Senior Consultant - Internal Audit - Canberra

The Covid-19 pandemic is creating seismic challenges around the world. Our purpose, to build a better working world, has never been more important. Life at EY has been transformed dramatically but our strong culture of flexible and remote working has helped EY people navigate new ways of working and remain connected with each other and our clients. EY was one of the first firms to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic in our industry, introducing remote working for our staff to keep both our employees and clients safe.

A better working world truly starts with the people at EY who are building it every day. Now more than ever we need talented people from diverse backgrounds to help our clients navigate the complexities of this Transformative Age: people with the passion, curiosity and drive to make things better.

The opportunity

We are looking for Managers within our Business Consulting, Internal Audit team in our Canberra office. This role provides an opportunity to work with a diverse range of Commonwealth clients.

We are one of the leading firms in Canberra and Internal Audit practice provide the government with a candid and reliable overview of their risk landscape. Our solutions are used by our clients to build trust and confidence. If you love working for the government and want to make an impact, come join our team.

Your key responsibilities

• Leading and guiding the team and client to create plans for accomplishing engagement objectives and strategies which comply with professional standards
• Advising clients to understand and manage business risks and verify the validity of business information
• Nurturing client relationships to achieve service expectations, deliverables and outcomes
• Partnering with the Commonwealth, addressing compliance, financial and operational risk, and assessing the current state internal controls and framework in order to mitigate current and emerging risks in the government landscape
• Keeping up to date with innovative assurance industry trends and briefing the engagement team on the client's internal audit environment

Skills and attributes for success

• Practical and solution oriented approach to identify technical developments, and evaluate and advise impacts
• High level communication and engagement skills, including exceptional report writing abilities
• Strong business acumen, commercially focused attitude
• Inspiring leadership capability with the motivation to develop others, build high performing teams and effectively delegate with appropriate levels of support
• Excellent project management skills including ability to lead fieldwork

Ideally, you'll also have

• A Bachelor or Master's degree qualification in finance, business, accounting or related discipline
• Professional accreditations and qualifications will also be considered favourably (CPA, CISA, CA, CIA, CISM, CISSP, CBCP, CIPP)

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your performance. In addition, our comprehensive Total Rewards package can be tailored to your individual needs, to give you the freedom to manage your role in a way that's right for you. This includes;

• a variety of flexible working and leave arrangements
• personalised career development including coaching and support to help you build your career and access to formal learning so you can develop the skills you'll need to thrive in the future
• a range of tools and benefits to guide and support your health and wellbeing throughout your entire EY career

About EY

At EY, we hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging. Through our inclusive leadership behaviours, a variety of internal networks, flexible working and mentoring programs, you will have the support and flexibility to build an exceptional career. Read more about Diversity and Inclusiveness at EY.

EY is committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process for people with disability. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application via contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or phone +61 3 8650 7788.

We understand the importance of social distancing at this time so our recruitment and onboarding process will be managed virtually so we can continue to prioritise the safety and wellbeing of EY people, clients, guests and the broader public.

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

Apply now.

The preferred applicant will be subject to employment screening by EY or by their external third party provider.

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