EY Associates - Assurance Operations AOA Team 

Sri Lanka, Western Province, Colombo 

333605731

As part of our EY-Assurance Team, the role requires the incumbent to proactively developGDS engagement management support activities.

Your key responsibilities

• Assist engagement teams with various processes, such as multi-location coordination, engagement economics, confirmations, project and database management.
• Maintain and update global engagement team databases and contact lists as appropriate
• Collate relevant client information from publicly available databases and communicate it to the team via firm publication and databases.
• Assuming responsibility for all work and ensuring that the work is reviewed thoroughly before the output is sent out as per the deadline.
• Accurately identifying problems, exceptions and ensuring that the regional engagement team has been informed about them in a timely manner.
• Work proactively and respond to regional stakeholders.
• Attend and participate in weekly or Biweekly calls with the regional counterparts and share progress and status updates.
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with the teams by having an open and honest communication.
• Proactively reaching out to the teams soliciting feedback for the work and taking appropriate action.

Skills and attributes for success

• Confident and outgoing individual with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and ensure that work is of a consistently high standard
• Ability to multi-task, pay attention to detail, prioritize projects and follow up on routine tasks diligently
• Ability to communicate with leaders and peers with ease
• Plan ahead and anticipate potential issues before they arise

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Fresh Graduates in General Management

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Excellent communication skills.
• Interest in business and commerciality.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

What we look for

• A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
• An opportunity to be part of a market-leading, multi-disciplinary team in the only integrated global assurance business worldwide.
• Opportunity to work with EY GDS Assurance practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

What we Offer

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.