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Legislative & Regulatory Policy, Assistant Director or Associate Director

As a Legislative & Regulatory Policy Assistant Director or Associate Director, you’ll be responsible for assisting the legislative and regulatory teams within the Office of Public Policy; monitoring, communicating, and shaping legislative and public policy activity. Must have demonstrated experience understanding policy-making processes and ability to develop written content for internal use in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment. Also must have strong professional networking and public policy advocacy skills.

Your key responsibilities

• Assists team with development and execution of the EY Office of Public Policy strategy, including engagement with Washington policymakers and other stakeholders.
• Develop subject matter expertise in policy areas critical to the firm, including covering congressional hearings and other related events as warranted.
• Produces written deliverables for internal use and distribution.
• At times, assists EY legislative team and/or EYPAC representative in political activities relevant to the firm’s priorities.
• Responsible for communications distribution channel management.

Skills and attributes for success

• Demonstrated understanding of US congressional and administration policy-making processes, including an understanding of the roles and decision makers in the Executive agencies, the White House, the Senate and the House, as well as the role of think tanks and associations.
• Proven research, writing and editing skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Able to learn and utilize communication tools and techniques available within the firm
• Ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Receives general supervision and works independently within the area of expertise.
• Must be able to independently monitor events, understand critical points and summarize for distribution within EY.
• Through monitoring of legislative and public policy issues that affect the profession, be able to anticipate policy trends and help formulate advocacy strategies.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 8-10 plus years of relevant experience, experience on Capitol Hill, lobbying or regulatory policy for the Assistant Director rank.
• 10-12 plus years of experience years of relevant experience, experience on Capitol Hill, lobbying or regulatory policy for the Associate Director rank.
• Must be able to attend EY and client events some evenings and weekends.
• Ability to work in the EY Washington DC office multiple days a week.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Financial services policy experience a plus.

What we look for

We’re interested in individuals with an inquisitive and agile mind and a broad and extensive knowledge of public policy. If you’re aiming to develop and implement policy strategy and influence change, all while developing your own career, this role is for you.

Creative Operations Manager, Assistant Director

As a creative manager, you’ll lead a multi-disciplinary virtual team of 20-30 team members whose focus is to understand our internal clients’ business to develop innovative, insightful go to market materials that contribute to driving growth and revenue for the firm. You’ll leverage prior management experience, leadership insight and industry background to drive your success in this role.

You’ll be part of an expansive and talented management team working independently and collaboratively to develop and lead the implementation of strategic organizational plans. You’ll be empowered to contribute, learn from and grow with other creative managers. Your ideas will be valued and heard, and you’ll have opportunities to innovate and take part in efforts that help advance our creative team.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong leadership skills with the ability to model by example
• Ability to build and leverage relationships and exercise influence with multiple internal groups across all levels of the organization
• Excellent communication skills, active listening and diplomacy when working with team members and business partners
• Ability to analyze data and KPI’s to make sound business decisions
• Proactive and independent thinker, strong ability to problem solve and consistently operates with a growth mindset
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a high-performing culture

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's degree in graphic design, digital media or a related discipline or equivalent training and work experience
• Eight-plus years of creative management experience in a related industry working in a fast-paced, matrixed agency or in-house team environment
• Five-plus years of supervisory experience leading and counseling a team of creatives
• Strong conflict resolution, negotiation, influencing and persuasion abilities
• Demonstrated business acumen and strategic thinking skills
• Experience and proficiency in Mac and PC environments, Microsoft Office, Teams, Outlook, Adobe Creative Cloud and Workfront or some type of project tracking tool
• Comprehensive knowledge in creative industry practices, digital trends, innovation and technology
• Experience working in a virtual environment with flexibility for a hybrid work arrangement - remotely and at local EY office as required by business needs

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience managing and leading people in a virtual environment
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive in a time-sensitive environment
• Proven ability to problem solve and navigate a highly matrixed organization

You’ll develop and implement administrative strategic plans as well as establish and maintain performance measurements. You’ll also monitor financial and operational performance in accordance with established administrative services parameters. You’ll need to understand the structure and business of the organization and clients they support to effectively manage resources and processes. We’ll look to you to effectively lead and develop individuals and teams by using people management processes and tools that involve staffing, training, supervising, coaching and performance management to achieve optimal performance. You’ll be part of a high-performing, diverse and inclusive team sharing best practices.

