Ernst & Young is offering you the opportunity to join the Brisbane audit team as a Senior Accountant. These exciting and challenging openings will encourage you to acquire the experience and skill set necessary to become a leader of the future.
Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services firms in Australia with 4000 employees across 7 office locations and revenues of A$766.5 million for year end 2006. We are delighted that we have been awarded CFO Magazine’s 2007 Audit Firm of the Year for a third year in a row and Employer of Choice for Women 2006 by the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).
At Ernst & Young our Assurance & Advisory Business Services (AABS) practice helps clients manage their financial responsibilities with integrity and credibility. We specialise in understanding an enterprise-wide view of business risk and how this risk can be effectively managed—a process essential for ensuring the trust of stakeholders.
In-depth industry knowledge is key to bringing our clients the best advice and within AABS Australia the industry focus includes financial services, retail, consumer and industrial products, real estate, mining, energy and utilities, technology, communications and entertainment. Due to significant growth we are seeking Audit Senior Accountants to join our team in Brisbane.
Responsibilities:
Assist in the planning and scoping of engagements, select audit team members and conduct audit assignments
Develop and translate the audit strategy into effective audit procedures
Effective management of audit process with appropriate consideration of audit risk issues and accounting technical matters
Liaising directly with clients to identify and resolve issues and be involved in report writing and the identification of key risk areas
Lead audit assignments with a focus on monitoring and guiding your team
Qualifications/Experience:
Academic qualification – Degree qualified
Professional qualification – CA (or equivalent international qualification) preferably first time passes
Demonstrate industry skill through the knowledge of current business drivers and the accounting/taxation issues which relate to a particular sector
Ability to identify areas of risk and direct effort appropriately to the different levels of risk
Relationship management skills with ability to manage client expectations
Ability to demonstrate initiative, team leadership and client service skills whilst possessing sound technical skills and a keen eye for detail
Communicate effectively at all levels both internally and externally
