Senior Manager Financial Accounting Advisory Services - Technical Accounting Group | ErnstYoung Job

Job Description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

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.

The opportunity

As an experienced IFRS specialist within the EY Luxembourg IFRS Desk & FAAS Technical Accounting team, you will play a leading role in delivering technical accounting excellence across the firm. You will act as a trusted advisor to Audit, Tax and other EY service lines, as well as clients, supporting complex accounting and financial reporting matters across a broad range of industries.

Your key responsibilities

• Serve as a main point of contact for IFRS and financial reporting advisory services.
• Provide technical advice on complex IFRS matters, accounting transactions, restructurings, acquisitions, and capital market activities.
• Support audit teams on significant accounting judgements and financial reporting matters.
• Research, interpret and document accounting conclusions and review technical accounting papers and consultation memoranda.
• Monitor developments from the IASB, IFRS Interpretations Committee, ESMA, EFRAG and other relevant regulatory bodies and advise clients and EY professionals on their implications.
• Design and deliver IFRS training, webcasts, events and thought leadership to clients and EY professionals.
• Support audit quality initiatives.
• Build strong relationships with partners, directors, engagement teams and EY specialists across the global network.
• Coach and develop managers, senior consultants and junior colleagues.

Skills and attributes for success

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration, Economics, Finance, Accountancy or a related field.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience in external audit, technical accounting or financial reporting advisory services.
• Experience in a large international professional services environment, ideally including Big Four experience.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and financial reporting requirements, including financial instruments under IFRS and banking audit experience.
• Proven experience advising on complex accounting issues and business transactions.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Additional Attributes for Success

• ACCA, IRE, CPA or an equivalent professional qualification, completed or in progress.
• Knowledge of the Luxembourg and European financial reporting and regulatory environment.
• Experience across sectors such as financial services, private equity, real estate, industrial, technology or consumer markets.
• Experience contributing to technical publications or professional initiatives.
• French and/or German language skills.

What we offer you

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

EY | Building a better working world

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.

Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

Our offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and pre-screening requirements. The candidate acknowledges that all information provided must be accurate.