Assurance Government & Public Sector Senior

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Our UK and Ireland (UKI) Assurance team is fully integrated working across borders to help clients deal with issues that are critical to their success and winning new business as a result. 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. You’ll use your professional skills and experience to make it happen handling complex audit procedures across a broad range of clients.

Your goal will be to help clients achieve their potential – and you can expect to do the same.

As an auditor at EY you will provide independent verification of our clients’ compliance with accounting principles. By doing so you play a meaningful role in helping businesses accurately reflect their financial return. You can expect leading class learning and development tailored to your unique interests and motivations. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.

We are expanding our Audit teams across the UK with vacancies in a number of our offices.

• Leading fieldwork and keeping engagement managers updated on audits
• Accurately reporting on financial statements and providing meaningful insights into accounting and reporting matters
• Completing audit processes and documenting higher‑risk areas to increase your technical and business skills
• Engaging clients and providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout transactions
• Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends

Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers so you’ll be a high‑profile contact when it comes to resolving complex issues. As you build your knowledge and experience you’ll become a credible advisor influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries. You’ll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory.

• Experience delivering and reporting on external audits
• Fully qualified as a chartered accountant e.g. ACA / ACCA / CA / ICAS / ICAEW or international equivalent
• Non‑financial services industry exposure

• Government & Public Sector experience
• Knowledge of current market issues in the UK
• Experience using SOX 404 and applying UK GAAP and IFRS
• Project management or team supervisory experience
• The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast‑paced environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

We’re interested in professionals with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role so we look for people who will take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues this role is for you.

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client‑facing professionals can be required to travel regularly and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working…