Audit Associate (Contract Based)

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) Assurance practice supports global EY client–serving teams with their reviews across industry sectors, including financial services, manufacturing and technology, among others. Through the right multidisciplinary team of professionals with the sector knowledge and subject matter expertise, EY GDS Assurance enables EY client teams in over 30 countries to help world’s leading companies meet their audit requirements.

The opportunity

The role of a GDS Staff is to carry out routine substantive and controls-based procedures from the GDS Manila supporting the various Global client serving assurance teams mostly based in the Asia-Pacific, Americas & European countries. Key expectations for this role are to provide high quality results to the engagement teams, often to a tight deadline.

Your key responsibilities

The candidate will be responsible for delivering highest quality on every task assigned in line with EY Global review methodology and the expectations of Global engagement teams. To contribute to a positive team environment by demonstrating consistent commitment and optimism towards work challenges and to develop knowledge to use of EY technology and tools to continually learn, share knowledge with team members, and enhance service delivery.

Skills and attributes for success

• Demonstrate basic understanding of an industry or sector and be aware of technical issues or assurance risks.

• Execute & document specific review procedures as defined by the engagement teams.

• Build knowledge about risk management which includes understanding significant business processes, regulation applicable to the client, other risks specific to a client’s business.

• Timely identification of accounting issues, clearly documenting the facts and findings, and discuss with GDS senior/Assistant Manager.

• Interact with the global engagement team on a regular basis and develop productive working relationship with them.

• Contribute ideas for improvement by comparing efficiency of review procedures performed across different clients.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Must be a graduate of BS Accountancy

• Open to Non-CPA & fresh graduates

• 0 to 1 year of relevant experience.

• Basic understanding of accounting and assurance concepts

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Strong interpersonal and good written & oral communication skills.

• Proficient with MS office and Outlook.

• Robust logical and reasoning skills.

• Interest in business and commerciality.

• Team player, with the ability to multi-task, flexible and can work under pressure.

• Commitment to continuous learning and proactively implement onto new processes.

What we look for

We look for high performers, who consistently deliver quality work while continually looking for ways to improve. We want you to have a clear sense of personal and professional accountability and know how to build relationships by doing the right thing. We look for people who demonstrate drive, vision and determination and are passionate about helping our clients achieve their goals.

We want people who understand the challenges of working in a professional services environment and are focused on achieving and delivering the best for our clients.

What working at EY offers We offer a competitive compensation & benefits package and different rewards program like awards & recognitions, loyalty awards and travel opportunities.

EY is committed to doing its part in building a better working world, thus, the organization promotes continuous learning and development opportunities by providing in-house technical and supplemental training related to each role, as well as promoting developmental programs, such as mentoring activities, projects, and the like, which will aide in our employees’ succession planning and career advancement.

Talk to anyone at EY and they’ll tell you what a rewarding place it is to work. As you collaborate with colleagues in our high-performing teams, you gain exposure to some of the most complex and stimulating situations in the business world. For us, it’s vital you share our goals — so we can work together to achieve success.