Manager Assurance Operations Accelerator - Rapid Innovations, Lahore

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The opportunity

We are actively recruiting professionals to join us at Manager level for our Assurance Operations Accelerator Team (“AOA”) team in MENA. You’ll help our audit partners, audit teams and various internal departments and stakeholders in their engagement management process and meet their reporting requirements.
 
In return, you can expect leading-edge learning and development tailored to your unique interests and motivations. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge, and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.  

We are expanding our MENA AOA COE in Lahore, Pakistan, providing an opportunity to work on MENA projects.

Your key responsibilities 

As a manager you will be the main point of contact with regards to administrative aspect of audit engagements which includes setting-up the audit project, administer the audit engagement economics process which includes initiating and monitoring the periodic billings and supporting the audit engagement team in billing queries. You will be responsible to advise and support audit engagement partners and managers on all audit engagement related administrative tasks and ensure audit progress across the engagement lifecycle by setting up the tasks for the audit engagement team in EY’s proprietary audit platform, while driving the engagement controlling process (audit budget planning, analysis, estimates to complete the project reporting). Moreover, you will also drive efficiency via bringing in best practices and automation and will work closely with EY Rapid to ensure centralization of audit engagement management tasks. Plus, you will also be responsible for the quality assurance of the data entry, budgeting, reforecasting of the audit engagements and timely billings and will provide ad hoc reporting as required by the business and assist with internal requirements. Furthermore, you will also be involved in investigating and resolving ad hoc audit queries and escalations in a timely manner while participating in regional calls and meetings pertaining to AOA and updating the local practices in MENA in implementing AOA activities and highlight challenges and barriers in the implementation.

Skills and attributes for success 

Pro- activity, accountability and results- driven people will flourish in this environment. Dealing with competing priorities, understanding how to manage resources and communicating effectively are key skills. This will have a huge impact on those around you and help promote a positive work ethic.

To qualify for the role, you must have.

• At least 7-8 years of experience.
• Strong academic record, including a degree and professional qualification such as ACCA, ICMA, CA or MBA from a reputed university.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Big Picture Thinking and Selling the Vision
• Superior Analytical Skills
• Leadership and Team building
• Communication
• Influencing and Negotiating
• Conflict Resolution
• Stakeholder Management
• Planning and Resource Management
• Organizational Planning
• Scheduling

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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