Assurance Services Senior - Financial Services - Banking & Capital Markets (Minneapolis)

Job description

EY is the only professional services firm with a separate business unit (“FSO”) that is dedicated to the financial services marketplace. Our FSO teams have been at the forefront of every event that has reshaped and redefined the financial services industry.  If you have a passion for rallying together to solve the most complex challenges in the financial services industry, come join our dynamic FSO team!

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. More than ever, business is about interpreting and reacting to complex data — and they look to us for advice and services they can trust every time. You’ll use your professional skills and experience to make it happen, handling complex audit procedures across the Banking and Capital Markets industry.

The opportunity

You’ll help our clients meet their reporting requirements by accurately reporting on financial statements and providing meaningful insights into accounting and reporting matters. In 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.

Your key responsibilities

Everything you’ll do will come back to providing exceptional audit activities for our clients. 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.

Skills and attributes for success
·  Leading fieldwork, managing performance and keeping engagement leaders updated on audit engagements
·  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 and processes and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues
·  Understanding our clients’ unique ambitions and needs and referring them to colleagues in other teams and areas to broaden our business relationships where possible
To qualify for the role you must have
·  A bachelor’s degree in an accounting, finance or business discipline, supported by approximately 2 years’ work experience as an auditor in a public accounting firm
·  US CPA licensure in your work state
·  Experience leading the planning, execution and reporting on audits in the Banking & Capital Markets sector
·  Working knowledge of US GAAP
·  Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a collaborative approach to management
·  The flexibility to constantly learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment
Ideally, you’ll also have
·  Knowledge of current market issues in the Banking & Capital Markets sector in the US
What we look for

We’re interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to 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.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, both pension and 401(k) plans, a minimum of 15 days of vacation plus ten observed holidays and three paid personal days, and a range of programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:
·  Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry
·  Opportunities to develop new skills and progress in your career
·  The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you
About EY

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Make your mark. Apply now.

EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.