EY Qatar Careers 2022 Apply For Manager & Senior Manager Jobs In Doha, Qatar

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 on-going 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 will use your professional skills and experience to make it happen, handling complex audit procedures across a broad range of industries and responsibilities.

Our tailored external audit services help build trust and confidence through transparency, clarity, and consistency. We are 79,000+ professionals based worldwide across 150 countries. Audit services involve reporting on the fairness in all material respects with which a client’s audited financial statements are presented, in conformity with the applicable financial reporting framework.

The opportunity

EY is looking for a Manager & Senior Manager to join the external Audit team to lead on complex audit engagements and support growth of the Audit business.

Your key responsibilities 

As a Manager/Senior Manager, you will manage all financial and risk aspects of audit engagements and communicate significant issues, fees, and estimates to complete to partners and clients. When required, you’ll execute complex audit procedures and lead teams or parts of teams on engagements, depending on the size of the engagement. You’ll also Assist partners to generate new business opportunities and build client networks and relationships.

You’ll actively establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships and confirm that work delivered to clients is of a high quality. As part of this, you’ll anticipate and identify risks and escalate issues, as appropriate. As an influential member of the team, you’ll help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring. You will also contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training Assurance professionals and contribute to the maintenance of an educational program to continually develop personal skills of staff.

Skills and attributes for success

Pro-activity, accountability, and results-driven people will flourish in this environment. Dealing with competing priorities, understanding how to manage resources, and communicating effectively are key skills. This will have a huge impact on those around you and help promote a positive work ethic.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Strong academic record, including a degree or accounting qualification
• Experience with a Big 4 accounting firm
• At least eight years of professional experience in an audit, accounting, or finance role
• Thorough knowledge of current auditing techniques and experience managing teams
• Understanding of currently applicable and upcoming IFRS as well as US GAAP
• Experience of the risk-based audit process
• Knowledge of the use of audit tools and data analytic tools
• Coaching, mentoring, and counselling experience
• Fluent English and Arabic communication skills
• Effective presentation skills

As an Account Support Associate (ASA), you’ll be a key member of our Business Support Services (BSS) team. The ASA program supports a wide range of service lines (Assurance, Advisory, Tax and Transaction Advisory Services), making this a great place to gain exposure to new skills and progress your career.

The opportunity

You will work directly with high-level client-serving professionals (partners/principals, executive directors, senior managers and managers to drive project management and engagement coordination for EY’s key account client-serving teams. You will drive efficiencies for the account teams and reduce time to provide services to clients, with a focus on maintaining the applicable professional standards.

Your key responsibilities

You’ll likely balance your time between both project management and analytics. We’ll also look to you to audit and manage budgets and expenses, along with compliance and due diligence.

Skills and attributes for success

•    Manage stakeholder expectations, project plans and communications, and provide status updates as needed to continuously advance service delivery
•    Gain a strong knowledge of the service line and the engagement, EY’s structure, key personnel and EY’s policies/procedures
•    Act as the knowledge manager for the engagement team, managing internal databases and/or portals designed to facilitate global team communications and coordination of go-to-market strategy
•    Take complete ownership of engagement economics (e.g., hours/budgets/estimates to complete, fees, billings, Work in Process spreadsheets), proactively collaborating with relevant team members to resolve any issues that arise
•    Collaborate with the account team, business development and resource management teams to achieve team goals
•    Coordinate risk management processes, such as engagement letters, client continuance, independence, family tree, preapproval and other regulatory requirements

To qualify for the role you must have

•    Strong data analytics and Excel skills (e.g. pivot tables)
•    Excellent oral and written communication skills
•    Excellent listening, influencing, interpersonal and presentation skills
•    The ability to address all relevant information/data and develop practical approaches to answering problems
•    A creative and curious approach to tackling complex challenges, leveraging internal tools and resources to achieve favorable results
•    A results-oriented approach to drive improvements in engagement economics (financial systems, relationship management tools, revenue pipeline, sales cycle reports, risk assessments)
•    A proven ability to work independently with minimum supervision, and collaboratively with virtual teams
•    An ability to effectively manage concurrent projects and prioritize multiple tasks, including multi-location coordination
•    The capability to meet tight deadlines, performing fine-quality work and diligent follow-up
•    The ability to summarize and conclude activities, applying appropriate documentation standards and lessons learned
•    The capacity to protect confidential and proprietary information

Ideally, you’ll also have

•    A background in a direct client service role
•    A bachelor’s degree