Forensics - Insurance and Federal Claims Services - Senior - Multiple locations

Locations: Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami

The opportunity

Join EY's Forensics Insurance and Federal Claims Services practice, where we specialize in assisting clients with their financial recovery objectives following disaster events such as hurricanes, fires, tornadoes and pandemics. We are a leading professional services firm providing grants management and compliance, and insurance claims services to some of the most complex and prestigious public and private sector entities.  The EY team is composed of a diverse group of professionals to include accountants with disaster management experience, forensic accountants, engineers, former FEMA professionals, and other claims professionals who work together to provide our clients with unparalleled expertise.

Your key responsibilities

In this role, you will work with engagement teams to provide government and public sector clients with a variety of services associated with the management and compliance of disaster recovery funding made available through complex grant and stimulus programs (FEMA, HUD CDBG-DR, ARPA).  This might include managing large projects for states and local governments, leading interactions with local governments to support project development, verifying numerous aspects of compliance including transaction testing and programmatic requirements, and managing and participating in teams who undertake monitoring of federally funded projects. This role will allow you to leverage your technical skills to creatively assess and resolve our clients’ needs from the front lines.

Travel and presence at client sites may be required.

Skills and attributes for success

• Take responsibility for high quality execution and delivery of specific parts of the engagement
• Demonstrate strong technical and analytic skills
• Develop yourself and others through seeking and offering on-the-job coaching
• Use technology to continually learn and share your knowledge with other team members
• Maintain a strong focus on the client and be responsive to their requests
• Develop relationships with client and other stakeholder personnel
• Work effectively with teams of varying sizes

To qualify for the role you must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Emergency Management or related field
• Minimum of 3 years of related compliance, audit, financial management, disaster recovery and/or emergency management experience, ideally with a government agency or professional services firm

• Achieved, or be working towards a professional designation, such as CPA, CFA, CFE
• Effective organization and time management skills and the ability to prioritize when working on multiple engagements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Good attention to detail
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint 

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• A strong interest in the government and public sector
• Experience managing teams of 2 to 5 professionals
• Experience with business development activity

What we look for

We are looking for passionate leaders who are eager to assist governments and other organizations during their most critical times. A strong technical foundation is crucial, along with the ability to convert complex information into actionable insights. We value individuals who can build and maintain both internal and external relationships and are dedicated to deeply understanding our clients' needs. If you aspire to be part of a community of advisors making a significant impact on prominent businesses, this role is for you.

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.