Audit Manager jobs in Germany

Tax Accounting & Reporting:

• Support the preparation and review of interim, quarterly, and year-end global tax provisions under IFRS and US GAAP, and assist with tax reporting deliverables from controllers and tax managers across the Group.
• Contribute to US GAAP and IFRS disclosure preparation, including reconciliation of GAAP differences, while maintaining tax provision memoranda and supporting documentation to ensure compliance with internal controls, including SOX documentation and audit processes.
• Act as the key client contact, effectively communicating with clients and building strong relationships.

Process Improvement & Compliance:

• Identify and support the implementation of process improvements in tax provision and compliance functions, while monitoring and managing the implications of new accounting standards and regulatory changes, including BEPS Pillar Two.
• Coordinate the preparation of tax account reconciliations and related schedules, and assist in standardizing and embedding Group Tax Reporting processes to ensure compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and SOX.
• Contribute to continuous improvements in tax reporting processes through design, control, and operational enhancements, as well as managing account resourcing, budget, and delivery.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Support tax reporting aspects of M&A transactions, including purchase accounting and compliance, while partnering with internal tax, accounting, and finance teams, as well as external service providers.
• Mentor and develop junior staff on ASC 740, IAS 12, and other key tax concepts, providing performance feedback, and ensuring the highest quality standards while developing team talent at all levels.
• Develop and lead onshore/offshore teams for seamless client service delivery, help set engagement strategies, connect clients with EY subject matter experts, and serve as an escalation point for client and internal teams.

Your skillset

• Experience in US GAAP and/or IFRS tax accounting provisions, as well as an understanding of the ASC 740 and/or IAS 12 frameworks. Accounting or tax qualification (e.g., tax advisor, auditor), degree qualification, and experience in corporate tax across multiple jurisdictions.
• At least C1 level in German and the ability to develop and coach team members, along with strong communication skills and collaboration with multicultural teams.
• Ability to distill complex concepts into actionable insights, work in an organized manner to deliver tax accounting in a short timeframe, and possess problem-solving skills with a focus on process improvement.

Your mindset

• Agile: You believe that a flexible mindset is just as important for success as knowledge and skills.
• Curious: You are ambitious and committed. We are looking for people who think in terms of opportunities instead of challenges and ask targeted questions to unlock better answers.
• Collaborative : You value diverse perspectives and enjoy working in a team. We are looking for people to help us shape the future and create a working environment based on trust.

Any questions? Just call +49 6196 996 10005 and our Recruitment Center will be happy to help.

We serve our clients to build a better working world, helping them to create long-term value for people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

EY advises clients to understand, architect, select and implement bleeding-edge solutions required to efficiently run their businesses, with a focus on Digital and Cloud. These service areas span E-commerce, Solution Architecture, Mobile Applications, Digital Platform Architecture, Digital Technology Strategy, and Digital IT Operations.

Your key responsibilities:

The goal is to support our clients to transform their business through technology. As a Product Manager you will work with multi-discipline feature teams including user experience experts, architects, engineers and others to define and roll out products and services for large global organizations as well as for EY. You will take a customer centric and data-driven approach to product development. You will advocate for the user throughout the product development lifecycle. You can break down and simplify complex processes and touchpoints to deliver exceptional experiences. You are a strategic thinker, can prioritize and define product roadmaps, manage a product backlog, make quick decisions and coordinate the team to release quality products within planned timelines. You understand modern platform structures, cloud architectures, digital platforms and enablers, and data strategy considerations. In addition, you will support practice building activities such as team mentorship and proposal deck development.

