Associate Director FAAS
Full time @Ernst and Young posted 3 years ago in Banking, Finance & Insurance Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 17409
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Career Level Mid-Level
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Experience 7 Years
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Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree (BSC)
Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee and lead key pillars of FAAS strategy, take accountability for overall team management and other non-delivery aspects of the role.
- Ownership and delivery of quality, efficient and profitable engagements.
- Strong technical accounting skills equivalent to a subject matter expert / thought leader on specific topics.
- Lead and be accountable for driving business development effort in a sector/FAAS service line.
- Development and delivery of accounting training to clients and knowledge sharing with internal EY teams
- Deliver compelling engagement proposals which result in winning engagements.
- Contributing to practice and risk management, including thought leadership and business development activities
- Motivate and generate commitment from team members by ensuring professional growth and development of team members through provision of constructive feedback and training while promoting an innovative and team-oriented work environment
- Build and maintain excellent relationship with clients’ senior staff and those at ‘C’ levels.
- Build and maintain excellent relationship with other departments with whom FAAS works closely e.g. Strategy & Transactions, Consulting etc.
- Demonstrate continuous self-development and commitment to development of others through coaching and leadership.
- Leading EY’s engagements with clients and FAAS input into larger, multi-disciplinary teams.
Key skills and competencies required:
- Experience working as a (an) Senior Manager/Associate Director in a Top Accounting firm working within large corporate sectors preferred.
- Qualified accountant (ICAN, ACCA or international equivalent) with at least 7 -10 years working experience.
- Strong technical accounting experience with IFRS and with recent developments in accounting, in particular IFRS 9,15 and 16.
- Experience in leading and developing client relationships
- Experience of developing and presenting accounting training courses
- Experience of oversight of teams
- Experience of coaching and mentoring colleagues of all levels
- Business development experience including generating sales with new clients and developing internal networks
- Analytical ability and attention to detail
- Problem solving attitude and proven ability to apply accounting concepts to unusual one-off situations
- Demonstrate understanding of client’s industry and recognize key performance drivers, business trends, and new technical and industry developments for the purpose of identifying business opportunities for FAAS and the firm
- Demonstrate a strong ability to network and sell FAAS solutions
- Demonstrate mastery of key concepts and principles related to process improvements, project management and change management; show an ability to apply these consistently in engagement settings.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
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