EY Assurance Pursuit Centre Excellence COE Leader 

Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 

50151201

As our Assurance Centre of Excellence (COE) Leader you’ll lead the Assurance COE. The successful candidate will have 15+ years’ experience in pursuits or similar in building relationships and winning work. Managing a small team, you will work to deploy the firm’s dedicated assurance resources to maximise impact, coverage and win rate. You will have highly developed interpersonal skills and be able to manage a complex stakeholder environment and work under pressure. As a keen communicator you will relish the challenge of developing value propositions for service offerings, campaigns and pursuits. While able to operate at a strategic level you will be happy to work in the trenches with teams on pursuits.

Reporting to the Oceania Pursuits and Commercial Excellence Leader, the Assurance COE Leader will work with Assurance Service Line and Markets Leadership to help develop and execute the Assurance Growth Strategy. This includes managing the pipeline of must win and retain pursuits across Assurance (audit and advisory services). As well as developing long-term engagement plans with Assurance Partners and Client and Industries resources to drive engagement, discipline and ultimately better outcomes for the firm.

COE Leadership

• Works with Assurance Markets and Service Line Leadership to define pursuit pipeline including Invest to Win, Retains and Geo Priorities
• Oversees and contributes to qualification and MORE process and Account Excellence activities
• Manages resourcing using COE resources and liaises with Oceania Pursuits and Commercial Excellence Leader on any additional resourcing requirements
• Connects with wider Clients and Industries teams and Global Assurance Markets to find ways to work better together to increase win probability across Audit and Assurance Advisory including:
• CEs on Invest to Wins and Key Retains
• BMC on Key Buyer Programs
• Pursuit and Account Based Marketing Teams
• EY wavespace
• CX team to leverage client feedback

Pursuits

• Leads Pursuits in capacity as Pursuit Leader including working with engagement teams on stakeholder engagement strategies, contact plans, value proposition development, proposal development and presentation coaching
• Leads Retains account management activities including overseeing CX activities and connects accounts to new solutions and key buyer programs
• Other responsibilities and tasks as required to achieve the agreed performance outcomes.

Skills and attributes for success

• 15+ years’ experience in pursuits or similar in building relationships and winning work
• Experience managing direct reports and allocating work
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage workload of self and team

Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Resilience and ‘can do’ attitude to dealing with stressful situations
• Ability to work across multiple activities and deadlines and successfully navigate complex competing priorities
• Strategic thinker who can gather and synthesise different points of view

What we offer you

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

• 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.

Acknowledgement of Country

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

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