Experienced Staff/Senior | Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) | Lisboa/Porto

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.  

From small businesses to some of the world’s best-known brands, our clients count on reliable financial statements, information and processes to inform their ongoing strategies. More than ever, business is about interpreting and reacting to complex data — and they look to us for advice and services they can trust every time. You’ll use your professional skills and experience to make it happen, handling complex audit procedures across a broad range of industries and responsibilities.  You won’t find an assurance culture like this anywhere else, so whether you’re looking for a long-term, or are interested in progressing on to other areas, this is a great place to be.

 

The opportunity

As an Assurance Professional, you will be a professional member of our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS). Together with our substantial investments in technology, knowledge, and learning resources for our assurance professionals, you will be part of the team that delivers quality accounting and reporting services to our clients and their stakeholders.

 
Your key responsibilities
As an experienced staff/senior, you will actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships. You will help to develop long-term client relationships and networks, as well as develop relationships with team members across all EY practices to service client needs. By drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll provide innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs and contribute to thought leadership. You'll actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives.
 
In line with our commitment to quality, you'll consistently drive projects to completion and determine that work is of a high quality. Your role in leading teams or parts of teams on engagements will depend on the size of engagement and will be under responsibility of higher levels. They will look to you to anticipate and identify risks and escalate issues as appropriate.
As an influential member of the team, you'll help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop.

 

Skills and attributes for success
•    Participate in Reporting Performance Improvement external client consulting engagements, which involve looking at a company’s internal finance and accounting processes and advising client on solutions around creating efficient process or improving existing processes.Assist in managing the financial aspects of engagements by organizing staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders.
•    Participate in business development initiatives.
•    Build strong internal relationships within across EY’s various service lines.
To qualify for the role you must have
•    Strong academic record including a bachelor's degree in accounting, management, economics or a related field;
•    Experience in external/internal audit projects and would like to use this experience to provide solutions to clients as a consultant (2-5 years); or
•    Experience in project-based, financial management consulting engagements with clients in diverse sectors (2-5 years);
•    Comfort using Microsoft Office Tools (with emphasis on excel and power point) to improve project efficiency in a autonomous way;
•    Interest in structuring problems and researching and developing solutions for reporting/accounting issues;
•    Excellent communication skills including verbal, written, and presentation;
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with an ability to think outside of the box and thrive on new challenges;
•    Experience managing staff on multiple projects and providing direction to team members;
•    A high level of motivation and a self-starting attitude.

 

Ideally, you’ll also have
•    The ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic team-oriented environment.

 

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident team player equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization. If you’re ready to take on a wide range of responsibilities and are committed to seeking out new ways to make a difference, this role is for you.

 

What working at EY offers
EY offers a competitive remuneration package commensurate with your work experience.

 

Plus, we offer:
•    Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around;

•    Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career;
•    The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

 

EY | Shape the future with confidence

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today. 
At EY, we're committed to providing recruitment and career opportunities to all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, social background or disability. We believe that equality and diversity are central to our recruitment process, as they enhance creativity and efficiency, leading to improved performance and productivity. In line with this commitment, EY Portugal recently became a member of the Inclusive Community Forum. This initiative, led by Nova SBE, focuses on the recruitment of individuals with disabilities, advocating for a more inclusive community. Moreover, EY Portugal has also endorsed the Diversity Charter of APPDI (the Portuguese Association for Diversity and Inclusion), pledging to establish and develop internal policies and practices which support diversity. Through these initiatives, EY seeks to actively contribute to the inclusion process and promote a more inclusive community for people with disabilities, by actively participating in creating solutions.

 

 

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