The Senior Manager will be responsible for working closely with FAAS leadership, Partners, Senior Managers
and Managers on client engagements across Americas and EMEIA. The incumbent will provide technical
support, grow the GDS portfolio and coach EY GDS Assurance Managers.
The Senior Manager should have extensive experience in Financial Accounting Advisory Services. The person
is also expected to display strong technical knowledge in US GAAP and/or IFRS. While the Senior Manager
will be based in either our Gurgaon or Bangalore office, the role requires the person to travel (on a short or
long–term basis) to other countries to lead Client Service teams.
Primary responsibilities
·
Manage
quality of service delivery
o
Lead multiple
global or domestic client engagement teams and ensure exceptional quality
service
o
Act as a FAAS
subject matter expert for one or more FAAS solutions, including:
o
Financial
Accounting and Reporting Excellence
o
GAAP
conversions
o
Transaction
accounting
o
Accounting
change (revenue recognition and lease accounting)
o
Accounting
policy and governance
o
Remediation
and readiness
o
Organizing
and providing technical training
o
Addressing
service delivery quality issues, if and when they occur
·
Manage and
develop people
o
Conduct FAAS
team performance reviews, serve as a positive leader and mentor, and contribute
to
o
the team
performance
o
Identify
development opportunities and training needs for high performing Managers
·
Manage
business and clients
o
Actively
support the Americas or EMEIA FAAS leadership both in terms of growth as well
as
o
quality
initiatives
o
Enhance
relationships with global teams and leverage connections to identify
opportunities for work
o
at the GDS
Qualifications, skills and
experience
·
Chartered
Accountant (CA), CPA (US) or ACCA (UK)
·
10–13 years
(post qualification) in assurance or finance controllership roles, including at
least 5 years of
·
Financial
Accounting and Advisory experience
·
Expert knowledge
of IFRS or US GAAP and Indian accounting standards
·
Extensive
hands–on experience in the following areas:
o
GAAP
conversions and implementation of new accounting standards
o
Drafting and
designing accounting policies
o
Technical
accounting research and advice
o
Consolidation
and compilation support
o
Financial
statement close process support
o
Transaction
accounting and reporting – IPOs, Carve–outs, PPA, etc.
o
Remediation
and readiness
o
Benchmarking
services and market analysis
o
Advanced data
analytics (knowledge of the subject will be a plus)
·
Strong
management skills to lead teams, delegate appropriately, mentor, review
performance and
·
counsel
employees
·
Strong
written and verbal communication, presentation, client servicing and technical
writing skills
·
Ability to
research client inquires and emerging issues, including regulations, industry
practices and
·
new
technologies
·
Industry
sector specialization and international work experience will be valued
