Senior Consultant - Financial Accounting Advisory Services - Melbourne

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. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.
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From small businesses to some of the world's best-known brands, our FAAS Practice partners with clients on commercially sound, practical and technical compliant accounting solutions; reliable financial statements; and financial processes to underpin their current business activities and inform their ongoing strategies. More than ever, business is about interpreting complex data to extract relevant insights to manage business risks and capture strategic opportunities - our clients look to us for advice and services they can trust.
As a Senior Consultant you will combine your commercial experience and regulatory knowledge, with your capability in Financial Accounting to contribute to outcomes related to new policies, business cases and capital infrastructure projects; financial reporting; finance process improvement, budgeting, costing, major transactions and financial due diligence both domestically and internationally.
Your key responsibilities

• Planning, managing, and participating in various engagements
• Preparing high quality deliverables tailored to client needs
• Overseeing workstreams, small engagements and reviewing work performed
• Developing an understanding of clients' industry sectors, recognising key performance drivers, business trends, and new technical and industry developments
• Developing client insights, recommendations and/or options through automation, digitisation, and improvement of financial processes.

What we're looking for

• Project management skills with a proven ability to execute under pressure

• Enthusiasm and the ability to build strong client relationships and cross-service line networks
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• High attention to detail
• CA or equivalent professional qualification and a minimum of 2 years' relevant experience

Ideally, you'll also have:

• A degree in accounting and/or another appropriate academic major
• Knowledge of accounting standards (IFRS/AASB)
• Experience working in a finance team

What we can offer you

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• Discover the various ways our benefits can cater to your needs, across wellness, financial wellbeing, and family-friendly policies which include 26 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave at

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The minimum salary for this role is AUD $82,500 including superannuation and is dependent on skills, experience, and location.
Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third-party provider.
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