EY Internal Controls Testing Senior Manager Associate 

United Kingdom, England, London 

690873537

As an Internal Controls Testing Senior Manager you will be working on critical elements at the core of EY’s ISQM1 work and will gain exposure to stakeholders across all areas of the business, including senior firm leadership. You will be supported by leaders who have a strong belief in professional skills development, and you will build broader experiences in a fast paced and dynamic organization.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Experience of managing teams to deliver testing plans to set deadlines, including testing of complex controls and assuming the reviewer role.
• Experience of designing new controls and delivering operational effectiveness non-application controls testing including reporting final conclusions to senior management.
• Experience in performing testing controls for a defined purpose (examples being external audit, internal audit, ISQM, SoX etc)
• Ability to process information provided from various sources to assess the level of risk mitigation and appropriateness/sufficiency of the information to conclude testing procedures.
• Ability to link and understand interrelationships between quality objectives, risks and control responses across different SQM components and articulate interdependencies and the impact of these on testing procedures and related conclusions (if any).
• Ability to have insights into Control coverage, rationalisation and improvement. Should be able to assist in the improvement of our Control environment on agendas of completeness and operational efficiency.
• Ability to manage, coordinate and participate in regular interactions with stakeholders from all areas of EY and to deliver conclusions both verbally and through written action orientated reporting.
• Ability to prioritise and coordinate multiple tasks and testing team deliverables efficiently and effectively.
• Excellent and proven organization, communication, and influencing skills to contribute to the delivery mindset of the team. Your ideas will be listened to and taken on board no matter what level you are.
• Ability to lead, coach and guide junior team members.
• A proven ability to think ahead, anticipate issues and can resolve these proactively.
• Experience extracting, analysing, and providing summary data to inform management and key stakeholder decision making
• Excellent communication skills and strong ability to present results/output using core Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Proven track record of resolving design issues independently and assist in any corrective activity to fully document control descriptions, criteria and attributes.
• Ability to critically review a control and assess the level of mitigation it provides to a given quality risk(s) and where applicable propose updates to the overall system of quality management. Note the role is focused on non-application control responses.
• Be able to demonstrate through current experiences of workload prioritisation and delivery of high quality work to senior business management.
• Prior experience and understanding of ISQM1 requirements or working in an ISQM1 role is desirable but not essential as training will be given.
• A professional accounting, internal auditing or similar qualification would be preferable.

What we look for

• A team player who actively owns and delivers their scope, lead and owns responsibility for the scope assigned to junior team members and proactively looks for opportunities to contribute and develop.
• Someone who is committed to working in a fast-paced environment and delivering against deadlines.
• An individual with an inquisitive and problem-solving mindset.

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. 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.