GPS - Financial Accounting Advisory Services - State and Local - Senior Manager

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GPS – Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) – State and Local – Senior Manager

 

From strategy to execution, the Government & Public Sector practice of Ernst & Young LLP provides a full range of consulting and audit services to help our State, Local and Education (SLED) clients implement new ideas to help achieve their mission outcomes. We deliver real change and measurable results through our diverse, high-performing teams, quality work at the highest professional standards, operational know-how from across our global organization, and creative and bold ideas that drive innovation. We enable our government clients to achieve their mission of protecting the nation and serving the people; increasing public safety; improving healthcare for our military, veterans and citizens; delivering essential public services; and helping those in need. EY is ready to help our government build a better working world. 

 

The opportunity

 

Our Government & Public Sector Financial Accounting Advisory Services (GPS FAAS) team is growing exponentially, and as a Senior Manager you'll play a key role in that growth. Working across all Federal GPS sector service lines, you'll develop your career by communicating creative, strategic goals both internally and externally. It's all about listening to and understanding our clients to give them a truly exceptional experience in a field where there really are no off-the-shelf recommendations. 

 

Your key responsibilities 

 

The nature of this role means no two projects will be the same. Your role as SLED service line Senior Manager will include, but not limited to, actively pursuing business development activities (i.e., implementing strategies and tactical steps within and outside EY), to identify opportunities, developing proposal responses, training staff and executing engagement deliverables simultaneously. That means you'll need to think on your feet and challenge existing practices to develop answers to complex issues. You'll also be collaborating with colleagues across multiple service lines, so we'll look to you to build relationships and identify opportunities for our clients to benefit from our knowledge in other areas. Regular travel will be required as you will be meeting with key clients, some of those being the most respected in their fields. 

 

Skills and attributes for success

 

• Develop and maintain strong, productive working relationships with advisory client personnel, assess clients' satisfaction and proactively maintain contact with the client throughout the year
• Direct field work, inform supervisors of the advisory engagement status and manage assurance staff performance
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex governmental accounting (i.e., GASB), budgetary reporting and auditing concepts and apply them to client situations, experience executing advisory/consulting type work (reporting or transformations).
• Develop people through effectively delegating audit tasks and providing guidance to assurance staff
• Provide performance feedback, training and performance reviews for assurance Staff
• Contribute ideas/opinions to the assurance teams and listen/respond to other assurance team members' views
• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge with assurance team members and enhance service delivery
• Foster an efficient, innovative and team-oriented work environment
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge with assurance team members and enhance service delivery
• Develop an understanding of EY's service lines and actively seek/encourage assurance team members to contribute ideas and identify opportunities to apply the firm's services

 

To qualify for the role you must have 

 

• U.S. CPA license in your work state
• A Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business discipline, supported by 10 years of post-college work experience in conducting financial audit and pr