Senior Accountant, Financial Services, Sydney

Our Assurance group is one of the most trusted, respected and influential organisations in the industry. As part of our team, you will provide peace of mind to clients by using your skills and experience to give companies, investors and regulators confidence in the validity of financial statements and business-critical information or processes. Groups (or, as we call them, sub-service lines) within Assurance include External Audit, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Financial Accounting Advisory Services and Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services.

Join our External Audit team and you will help our clients meet their reporting requirements by providing an objective and independent examination of their financial statements, timely and constructive discussion with management on accounting and reporting matters, and a robust and clear perspective to audit committees.

You will experience ongoing professional development through diverse experiences, world-class learning and individually tailored coaching. That's how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Qualifications:
In your role you'll;

• Gain exposure to leading financial service institutions across leading Wealth and Asset Management, Banking and Insurance clients.
• Support our delivery of financial statement audits and work with other service lines and technical experts to deliver client solutions.
• Participate in special projects such as transactions and detailed analyses of client operations as required.
• Build valuable relationships with clients and develop strong technical capabilities, through formal training as well as working with senior mentors and talented colleagues.
• Work effectively as a team member sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress.
• Use industry knowledge to provide ideas and solutions to clients and potential clients
• Identify key risk areas within client organisation and evaluate the client's responses to managing these risks.
• Oversee a team throughout an audit engagement to ensure the audit is executed effectively and meets all key milestones.
• We're looking for people with the following skills & experience:
• Relevant qualifications (or equivalent experience), and 1 years relevant post qualification experience
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a dynamic, team environment
• Confident and credible communicator who displays both technical knowledge and commercial understanding
• Manages projects effectively such that engagements are completed on time, on budget and at the quality expected by the client and management
• Innovative, creative thinking.

About us

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