Service Delivery Center - EY Comply - Ops Support, Accounting Policy/Procedure - Senior

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We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.  Join EY and help to build a better working world.

 

EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services industry – the Financial Services Organization (FSO). Our focused model and bold ambition have put us at the center of the events that continue to reshape and redefine our industry, working side by side with a range of clients from our most venerable institutions to dynamic new entrants across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, and Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction. Our purpose is to help build a financial services industry in which financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing and secure. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve complex challenges, then come join our dynamic FSO team!

 

The opportunity

You will play a key role in defining and reviewing how Private Equity (“PE”) Fund advisors meet regulatory, tax, and financial statement reporting requirements, using our new, proprietary EY-developed technology platform. Top tier PE fund managers are assessing and onboarding to the EY platform, which brings together investment risk data, transaction, and holdings data into a single platform for workflow management, transparency, and accountability to lower reporting costs and streamline their fund accounting and fund financial reporting processes. Join our team and assist leading PE fund advisors address their most complex reporting and technology challenges.

 

Your key responsibilities

• Review journal entries and related support documents for quarterly fund valuation entries.
• Review the work of other team members with diverse backgrounds to ensure accuracy and completion according to regulatory reporting policies and procedures.
• Drive high quality work products within expected timeframes and budget. Monitor progress, manage risks, and ensure leadership is kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Resolve any exceptions/negative trends in Reference Data Operations and continuously develop and implement possible solutions to streamline existing processes.
• Bring strong attention to detail, problem solving and critical thinking to ensure work is complete and accurate and escalate issues to leadership when appropriate. 

 

Skills and attributes for success

• Capable of transforming demonstrations into comprehensive written procedures, work aids, FAQs, and other documentation.
• Understands how to structure written content to enhance usability for end users.
• Quickly grasps new processes and can actively collaborate with Subject Matter Advisors and other team members to develop corresponding procedures, ensuring alignment with organizational standards and best practices.
• Actively participates in discussions by posing relevant questions during meetings and demonstrations, seeking clarification from Subject Matter Advisors as needed to enhance understanding and drive informed decision-making.
• Possesses a risk-aware mindset, capable of identifying key risk areas and effectively communicating them to relevant team members, while also playing a proactive role in contributing to their resolution.
• Demonstrates a strong ability to build and nurture relationships with various stakeholders, gathering valuable input and feedback on policies and training initiatives to foster a collaborative environment.
• Detail-oriented, meticulously capturing all aspects of a process and ensuring their incorporation into our procedures and policies, thereby promoting consistency and accuracy across the organization
• Strong interest in gaining expertise in the complexities of private equity and real estate fund accounting, investment accounting, and reporting practices.
• Deliver client requirements in a regulatory driven environment, process improvements, and understand operationally complex fund accounting principles.
• Develop relationships with team members across multiple geographic locations and time zones

 

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• At least 3 years of work experienc