Senior Consultant -FAAS -Abu Dhabi
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About the Role
EY seeks a Senior Consultant for Financial Accounting & Advisory Services (FAAS) in Abu Dhabi. The role involves assessing the impact of accounting standards, supporting clients in Oil & Gas, Power and Utilities sectors, and delivering FAAS solutions.
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Responsibilities
- Work directly with clients across several industries to assess the impact of new/existing accounting standards, proposed transactions or other regulatory changes
- Deliver FAAS solutions across Accounting and Reporting, Fixed Assets Management, Transaction Accounting and Finance Transformation
- Build and maintain strong networks internally and externally to grow the pipeline of FAAS work
- Report directly to Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and Partners at the planning, execution and wrap up stages of FAAS engagements
- Ensure work is of high quality, delivered in a timely fashion and in compliance with EY quality and risk management policies
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 6 years of professional experience in finance background (ideally with a leading consulting firm)
- Bachelor's degree in finance and / or accounting / equivalent
- CPA/CA/ACCA certification
- Sound knowledge of IFRS and hands on experience in application of various standards
- Experienced in financial control, including internal and external statutory reporting
- Exposure to finance systems architecture & strategy delivery, regulatory and management reporting, consolidation and EPM projects
- Exposure to drafting finance policies and procedures and compliance or internal audit, internal controls and risk management
- Exposure to ICFR including understanding of control design, walkthroughs, and testing of operating effectiveness
- Project management skills and experience
- Fluent written and verbal English communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills
- Flexibility and willingness to travel on short notice, as necessary
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About the Role
- In Financial Accounting & Advisory Services (FAAS) within Assurance, we assist our clients to address the accounting and financial reporting challenges in their business. You will be part of a team that provides insight and services that accelerate analytics, decision making and innovation to build
Key Responsibilities
- Work directly with a wide range of clients across several industries to assess the impact of new/existing accounting standards, proposed transactions or other regulatory changes with special emphasis on Oil & Gas, Power and Utilities sector handling the FAAS solutions offerings across Accounting a
- Build and maintain strong networks internally and externally in order to grow the pipeline of FAAS work.
- Report directly to Managers, Senior Managers, Directors and Partners at the planning, execution and wrap up stages of FAAS engagements.
- Ensure work is of a high quality, delivered in a timely fashion and in compliance with EY quality and risk management policies.
Skills and Attributes for Success
- Pro activity, accountability and results driven people will flourish in this environment.
- Dealing with competing priorities, understanding how to manage resources and communicating effectively are key skills.
What will you bring?
- Minimum of 3 6 years of professional experience in finance background (ideally with a leading consulting firm)
- A bachelor's degree in finance and / or accounting /equivalent
- CPA/CA/ACCA certification
- Sound knowledge of IFRS and hands on experience in application of various standards
- Experienced in financial control, including internal and external statutory reporting.
- Exposure to finance systems architecture & strategy delivery, regulatory and management reporting, consolidation and EPM projects
- Exposure to drafting finance policies and procedures and compliance or internal audit, internal controls and risk management
- Exposure to ICFR including understanding of control design, walkthroughs, and testing of operating effectiveness
- Project management skills and experience
- Involved in system wide organizational change and development initiatives
- Builds positive and credible relationships with clients with integrity and authenticity
- Ability to liaise and work with cross functional teams
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Experience in the Middle East & North Africa region
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