Skills and attributes for success

• Manage service delivery, identifying future sales opportunities, and supporting practice development activities.
• Deliver quality client services by monitoring progress and demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge.
• Maintain long-term client relationships and networks and cultivate business development opportunities.
• Effectively work with client engagement teams with diverse skills and backgrounds fostering an innovative and inclusive work environment.
• Demonstrate understanding of current technology environment and industry trends and provide recommendations for engagement and client service issues.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems Management or a related field and 6 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate work experience.
• Facilitate discussions with technical, design and business subject-matter resources to document requirements, establish a vision, and articulate alternatives for future state solutions across various domains and channels.
• Has set product vision, defined, and managed product roadmaps, prioritized and managed the backlog and has led product launches.
• Can participate in and drive ideation sessions, standups, sprints and scrums.
• Has a specific domain knowledge and understands the dynamics impacting their product such as market trends, technology and regulatory rules.
• Experience with successfully managing projects with defined deliverables and budgets. Experience must include budgeting and managing the schedule; client relationship management; communicating strategically around key issues; conflict resolution and consensus building.
• Must have a thorough understanding of complex information systems and technology organizations and to be able to work effectively between the application, data infrastructure, operations and security architectural spaces
• Proven delivery skills including the ability to scope/size a project; staff a team with the appropriate skill set; provide subject matter direction and guidance to a team; manage communications with the project sponsors and manage the delivery of an engagement workstream.
• Requires domestic and regional travel up to 50% to serve client needs.

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, on 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.

Manager, Sourcing & Supply Chain, People Consulting, Belfast or Derry/Londonderry

Your key responsibilities

• Assist in the implementation of the MLS sourcing strategy across a portfolio of suppliers.

• Support the establishment and management of strategic partnerships with key suppliers to drive value creation.

• Help introduce and integrate AI and automation into sourcing workflows to enhance efficiency and decision-making.

• Mentor and guide junior team members in sourcing and supplier management practices.

• Serve as a point of contact for clients, ensuring supplier delivery aligns with contractual and service expectations.

• Utilise internal systems, such as ServiceNow, to optimise data and supplier performance reporting.

• Collaborate with risk, legal, and commercial teams to support supplier contracts and risk management efforts.

• Identify opportunities for cost-saving initiatives within the supply chain.

• Assist in sourcing solutions for new client opportunities and bids.

• Overseeing and managing strategic and critical supplier relationships to drive high performance and develop mutually beneficial goals.

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience in strategic sourcing and supplier management within a complex and regulated environment.

• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.

• Ability to manage supplier and client relationships effectively.

• Understanding of operational and third-party risk frameworks.

• Familiarity with emerging technologies, including AI, in procurement and supply chain contexts.

• Team leadership and coaching abilities.

• Experience with digital platforms (e.g. ServiceNow, Coupa, SAP Ariba) is desirable.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed consulting or services environment.

To qualify for the role;

• Degree-qualified or equivalent experience.

• MCIPS certification is desirable but not essential.

• Project or programme management qualifications (e.g., PRINCE2) are a bonus.

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.

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

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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.

Join Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) and you will be a member of a multidisciplinary team combining Assurance, Tax, Transactions and Advisory experience to help clients understand and manage their climate change issues related to new regulatory requirements, rising stakeholder concerns and opportunities for cost reduction and revenue generation.

Skills and attributes for success

• Communicating EY’s scope of services and providing guidance in the delivery of Climate Change & Sustainability Services, with an emphasis on complex and/or specialized issues within Assurance and/or technical sustainability reporting and advisory capacities
• Partnering with clients to identify and diagnose their needs and the ability to cross-sell services
• Completing high level technical reports and proposals
• Managing complex technical issues in technical discipline area
• Demonstrated knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice in area of technical discipline
• Proven track record in managing large and complex sized projects
• Undertaking a key account management role for major key clients
• Excellent business development skills

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A degree, preferably in business, engineering, accounting, or other sustainability related discipline
• At least 8 years of experience in audit or in a large and dynamic organizations and Climate Change & Sustainability consulting experience
• Knowledge and interest in sustainability related areas or topics
• Extensive experience working and leading in a team-based environment
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills
• Strong project management and personnel management skills
• Willingness and ability to travel, as necessary

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Professional presence with the ability to engage management level clients as well as internal leadership stakeholders
• Ability to analyze complex or unusual issues in the context of client engagements and deliver insightful and pragmatic solutions

What we look for

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’ve got the right combination of technical knowledge and communication skills and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

