Global Assurance Methodology Senior Manager

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Opening paragraph

EY Assurance services — comprising Audit, Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS), Forensic & Integrity Services (Forensics) and Climate / Sustainability Services — address risk and complexity while identifying opportunities to enhance trust and confidence in business and the capital markets. EY Audit furthers the public interest by proactively addressing stakeholders’ needs for trust and confidence in the capital markets. 

Together, EY Assurance services protect and promote sustainable, long-term value for stakeholders. Clients require greater insight from the services provided, while regulators and the capital markets want greater assurance over a wider range of measures and a deeper sense of trust across the business world. And EY people want more varied experiences and opportunities to add greater value.

The opportunity

The Global Assurance Professional Practice team is charged with driving global Audit Quality initiatives to ensure audit quality is the single most important dimension for decision-making, the professional responsibility we hold each other accountable for and the key measure that our reputation stands. Within Global Professional Practice, the Methodology team aims to enhance audit quality through the development, implementation and maintenance of Global Assurance policies, procedures and methodologies. For FY25 through FY 27, there are strategic priorities and transformational initiatives through the LEAP and NEON projects that will significantly enhance EY auditors’ user experience through EY Canvas and EY Atlas and other tools, including restructuring of the Global Audit Methodology.  

 

As part of a broad cross-organizational effort, this role will be part of a team focused on these key transformational initiatives that require methodology and policy development. support and enablement to help define how we execute the audit of the future.

 

Your key responsibilities

This role is responsible for leveraging knowledge of relevant professional standards and regulations to develop and revise the EY audit methodology and policies, guidance, enablers, and learning relevant to the execution of an EY audit. 

To accomplish this, the role teams with other professional practice groups, auditors in the field, and other functional departments to identify optimum solutions to respond to changes in standards or improve the quality of EY audits. This is a rotational role of 2 years with the individual returning back to his/her home Region. Willingness to work virtually, travel globally and to work extended hours to meet the responsibilities of the role are essential.

Skills and attributes for success

This role manages and supports a complex portfolio of projects that require the ability to create and implement timelines related to project deliverables; deliver, delegate and assign tasks as well as follow-up on their completion and manage sponsor/customer expectations of the outcome of the deliverable. 

To make that happen, this role includes applying an existing robust understanding and knowledge of the firm’s business, audit methodology, and policies, organizational structure and operations to effectively develop globally suitable methodologies and policies that comply with international auditing and assurance standards. Applying process and technology enablement knowledge to analyses and problem-solving is also involved. 

To qualify for the role you must have

 

• Recent Assurance and audit client-serving experience
• Strong methodology background, including experience working in Regional Professional Practice or quality networks
• Understanding of the Digital Audit
• Interest in emerging technology within the audit<