Senior Manager - Technical Accounting - Financial Accounting Advisory Services

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What’s in it for you? 

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.

We are looking for Senior Managers to join our Brisbane and Perth teams. These roles are open to individuals with valid Australian working rights. 

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. Further, you will 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’re looking for 

Here’s our ‘wish list’ but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your strengths, what you want to learn, and how far you want to go. 

• Excellent leadership and project management skills with a proven ability to execute under pressure. 

• Intellectual curiosity, strong technical accounting knowledge (IFRS, AAS) and a demonstrated ability to quickly grasp complex concepts.

• Ability to clearly articulate complex accounting concepts and issues to non-specialists and work collaboratively with clients and across EY service lines.  

• Strong business writing skills (formal and informal). 

• A demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong and broad client relationships.

• A proven ability to identify, develop and capture business opportunities.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• 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 can offer you

• Explore how a career at EY is yours to build at www.ey.com/au/careerdevelopment

• Discover how, when and where you can work at www.ey.com/au/flexibility

• Learn about our commitment to DE&I at www.ey.com/au/diversity-inclusiveness

• Discover the various ways our benefits can cater to your needs, across wellness, financial wellbeing, and family-friendly policies which include 26 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave at www.ey.com/au/benefits 

• We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation depending 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 www.ey.com/au/reconciliation

Apply now… we’re over 9,000 perspectives in Australia and we’re ready to welcome yours. 

 
Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We hold a collective commitment to continue to drive an environment where all differences are valued, practices are equitable, and everyone experiences a sense of belonging— where people are inspired to team and lead inclusively in their interactions every day. 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.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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