Assurance - FAAS - Enhanced Corporate Reporting and Accounting - Senior - Hong Kong

Assurance - FAAS - Enhanced Corporate Reporting and Accounting - Senior - Hong Kong

The opportunity

Within EY Assurance service line, Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) professionals provide advisory services encompassing accounting and regulatory support on accounting change and special matters, accounting processes and controls support (remediation, long-term contract accounting and cost accounting), GAAP conversion and implementation support, IPO and other public offering    assistance, on call financial reporting advice, and transaction accounting and financial reporting assistance (purchase price allocation).

Your key responsibilities

•    Be responsible for participating and/ or managing FAAS engagements
•    Collaborate with the partner, senior manager, manager and client to determine a FAAS strategy that appropriately addresses risk and manages client expectations relating to deliverables
•    Ensure that the FAAS engagement team understands the client's needs and expectations and that the work product is client-focused, clear, accurate and well-presented
•    Ensure the work is completed timely and in compliance with regulatory requirements
•    Develop core technology capabilities, using various process mining and automation tools
•    Provide business process and control related advice associated with analytics findings
•    Provide technical guidance and share knowledge with team members with diverse skills and backgrounds
•    Consistently help deliver quality client services focusing on client’s concerns and issues
•    Work with other advisory teams in providing finance transformation, process enhancement and data enhancement type of project. Provide technical support to the audit team in relation to complex accounting issues and regulatory reporting
•    Actively assess and present ways to apply knowledge and services
•    Prepare training materials for facilitation of client training
•    Discuss moderately complex accounting with the engagement team and client management. Analyze evidence, reach conclusions, interpret and apply standards, and identify non-compliance while applying a balanced view of all client matters

What we look for

•    Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in related disciplines with two to three years of relevant working experience in audit or consulting field preferred
•    CPA/CIA/CISA certification preferred
•    Experience with process mining and/or data analytics and visualization tools and programming language preferred
•    Good understanding of IFRS and/or US GAAP, control concepts, auditing processes and methodologies, including flowcharting, information systems and data analytics
•    Strong analytical skills and learning capability for new techniques
•    Interpersonal and communication skills to interact in team environment
•    Ability to handle highly confidential information in a strictly professional manner and maintain professional demeanor in times of high stress
•    Excellent command of written and spoken Chinese and English, fluent Mandarin is highly preferred
•    Flexibility and willingness to travel on short notice, as necessary

Who we are: 

At EY, we support you in achieving your unique potential wherever you are in the world - both personally and professionally.  We give you stretching and rewarding experiences that keep you motivated, working in an atmosphere of integrity and teaming with some of the world's most successful companies.  And while we encourage you to take personal responsibility for your career, we support you in your professional development in every way we can.  You enjoy the flexibility to devote time to what matters to you, in your business and personal life.  At EY, we know it's your point of view, energy and enthusiasm that make the difference.