GDS Assurance - Expanded Assurance - Senior Associate

The opportunity

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We are seeking candidates with background in System and Organization Controls (SOC) reporting/Internal Audits with an experience in process walkthroughs and control testing. The incumbent will effectively convey control environments and recommendations to global client-serving assurance teams and clients at a senior level.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead SOC engagements, ensuring compliance with relevant standards and delivering reports that meet client and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct detailed process walkthroughs and control testing, documenting findings and assessing the effectiveness of clients' controls.
• Collaborate with EY Onshore teams to understand clients’ systems and processes, providing suggestions on control optimization and risk mitigation.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of SOC reporting standards, industry best practices, and regulatory changes.
• Lead an engagement from the GDS front and ensure the team delivers timely and high-quality work, as per EY Global Audit Methodology and in line with the Global team expectations.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of aligned engagement and EY GAM while performing reviews of procedures performed by GDS staff, along with knowledge of EY tools to make reviews more efficient and meaningful.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with key EY Global counterparts.
• Develop an understanding of EY Quality and Risk Management procedures and ensure these are embedded into the engagement team’s work.
• Proactively discuss workflow management with the assurance teams, allocating resources to the assigned work and monitoring performance against standards, budget to actuals, and other operational matters.
• Demonstrate professionalism, competence and clarity of communication when dealing with GDS and Global teams.
• Establish expectations of value to be delivered to the respective GDS Global teams aligned.
• Identify opportunities to improve the scope of work for GDS on one’s own engagements.
• Standardize review processes along with leveraging best practices across one’s aligned engagements or beyond.
• Motivate and lead one’s GDS team members, identify and foster key talents, coach and supervise team members.
• Be responsible for various operational matters related to engagements aligned.
• Conduct timely performance reviews and provide performance feedback/training. Lead by example.

Skills and attributes for success
• Knowledge of assurance standards
• Excellent communication skills.
• Effective interpersonal, risk management, facilitation and presentation skills
• Project management, leadership, coaching, counselling and supervisory skills
• Robust logical and reasoning skills
• Ability to spread positive work culture, teaming and live EY values.
• The ability to quickly form strong working relationship with colleagues in India and global teams.

To qualify for the role, you must have:
CPA with 2+ years of relevant work experience
Accountancy or Finance related degree with 3+ years of relevant work experience in Assurance.
0-2 years post-qualification experience with either
Mid-or top-tier accounting firm focused on external or Assurance reviews.
MNC or larger domestic Indian companies, preferably within a Shared Service Environment.
Experience in System and Organization Controls (SOC) reporting/Internal Audits is an added advantage.

Ideally, you’ll also have
Proficiency in MS – Office, PowerBi
Interest in business and commerciality.

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