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Job description
At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.
Financial Business Analyst – Technology Assurance
As Risk Assurance, you’ll contribute technically to Risk Assurance client engagements and internal projects. An important part of your role will be to assist Seniors & Managers while actively participating in client engagement Similarly, you’ll anticipate and identify risks within engagements and share any issues with senior members of the team. In line with EY commitment to quality, you’ll confirm that work is of high quality and is reviewed by the next-level reviewer. As a member of the team, you’ll help to create a positive learning culture and assist fellow team members while delivering an assignment.
The opportunity
We’re looking for professionals who have at least 3 years or more of experience. You will collaborate closely with cross functional teams to address issues, to deliver seamless support to clients. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a leading firm whilst being instrumental in the growth of a new service offering.
Skills and Summary of Accountabilities:
- Exposure to working in client facing roles, collaborating with cross functional teams including internal audits, IT security and business stakeholders to assess control effectiveness and facilitate remediation activities.
- Must have knowledge/understanding of experience in IT Controls, Risk and Compliance.
- Design IT Risk Controls framework such as IT SOX.
- Testing of internal controls such as IT general controls, IT application controls, IPE related controls, interface controls etc.
- Performing code reviews to ensure adherence to quality standards, examine if appropriate controls are implemented to prevent risks, checking for access controls, assess the conformance of the software to established quality standards.
- Knowledge of financial statements including Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss Account, Cash Flow Statement, and related accounting disclosures.
- Experience in analysing financial and operational data to identify business trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Prepare dashboards, financial reports, and management presentations to communicate key performance indicators and business insights.
- Assist in identifying and implementing controls to improve data quality, reporting accuracy, and financial governance.
- Support internal and external audit activities by providing financial analysis, documentation, and control evidence.
- Gather, document, and analyse business and reporting requirements from finance and business stakeholders.
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications and support solution implementation.
To qualify for the role, you must have
- Good to have knowledge of
- At least One - IT General Controls, IT Automated Controls, and Service Organization Controls Reporting (SOCR - SSAE 16 / ISAE 3402) SOC 1, 2, & 3 Reporting
- Able to perform independent security configuration review of common operating systems and databases - Windows, Unix, DB2, AS400, SAP R3ECC/HANA, Mainframe, SQL, Oracle.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Financial Analysis, Accounting, FP&A, Financial Reporting, Business Analysis, or Finance Transformation.
- Strong understanding of accounting standards, General Ledger processes, Journal Entries, Accruals, Prepayments, and Financial Close processes.
- Knowledge of financial statement preparation and analysis.
- Experience in account reconciliations, balance sheet substantiation, variance analysis, and management reporting.
- Understanding of Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Fixed Assets, Treasury, and General Accounting processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel including Pivot Tables, Power Query, Lookup functions, and financial modelling.
- Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, or similar finance systems
Ideally, you'll also have
- Bachelor's Degree or above in mathematics, information systems, statistics, computer science, or related disciplines.
- Strong understanding of business processes and their impact on financial performance.
- Experience providing insights and recommendations to senior leadership through financial analysis.
- IT audit knowledge for a financial audit - Control frameworks such as COSO, related regulations including SOX and J-SOX
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