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EY Assurance Operations Accelerator AOA - Manager 
Sri Lanka, Western Province, Colombo 
787410351

10.09.2024

Your key responsibilities

  • Monitor operational measures (e.g. utilization, KPIs, Minimum commitment versus Actual hours transitioned).
  • Develop strong relationship with onshore stakeholders (SAIL’s, off shoring partners & Area’s leadership) and manage their expectations on service delivery.
  • Promote internal communication between teams and assist them in driving change and reinforcing quality through developing & following proper protocols.
  • Promote training and development of knowledge for the entire AOA GDS teams through identifying training needs along with AM’s, TL’s with the help of knowledge champions .
  • Develop succession planning, employee development and manage attrition in AOA GDS team.
  • Assist in the recruitment process of AOA resources (Associate, Sr. Associate, Team Lead & Assistant Manager).
  • Ensure coverage of rewards and recognition for the high performing associates .
  • Set directions, mentor and guide team leaders & assistant managers to manage their own performance and of their teams and create pipeline of potential talent .
  • Contribute to the culture of the broader EY GDS team
  • Liaise with support functions like HR, L&D, Finance etc to adapt departmental plans and priorities to address business and operational challenges.
  • Work with senior managers at GDS and Off shoring Program manager to look for more business growth opportunities & devise strategy to grow the scope of GDS AOA team.

Skills and attributes for success

  • Excellent written, oral, presentation and facilitation skills including bi/multi-lingual skills for OCAs.
  • Ability to coordinate multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously through effective prioritization, organization, flexibility and self-discipline.
  • Must have demonstrated project management experience.
  • Proactive, organized and self-sufficient with ability to prioritize and multitask.
  • Analyze complex or unusual problems and can deliver insightful and pragmatic solutions.
  • Ability to quickly and easily create/ gather/ analyse data from a variety of sources.
  • A robust and resilient disposition able to encourage discipline in team behaviours

To qualify for the role, you must have

  • 9+ years’ experience (and demonstrated competence, depth, and breadth) of operational and project management experience
  • 6+ years’ experience of people management, coaching and leveraging work through others.

Ideally, you’ll also have

  • Interest in business and commerciality.

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 a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team in the only integrated global assurance business worldwide.
  • Opportunities to work with EY GDS Assurance practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries




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