As part of our Platform, Solutions and Intelligence Team within a European center of excellence in Stuttgart or Munich you will consult multinational clients in cross-border and complex problems. You will take on a wide variety of tasks:

• Conception and implementation of digital transformation projects with a focus on accounting and reporting processes as well as intercompany accounting within the SAP S/4HANA environment
• Consulting of the finance organization to implement efficient finance processes as well as digitalization of business processes in NextGen-ERP-systems – from strategy development, concept preparation and process design to the optimization and implementation
• Specialized consulting services in an international environment to solve complex problems in in-house accounting, interlocked with the respective logistics, controlling and accounting processes
• Involvement in the development of innovative services and preparation of turnkey solutions for clients
• Responsibilities for project progress and technical leadership of teams

Your skillset

• University degree in economics and several years of relevant experience in consulting and collaboration with substantial, complex clients; ideally with a specialization in intercompany accounting and operational transfer pricing issues
• Deep understanding of functional problems in internal and cross-border processes
• Very good application and implementation capabilities in one or more of the following technologies: SAP S/4HANA, SAP Central Finance, SAP Module FI/CO, SAP PaPM, Blackline produccts, Anaplan; Exceptional communication skills in German and English

Your mindset

• You believe that a flexible mindset is just as important for success as knowledge and skills.
• Curious:You are ambitious and committed. We are looking for people who think in terms of opportunities instead of challenges and ask targeted questions to unlock better answers.
• Collaborative

Any questions? Just call +49 6196 996 10005 and our Recruitment Center will be happy to help.

As a Senior Consultant or Manager, you’ll provide actuarial consulting to clients mainly within financial services, with some work in the public sector as well. Your responsibilities will include managing projects and delivering results and strategic advice that help clients handle risk, optimise performance, and develop growth strategies. This role is to be based in our Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) or Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) office.

Ko Tō Rourou | Your key responsibilities

• Work with a diverse range of clients, making a significant impact in both the public and private sectors.
• Collaborate across our broader Financial Services practice, including strategy, transactions, tax, technology, and risk professionals.
• Engage in a variety of projects – from business transformation, capital and risk management, pricing, and product innovation to liability valuation and appointed actuary work.
• Develop and implement actuarial models and methodologies tailored to client needs.
• Conduct risk assessments and provide strategic advice on risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Mentor and develop junior team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Forge strategic partnerships in government, health, human services, and social sectors to enhance community wellbeing.
• Analyse and interpret data to uncover critical insights for informed decision-making.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory and legislative changes, and actively contribute to business thought leadership.

Ngā Pūkenga | Skills and attributes for success

• Qualifications and Experience: A Bachelor’s degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Finance, or a related field. Completed, or progressing towards, a professional actuarial qualification (e.g., FIAA), with 3 to 5 years of professional experience in an actuarial role. Experience with coding, programming, and AI/GenAI is highly valued.
• Skills and Abilities: Proven analytical and problem-solving skills; strong quantitative abilities; proficiency with actuarial software and programming languages such as SAS, R, and Python. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for building and maintaining client relationships, and the ability to present complex information clearly to non-specialists.
• Industry Knowledge: In-depth understanding of general insurance, private health insurance, life insurance, superannuation, and wealth management. Experience in areas like product development and pricing, capital management, risk management, asset and liability valuation, IFRS 17, Prophet modelling, embedded value reporting, unit pricing, and retirement incomes is advantageous.
• Project Management and Leadership: Ability to manage projects, seek new business opportunities, and mentor junior staff. Demonstrates initiative, a can-do attitude, and a willingness to try new approaches.
• Adaptability and Continuous Learning: Comfortable with complexity and flexible in a dynamic, technology-driven environment. Commitment to staying up to date with market trends, legislation, and regulatory changes, and contributing to business thought leadership.

We’re interested in your strengths, aptitude, and willingness to learn. Don’t worry if you don’t meet every criteria—what matters most is your attitude and potential.

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally
• Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

We have 1 Senior Consultant and 1 Manager position available. The salary range for these roles is expected to be NZD 90,000 to NZD 180,000 dependent on skills and experience. This full-time role is for a minimum of 37.5 hours per week.

Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.

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