Lead Associate/ Advanced Associate - AOA

About This Role

Working within the EY-Assurance Team, the Lead Associate/Advanced Associate proactively develops relationships with global EY teams and supervises the delivery of GDS engagement management support activities. This role suits a candidate with general management experience who can effectively work within the GDS framework and assist various Assurance teams under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist engagement teams with various processes, such as multi-location coordination, engagement economics, confirmations, project and database management
• Maintain and update global engagement team databases and contact lists as appropriate
• Collate relevant client information from publicly available databases and communicate it to the team via firm publication and databases
• Assume responsibility for all work and ensure that the work is reviewed thoroughly before the output is sent out as per the deadline
• Accurately identify problems, exceptions and ensure that the regional engagement team has been informed about them in a timely manner
• Work proactively and respond to regional stakeholders
• Attend and participate in weekly or biweekly calls with the regional counterparts and share progress and status updates
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with the teams by having open and honest communication
• Proactively reach out to the teams soliciting feedback for the work and taking appropriate action

Requirements

• Graduates with 0–3 years of general business experience
• Confident and outgoing individual with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and ensure that work is of a consistently high standard
• Ability to multi-task, pay attention to detail, prioritize projects and follow up on routine tasks diligently
• Ability to communicate with leaders and peers with ease
• Plan ahead and anticipate potential issues before they arise

Nice to have:

• Interest in business and commerciality
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Benefits

• Continuous learning: develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next
• Success as defined by you: tools and flexibility to make a meaningful impact, your way
• Transformative leadership: insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs
• Diverse and inclusive culture: embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs

About the Company

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network, working across six locations – Argentina, China, India, the Philippines, Poland and the UK – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors. EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.