Associate/Senior Associate, Assurance - Perth

• Opportunity to take on large amounts of responsibility early in your career
  
• Supportive mentoring and on-boarding programs to set you up for success
  
• Choose a career that connects you globally on a daily basis

About EY

https://www.ey.com/au/behindthenumbers

The opportunity

We are looking for Associates and Senior Associates to join our Assurance teams across Australia & New Zealand. This role is offered on a flexible full-time basis. You'll help our clients meet their reporting requirements by accurately reporting on financial statements and providing meaningful insights into accounting and reporting matters. In return, you can expect leading-class learning and development tailored to your unique interests and motivations. You'll be given all the skills, knowledge and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.

Your key responsibilities

• Leading fieldwork, managing performance, coaching and mentoring more junior team members and keeping engagement leaders updated on audit engagements
  
• Effectively managing Audit processes with appropriate consideration of audit risk issues and accounting technical matters, including revenue, financial instruments and income taxes
  
• Engaging clients and providing advice and professionalism throughout transactions, including identification of areas for improvement in clients' business processes
  
• Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends and processes and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues
  
• Understanding our clients' unique ambitions and needs and referring them to colleagues in other teams and areas to broaden our business relationships where possible
  
• Expertise in accounting frameworks (IFRS) and in related financial reporting matters.
  

Skills and attributes for success

• Proven experience in delivering external audit and assurance engagements
  
• Experience leading the planning, execution and reporting on audits
  
• Proven track record with developing and maintaining client relationships
  
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a collaborative approach to management
  

Ideally, you'll also have

• Expertise in accounting frameworks (IFRS) and in related financial reporting matters.
  
• A strong academic record, including a degree and progress towards/completion of a recognised accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA)
  

Who are Assurance?

Assurance is a promise, a positive declaration intended to give confidence. You can be part of the next big climate change initiative, work with the latest innovative forensic intelligence or provide robustness and clarity as part of an audit committee. EY teams deliver on providing that confidence to our clients and you can be part of that promise. Learn more about Assurance here - https://www.ey.com/au/aboutassurance

What working at EY offers

Our Total Rewards package includes:

• formal or informal flexible working options e.g. remote working, flexible start and finish times - https://www.ey.com/au/eyflexibility
  
• career and learning development e.g. EY badges ( https://www.ey.com/gl/eybadges ), career mentoring
  
• an extensive range of wellbeing and benefit offerings e.g. Salary packaging, parental leave and support, health checks
  

Who we are

EY is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer ( https://www.ey.com/au/eydiversityInclusion ) offering a vast range of internal networks including Ability EY, our disability network, Unity, our LGBTI network and our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander network enabling us all to embrace and value the diverse society we live within. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application via contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or +61 1800 017 666.

Join us in building a better working world. Apply now!

The preferred applicant will be subject to employment screening by EY or by their external third party provider. Regarding this role, the minimum salary for hires into Australia is $60,500 AUD including 9.5% superannuation.

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