Custom Analytics - Associate

We are currently seeking the right candidate for an excellent career opportunity. As a Custom Analytics and Solutions associate your problem solving, development and product manager capabilities will be leveraged to help our clients navigate the complex world of modern data science and analytics. In this process, you will work with audit team members as well as other pillars in the Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital team.

You will also be working closely with data engineers, solution architects, product management, data analysts and data scientists across Africa and our global firm to create or leverage analytical solutions for audit clients. You will experience high growth, high visibility in an area with plenty of opportunities to enhance your skillset and build your career.

With a wide variety of clients across geographies, sectors, and systems you will be required to conceptualise, analyse, design, and deliver data analytical solutions to support our audit teams responding to challenging problem statements. Depending on the situation this will be done by yourself, working as part of team, working as part of a multidisciplinary team across our Europe Middle East India and Africa (EMEIA) region or leveraging existing solutions that our global teams have developed.

Effective data analytics or solutions will in many cases require you to work with and leverage specialists in the broader Africa Assurance Innovation and Digital team e.g. Automation, Process Mining, Data Delivery, Go-to-Market, or Implementation.

To be effective in your role delivering on client engagements will require an understanding of client’s relevant businesses and being able to manage relationships with clients and audit team representatives. As part of our EMEIA region you will need to build relationships and collaborate with our colleagues across the different regions in EMEIA. You’ll create and embed new process and knowledge into standardised, repetitive, reusable processes.

In doing so, you’ll stay abreast of developments in EY’s digital solutions and developments in the market. You should promote the use of these throughout the Assurance business and contribute to the EMEIA area network by sharing innovation solutions. Ultimately you will need to build a repertoire of data analytics solutions that can be used globally across our different clients.

Finally, as part of the Innovation team you will be required to proactively seek out learning opportunities to contribute to the advancement of the business.

• Customer centric solution mindset
• Strong analytical skills and logical thinking is a mandatory requirement
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English
• Ability to present yourself in a competent and professional manner to clients always
• Active participation and proactive attitude to service delivery
• Ability to prioritise competing responsibilities
• Demonstrate lateral thinking skills
• Demonstrate a broad approach to problem solving
• Ability to work efficiently and meet all deadlines
• Ability to support management and junior staff
• Ability to work efficiently in teams
• Show enthusiasm towards learning
• Ability to pay attention to detail
• Independent, self-motivator

• Preferred degree in Mathematics, Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics or equivalent
• Have the ability to absorb and learn new technologies as determined by our changing business and client’s requirements
• Be proficient in Excel, Word, Access, and Power Point

• Experience working for a professional services firm
• Experience working with external audit
• Ability to understand fundamentals of programming
• Understand business processes and how to analyse from a data point of view
• Understand of basic business processes, financial statement close process and related systems

We’re interested in highly motivated people who demonstrate a truly global mind-set and are inspired by the chance to really push boundaries and make the absolute most of every opportunity. An…