Forensic & Integrity Services Senior Consultant with External Audit Background

<p>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. </p> <p>Join our continuously growing team, which employs over 2.200 professionals in Greece, and is listed in Greece's Top Employers for 2023! Experience great flexibility, under our hybrid operating model across our offices in Athens, Patras, and Thessaloniki, while benefiting from personalized learning and career development opportunities. We prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion, fostering an environment where everyone's unique perspectives are valued, that supports you in building an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.</p> <p> </p> <p>The opportunity</p> <p>Our Forensic &amp; Integrity Services (Forensics) team is growing and as a professional, you will play a key role in that growth. Working with clients across all industries, you will develop innovative recommendations to some of the most complex fraud and corruption issues around. Since we work with such a diverse portfolio of clients across industries and geographies, you can expect to take on a wide range of prevention and detection projects, making this a great place to develop your skills and business knowledge. Sounds interesting?</p> <p> </p> <p>Your key responsibilities</p> <p>As all clients have unique issues, it is no exaggeration to say you will never be doing the same type of client engagement for too long. You will work with our clients’ finance functions (CFOs, Controllers, etc.), internal audit and compliance departments and legal counsel investigating complex accounting issues and developing practical solutions that address operational challenges. You will also support our clients to proactively monitor and address important risks within their businesses.  It is all about using and developing your technical skills to creatively assess and resolve our clients’ needs from the front lines, producing robust deliverables which contribute to Building a Better Working World.  </p> <p> </p> <p>Skills and attributes for success</p> <ul> <li>Fostering an efficient, innovative and team-oriented working environment by maintaining cooperative relationships that lead to open communications and sharing of information</li> <li>Demonstrating positive attitude, professionalism, teamwork competences, project management skills and high level of self-motivation and desire to exceed expectations</li> <li>Illustrating critical thinking and ability to work in a multi-tasking and results-oriented working environment with keen attention to high quality and details</li> <li>Using technology to continually enhance service delivery</li> </ul> <p>To qualify for the role, you must have</p> <ul> <li>About 4- 5 years of relevant external Audit working experience and/or working experience in a relevant Forensic accounting, Investigations and Integrity services both in one of the big 4 audit firms with a proven track record of outstanding performance</li> <li>A professional accountancy qualification completed or in progress with minimum courses (CA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent)</li> <li>Excellent academic background including a bachelor and/or master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Administration </li> <li>Advanced excel skills </li> <li>Fluent in English (speaking and writing)</li> <li>Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and Outlook applications</li> <li>Very good meaningful Report writing skills in both Greek and English </li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Greek and English </li> <li>Experience in understanding and analyzing financial and accounting data, financial statements and financial information, internal local/group processes, policies and procedures</li> <li>Hard working mentality with attention to detail and passion to dig dive in financial and accounting data</li> </ul> <p> </p> <ul> <li>A curious, inquisitive mindset and enthusiasm for problem-solving</li> <li>Confidence to support clients in situations with significant ambiguity and uncertainty</li> <li>Knowledge on the fields of Investigations &amp; Compliance</li> <li>Enthusiasm for working across borders in an open and multi-cultural environment and flexibility to travel in accordance with client and other job requirements both locally and internationally </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Ideally you will also have</p> <ul> <li>Other than English foreign languages advanced skills</li> <li>ACAMS/CIA/CFE qualification</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>What we look for</p> <p>We are interested in highly motivated candidates with a creative vision and the confidence to make it happen; candidates who can integrate with and influence clients from a varying range of organizations, as part of a diverse and highly driven team. If you are looking to develop your career within a truly