Senior Assurance Specialist - Ernst & Young.

Financial Services – Extended Assurance – Senior/Assistant Manager

EY's Financial Services practice is currently undergoing exciting change. The business is rapidly growing, and we are expanding our Extended Assurance team across the UK. This role can be based in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds or Manchester and is a great opportunity for someone who is a Newly Qualified Auditor with a background in Financial Services Audit and looking to move aware from a core audit role. This growth offers great opportunities for learning and progression.

The Opportunity:

Our Extended Assurance practice provides ongoing assurance to regulators, management and directors on the quality of governance, processes and controls managing financial and non-financial risks within a business.

Current turbulent markets are driving significant changes to all firms' internal processes, e.g., through regulatory reporting or demands for better or new management information. The processes require a broader set of controls than those traditionally used for Financial Statement reporting, including the requirement to address a wider suite of risks.

EY's Financial Services Extended Assurance team works with clients to provide assurance that an organisation's business activities are operating effectively in addressing these challenges. This is done through the appropriate use of assurance skills, robust audit and other methodologies coupled with industry insight in the Financial Services market.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Work on the execution of a variety of projects, including non-financial assurance reviews (e.g. COREP, Client Assets), regulatory reporting assurance (MIFID), financial crime reviews (AML, Sanctions), general business process and controls advice and compliance services.
• Work in complex multi-disciplinary teams, with responsibility for the overall execution of smaller projects and / or individual components of larger projects, under the guidance and direction of Managers, Directors and Partners.
• Use expertise in assurance methodologies to perform engagements in compliance with the firm's and industry standards.
• Coach other team members, share experiences, share knowledge and generate new ideas with them.

Skills and attributes for success:

Desire to build / develop a career in assisting financial services clients with technology controls assessments / improvements, including the provision of either a formal (assurance) or informal (findings & recommendations) opinion.

• Ability to lead teams and deliver our solutions to meet client needs, preferably demonstrated in a professional services environment.
• Intellectual rigor / flexibility to rapidly understand complex problems and rationalise these into a workable solution which can then be delivered.
• Ability to operate with stakeholders / manage projects which potentially span all functions within client organisations.
• High level of drive, commitment to achieving solutions and ability to work and lead under pressure in an entrepreneurial environment

Join us and you'll work in a rapidly growing team on challenging projects and accelerate your career within an international and supportive team. You'll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Professional qualification, either in practice ACA/ CA/ ACCA / US CPA qualified (ICAEW, ICAS, Irish Institute or equivalent international qualification) or an equivalent in industry, ACCA, CIMA.
• Newly Qualified Auditor with a background in Financial Services Audit
• Previous CASS, governance, internal controls or internal audit experience within Financial Services.
• Particular industry specialism experience preferably in Banking & Capital Markets or Wealth and Asset Management.

Ideally, you'll also have:

• Experience of working in assurance, risk and / or controls projects either as an auditor / advisor or within industry, and an ability to document business processes and control diagrams.
• We are looking for people with banking and capital markets or wealth and asset management knowledge. You need to have an ability to identify the operational risks within a process and design controls testing programs to assess the quality of control over these risks.
• Knowledge and experience of working in a dynamic, demanding environment is essential.

What we look for
Your goal will be to help clients achieve their potential – and you can expect to do the same. As part of a supportive team, you'll have the opportunity to progress and build knowledge that will make a difference to your CV – and to your entire career.