GDS Assurance - Senior Manager

Job Title: GDS Assurance – Audit Senior Manager

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) Assurance practice supports global EY client-serving teams with their reviews across industry sectors, including financial services, manufacturing and technology, among others. Through the right multidisciplinary team of professionals with the sector knowledge and subject matter expertise, EY GDS Assurance enables EY client teams in over 30 countries to help world’s leading companies meet their assurance requirements.    

Your key responsibilities

 As a Senior Manager, you should have assurance–related experience in the Asset Management industry. In addition to supporting the management of service delivery for several key clients, the incumbent should have the potential to coach managers in the Asset Management segment, provide technical support, deliver industry training and assist in growing the Asset Management practice.  

Skills and attributes for success

• Manage and Develop People: 
  • Be an effective manager by empowering, monitoring, coaching and motivating the team members 
  • Identify development opportunities and training needs for high performing managers 
  • Identify technical and non–technical training needs with respect to client servicing, decision making, people issues, etc.  
  • Conduct Assurance team’s performance reviews, serve as a positive leader and mentor, and play a significant role in the team’s performance  
     
• Manage Business and Clients: 
  • Develop and maintain strong relationship network with key contacts in the Asset Management 
    sector of engagement teams  
  • Actively support the Sector agenda both in terms of growth and quality initiatives (e.g. improvement of service delivery, standardization of projects, new solutions, etc.)  
  • Enhance connectivity between GDS team and engagement teams and leverage good connections to identify more opportunities for work  
  • Actively support the communication agenda for the Asset Management sector 
  • Support the Segment Leader in developing annual growth, resource and activity plans 
    Monitor KPIs (growth, quality feedback, utilization, risk management compliance, attrition, etc.) for the teams under supervision and take appropriate action wherever required  
• Manage Quality of Service Delivery 
  • Identify sector–specific training needs and review and update current curriculum 
  • Assist in organizing and providing technical training (both Sector and assurance methodology) 
  • Assist in addressing service delivery quality issues if and when they occur 
  • Support exceptional service delivery action programs 
  • Establish a practice of ‘Best Practice’ sharing within the Asset Management Segment teams 

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A qualified CPA
• Approximately over 10 years of assurance/audit experience
• International experience of over 2 years will be an added advantage 
• Asset Management, assurance experience with specific focus on Hedge Funds and Private Equity
• Excellent project and people management skills 

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Effective interpersonal, risk management, facilitation and presentation skills
• Ability to build a positive work culture and live up to the EY values
• Ability to quickly form strong working relationships with colleagues within and outside Philippines
• Financial Services industry experience is an added advantage

What we look for

We look for high performers, who consistently deliver quality work while continually looking for ways to improve. We want you to have a clear sense of personal and professional accountability and know how to build relationships by doing the right thing. We look for people who demonstrate drive, vision and determination and are passionate about helping our clients achieve their goals.

We want people who understand the challenges of working in a professional services environment and are focused on achieving and delivering the best for our clients.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive compensation & benefits package and different rewards program like awards & recognitions, loyalty awards and travel opportunities.

EY is committed to doing its part in building a better working world, thus, the organization promotes continuous learning and development opportunities by providing in-house technical and supplemental training related to each role, as well as promoting developmental programs, such as mentoring activities, projects, and the like, which will aide in our employees’ succession planning and career advancement.

Talk to anyone at EY and they’ll tell you what a rewarding place it is to work. As you collaborate with colleagues in our high-performing teams, you gain exposure to some of the most complex and stimulating situations in the business world.

For us, it’s vital you share our goals — so we can work together to achieve success.

About EY’s Global Delivery Services (“GDS”):

Global Delivery Services (GDS) consists of various service delivery centers from which our Client Service and Enablement Services teams operate to deliver strategic support to our EY member firms. Since 2001 EY has grown by over 100,000 people and seen tremendous change and globalization, and GDS has always grown, evolved and adapted along with EY itself. GDS is one of EY’s greatest global assets with 22,000 smart, dedicated and incredibly responsive people in five countries around the world. It plays an important role in EY’s growth strategy by providing efficient and effective support to our service lines and enablement functions. GDS spans all geographies, practices, services lines, sectors and competencies within EY to deliver deeply-integrated services that result in efficient and world-class solutions.

About EY

EY is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. The insights and quality   services we deliver help build trust and confidence in the capital markets and in economies the world   over. We develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders.   In so doing, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.    

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

Apply now.