Your key responsibilities

• Manages workflow and negotiates assignments for executive assistants based on client need and resources
• Solicits on going feedback from customers to evaluate and coach executive assistants on their performance
• Sets up full project plans including; objectives, milestones, priorities, team, calendar and nature of deliverables
• Focuses on potential project issues to prioritize; resources, timing, quality, scope and risk
• Demonstrates proactive business development by initiating discussions with existing clients on possible additional work and satisfaction with current support
• Coordinates and assists with budget planning and is responsible for operating within approved budget
• Must meet or exceed the needs of our internal clients by partnering with other groups within the matrix organization, cultivating those relationships, aligning people and processes, and identifying workplace efficiencies to add value.
• Anticipates what customers want and follows up to check that internal customers are completely satisfied
• Creates a knowledge transfer culture within a team
• Participates on national or area projects

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to work with all levels within the firm and build solid relationships with internal groups
• Exercises influence at many levels of the organization
• Proactively identify and address project risks and opportunities
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Can pinpoint alternative solutions when necessary
• Excellent communications skills, attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Project management experience
• Ability to instill confidence and provide leadership in managing people

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's degree in a related discipline, or equivalent work experience
• 8-10 plus years of experience
• 3 plus years of experience managing people
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and Outlook

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Strong MS Office (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel) and various IOS and Android mobile devices
• Proficiency in MS SharePoint

Directory Enablement Senior Engineer

As part of dynamic and highly knowledgeable teams, the Directory Enablement Engineer drives the best practices in basic to complex engineering activities aligned to directory services technologies and supports the remediation and implementation directives for the technology as may be identified by or assigned to the Identity & Access Management Services (IAMS) group within Information Security. The role designs and develops said architectural elements or modifications including but not limited to integrated processes, applications, data and technology remediation. The role supports the need for engineered solutions from Information Technology (IT) enterprise architecture directives, as determined by operational requirements from such global operations partners as Identity & Access Management Services (IAMS) within Information Security. The role’s efforts maintain directory technologies (e.g. Active Directory, Entra ID) and other security aligned functions and performs all work in adherence to EY’s compliance standards for technology development and deployment. As part of supporting a continuous process improvement remit, the role is expected to utilize a variety of modern IT systems management technologies for large, complex environments including Configuration Manager, Operations Manager, Powerbroker, Active Roles Server, Sentinel reporting and scripting technologies such as PowerShell.

Your key responsibilities

The role requires an understanding of a hybrid Identity infrastructure utilizing Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services and Microsoft Entra ID.

The role may also require the periodic allocation of additional time on the job to support multiple demands and escalating issues and could be asked to travel to support planned project activities and collaboration.

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to write detailed documentation required for solution delivery for instructional content for implementing engineers, as well as operational content and diagrams for support engineers.
• Maintains solid interpersonal skills to engage with others including senior executives of the firm, in cross business discussions within a matrixed, geographically dispersed organization and to build a solid network of peers and others of influence. Adapts personal communication style to the style of others, develops rapport, stay calm under pressure and escalating issues using advanced oral and written English communication skills.
• Projects well-defined consultative skill to conduct effective questioning, hone in on key directives to formulate ideas and materials as well as present those ideas clearly and concisely to all levels of the organization including senior and/or executive management.
• Maintains an advanced comprehensive knowledge of services and applications with the future and forward vision of the IAM processes and operating environment to recognize and position improvement opportunities and next generation solutions achievable through engineering or other technical solutions.
• Manifests a strong analytical and problem-solving ability to escalate and negotiate complex and conflicting IAM or Information Security aligned engineering issues, handle multiple and shifting IAM engineering priorities across a broad spectrum of operating environments and drive solutions that are both financially sound and operationally feasible.
• Develops an in depth and continuous understanding of EY’s business and the way IAMS Engineering teams adds to the effectiveness of the EY business. Positions appropriate services and solutions as part of both knowledge sharing and Directory Enablement services positioning.
• Manage engineering projects by operating within best practices or delegate work as needed utilizing the proper resource, time and project management disciplines across a diverse culture and multiple time zones.
• Maintains a continuous review of aligned applications and software, servers and networks aligned to the IAM and directory environments including but not limited to the Systems Center Operations Manager Administration, Windows 2016 and 2022 Administration and Infrastructure, perimeter networks (DMZ), Single Sign-On (SSO) configuration and remediation, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
• Maintains advanced and continuous knowledge of the ancillary technologies to be engineered such as Lightweight Directory Services (LDS), Rights Management Systems (RMS) as part of the IAM services to support the time sensitive management, monitoring and automation of Tier 0 technologies and other directives and drive continuous improvement.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• College degree in related technology field (Computer, Engineering, Science, etc.) or comparable job experiences aligned to Active Directory and/or IAM engineering directives
• Approximately 8 to 10 years of experience in an engineering role. Able to exhibit a progression of increasingly complex job responsibilities during the period inclusive of project management skills, engineering remediation techniques and project planning and implementation.
• Certification as a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
• Certification as a Microsoft Certified Solution Expert (MCSE) Core Infrastructure or Productivity

• 10 years Active Directory
• 2 years Azure AD
• 4 years PowerShell scripting

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Understanding and experience with Azure managed services.
• Understanding and experience with Cloud service providers, such as AWS.
• Understanding and experience with System Center Configuration Manager.
• Powerbroker
• Active Roles Server
• Splunk and/or Sentinel

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across nine locations – Argentina, Hungary, India, the Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• 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.

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.

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

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