PAS EMS - UK - Advanced Analyst

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Role name and description

Advanced Analyst - The primary role of an Advanced Analyst is to analyze information to ensure accuracy of deliverables and help Team Leads/Assistant Managers to manage relationships with clients.

The opportunity

When you join EY, you’ll be at the heart of EY’s critical mission to build a better working world by applying your knowledge, skills and experience in assisting clients in meeting their business objectives. You will learn, grow and contribute – building new relationships and discovering the satisfaction that comes through producing high-quality, valued work and advice.

Your key responsibilities

• Serve as the single point of contact (SPOC) responsible for executing day to day tasks related to your engagement/s
• Monitor and allocate work to team
• Responsible for executing, quality control and reporting daily status to the internal leadership team as well as to our user groups.
• Conduct review of deliverables for quality assurance
• Responsible for meeting contractual SLA's
• Adhere to practice protocols and other internal processes consistently
• Be an integral part of the Global and/or Local Client Service Delivery team
• Conduct complete review of client deliverables for quality assurance and ensure the team has adhered to the process protocols.
• Go to person for the analysts for process specific clarifications
• Review and escalate issues and queries
• Develop a high level understanding of all the work streams of EMS and collaborate with different work streams as required by the business
• Be involved in coaching of team members
• Assist Tax Seniors in managing clients/projects
• Effectively delegate work to the team
• Ensure that the work done is within the budget and deviations have valid reasons/explanations.
• Leverage ideas from other engagements and experiences to enhance effectiveness of work, discuss with team leads on good practices to be implemented across all engagements
• Regularly communicate your progress and project status to the Team Lead
• Take ownership of your schedule and proactively seek work when necessary to meet your annual goals
• Understand your team’s role within the engagement and take ownership for connecting the various work streams serving the client and the client deliverables they are responsible for
• Focus on efficiencies and continuous improvement - challenge existing processes where inefficient or redundant
• Handle issues and escalate to leadership
• Should be able to work in a virtual world with teams globally
• Help in training, mentoring and coaching team members
• To work closely with the Senior to give inputs on the bottom quartile and help them come up the learning curve

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong in MS Office - Competent with using spreadsheets for data manipulation and review.
• Good knowledge of other MS Office applications especially MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Technically versatile and able to work with data from various sources of various complexity and formats

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Proficient in English
• Clear verbal communication
• Professional and structured written communication
• Listening skills to respond effectively to instructions
• Should be able work in a team
• Self assured & self-motivated attitude
• Organized and deadline focused
• Systematic Skills
• Detail orientated / Attention to detail

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior experience of project management (being a part of any small project as a team member to handling small projects on their own)
• Knowing a foreign language
• Any Certification courses on operation management, Client management

What we look for

We look for candidates with proven capabilities of leading a team. Working closely with clients of People Advisory Services within and outside EY 

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

• 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.

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