Senior Manager - Technical Accounting - Financial Accounting Advisory Services

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Senior Manager - Technical Accounting - Financial Accounting Advisory Services

The opportunity

In a fast-paced, and increasingly complex world, our clients need our help to navigate complexity. They seek commercial, practical and technically compliant accounting solutions and timely, reliable and insightful information, to underpin their current business activities and inform their ongoing strategies. More than ever, business is about interpreting complex data to provide relevant insights to manage and mitigate business risks and capture strategic opportunities. Our clients look to us for guidance and services they can trust.    

As a Senior Manager in our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) team, you will work with a wide range of clients on a broad range of issues that matter to their businesses. These will include middle market businesses through to some of the world’s largest companies. You will assist our clients as they experience significant changes and may include preparing for significant transactions (both sale and purchase), assisting with preparing for financial audits or audit remediation.      

This could be a fantastic career opportunity for someone with a strong Audit background who is looking to transition into a role with an advisory focus. We will equip you with leading-edge tools and resources to continue building on your technical expertise, whilst leveraging your problem-solving and creative thinking abilities to provide practical, hands-on support, guidance, and solutions to address our clients’ financial accounting and reporting challenges.  

This role can be performed from any of our EY offices across Australia. Our roles can potentially be adjusted to work flexibly with reduced hours. Please speak with us about potential options. 

Your key responsibilities 

• Proactively lead all aspects of engagements including planning, approach, stakeholder management, commercial engagement outcomes, risk management and building and maintaining high performing teams (including coaching and mentoring). 
• Work collaboratively with our clients on a wide range of engagements such as: Understanding and assessing the impact of current, proposed new or revised accounting standards (AAS, IFRS) on an entity’s business, their transactions and their financial accounting and reporting, and assisting them to practically interpret and implement solutions. 
• Working as an integral part of the client’s deal team across the transaction’s lifecycle (including pre deal and post deal) to provide insights on the potential accounting impacts and outcomes, e.g., IPO, equity/debt raising, acquisitions, divestments, and financial buy-side and sell-side due diligence. 
• Assist with post deal implementation related accounting and reporting matters. Participating in overall practice strategy development and leading strategy execution.  
• Realising business development plans through strong professional networks and preparing and delivering proposals.  
• Developing and maintaining long-term productive client relationships.  

What we look for 

Ideally, you’ll have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn. 

• CA, CPA or equivalent professional qualification.
• A degree in accounting and/or another appropriate academic major. 
• A minimum of 8 years’ relevant experience. 

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more. 

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences ey.com/au/careerdevelopment 
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy. 
• A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally www.ey.com/au/benefits      
• Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

Acknowledgement of Country

EY acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which EY offices are located around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures, and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. Find out more about our vision for reconciliation at ey.com/en_au/careers/indigenous 

Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential. 

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

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