create an environment that encourages and drives innovation based on experience with the client, market, service line, functional group and EY

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• An accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent
• Financial Reporting and/or an Assurance/audit background
• Extensive experience working in assurance, consulting or transformational roles within Big 4, Consulting firms, and/or industry
• Experience in one or more of the below:

• • Accounting, Finance and Reporting related processes gained through Big 4, Consulting or industry environment e.g.,:

• • Record-to-Report (R2R), Financial & Non-financial Reporting
  • Financial Close, Consolidation and Reporting

• Experience in Business and Finance Transformation & Change programmes; managing senior stakeholders across Finance and the business, identifying improvement/optimisation opportunities, enabling and influencing client decision-making

• Process, Risks and Controls design, implementation and testing experience over Financial, Operational and Reporting processes using leading practice frameworks (e.g., COSO, SOx)
• Data analytics, including utilisation of technology to be able to automate extraction, preparation and presentation of information to present to senior stakeholders, including use of data warehousing, ETL and visualisation solutions
• Finance systems application design, build and implementation e.g., ERP (e.g., SAP, Oracle), EPM (e.g., SAC, CCH Tagetik) and/or other reporting automation solutions (e.g., BlackLine)

Other relevant experience may include whilst not limited to:

• Accounting and Regulatory change (e.g., Corporate Reform, SOx)
• Experience of Finance Data and architecture including general ledger, subledgers, master data structures, data objects etc.
• Experience of wider finance related processes including elements within Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
• Experience of non-financial reporting, including ESG reporting and relevant regulatory frameworks
• Internal finance function experience in Financial Reporting roles

We’re interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about your career with us and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.
What we offer

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 your career
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be a leader.
• 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. 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!

UKI Assurance – FAAS –– Accounting & Transctions - Manager – London / Reading / Manchester

As a Manager in our FAAS practice, you’ll join either our Finance Optimisation or our Accounting and Transactions Accounting team.

You’ll have opportunities to engage with both teams before deciding where your interests align best, allowing you to achieve your potential.

This role is based out of our Reading or Manchester office.

Your key responsibilities

• Leading end-to-end project delivery of projects such as cross border transactions, capital raising, controls and accounting projects, collaborating with client stakeholders, EY team members and building strong cross service line relationships. Clients are primarily UK based but occasional overseas travel may be required.
• Developing your own portfolio of assurance projects, taking responsibility for delivery of complex deadline-driven engagements
• Drafting impactful reports and delivering engaging presentations that clearly articulate client challenges and solutions.
• Leading or contributing proactively to business development initiatives and building robust internal and external networks.
• Coaching and mentoring colleagues, clients and junior team members to foster professional growth
• Leading on internal financial, quality and risk management on your client projects
• Driving the implementation of innovative ideas drawn from your client experience and personal ingenuity
• Developing your own client service and other skills by learning on the job from colleagues, mentors, project leaders and our extensive learning opportunities.

Finance optimisation skills and attributes for success:

• Proven experience in leading accounting and finance related processes such as Record-to-Report (R2R), Financial Close Process, and non-financial reporting ideally from Big 4 or industry roles
• Familiarity with finance applications e.g. SAP, Oracle, EPM systems such as Anaplan and Hyperion and enhancing clients’ reporting efficiency.

Accounting and transactions skills and attributes for success:

• Strong capability in researching and resolving technical accounting issues, enabling successful GAAP conversions, carve outs, IPOs and creating well written technical accounting papers.
• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with finance and non-finance teams, proactively addressing client needs and delivering practical, pragmatic solutions to efficiently resolve reporting challenges.

To qualify for the role you must have

• An accountancy qualification (ACA / CPA / ACCA / CA or equivalent)
• A minimum of 2 years post qualified experience
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Experience planning, leading, and executing assurance engagements in a managerial capacity including people management experience
• Comprehensive understanding of IFRS, including IFRS conversions, UK GAAP or US GAAP
• Proven track record implementing processes, controls, technology or addressing complex accounting challenges.

Ideally, you’ll also have some, but it is not necessary to have all, of the following:

• Strong academic credentials: e.g. an undergraduate degree in an academic subject
• Experience in a Big 4 firm or equivalent audit experience with large UK and / or US listed companies
• Sound technical knowledge of PCAOB audits and SEC reporting including SOX
• Experience providing assurance services to clients undertaking capital raising strategies
• Experience in financial modelling, budgeting, business planning, forecasting and business analysis
• Proficiency in data analytics, including SQL, Alteryx, and related data transformation tools.

What we offer

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 finalising 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.
We ask because it matters!

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.