Senior Associate - Assurance Operations (AOA)

About the role

EY Assurance is hiring a Senior Associate (AOA) in Colombo. The role sits within the EY GDS Assurance team and involves developing relationships with the global EY teams supporting the engagements, supervising delivery of engagement management support, coaching and mentoring a team, managing utilization and growing support for the organization's priority engagements.

Key responsibilities

• Work with EY GDS review teams to monitor global assurance reviews for assigned clients
• Manage communication with the various locations for the assigned client and ensure appropriate action is taken
• Maintain and update the engagement team database and contact lists
• Carry out assigned activities with minimal or no involvement from the account lead/manager
• Identify problems and exceptions accurately and inform teams in a timely manner
• Review staff work for quality and adherence to engagement deadlines
• Attend and take part in weekly or biweekly calls with engagement teams and share progress and status updates
• Improve working practices and processes, and act as a knowledge champion for complex activities and tools
• Share best practices across account teams, train new hires and give refresher training

Required profile

• 3-6 years of overall work experience in process management and project management (MBA or Certified PMP preferred)
• Interest in business and commerciality
• Ability to summarize and conclude work with appropriate documentation standards

Required skills

• Advanced written and verbal communication
• Planning, prioritizing, analytical and numerical skills
• Strong influencing skills and assertiveness
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)