MENA Assurance Ops Support

At EY youll 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 were 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.

Job description: Clients & Industries - MENA Assurance

Grade: Senior Associate

At EY youll 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 were 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.

Global Delivery Services (GDS) Clients & Industries team provides operational and decision-making support to the Business Development leadership and to various Global Markets functions.

Our diverse teams specialize in coordinating Business Development (BD) activities supporting Go-to-Market projects and providing operational support to the Markets organization. The team is spread across multiple locations around the globe.

The opportunity

As part of the Clients & Industries MENA Assurance team you would have to handle multiple responsibilities like Project Management Reporting & Analysis Delivery management Client relationship management etc. The role requires a comparable work experience strong excel and visualization skills work ethic and attention to detail for as the team has a high focus on accuracy and timeliness.

The role also requires effective communication skills including communication over emails and Skype aiming to support the business and its leaders especially Partners and Senior Management through reporting data analysis and providing insights.

Your key responsibilities

• Develop meaningful and actionable analysis from the reports perform trend analysis KPI dashboards and forecasts.
• Prepare various reports related to sales & pipeline and present to the leadership team.
• Revenue reporting
• Project Coordination
• Revenue Planning support
• Pipeline hygiene and chaser email
• Collating action points from leadership meeting and driving their execution
• Internal review of deliverables
• Suggesting value adds and automation support

Note: This above list of activities are not exhaustive but only give an indication of the nature of the project.

Skills and attributes for success

• Business acumen and Adaptability Capable of quickly understanding the needs of the business and be able to align with changing customer expectations
• Quick learner - Ability to grasp or quickly understand the process objectives of projects and move to delivery mode in a short span
• Attention to detail - Utmost importance to numbers formatting etc
• Multi-tasking capability - Effective time management and prioritization
• Excellent Communication - Listening reading writing and speaking skills
• High degree of professionalism and integrity

Technical skills

• Advanced Excel including hands on experience with VBA macros scripts
• Hands on expertise in PowerBI dashboarding
• Good with PowerPoint

To qualify for the role you must have

• 5-8 years work experience in financial services industry having exposure to business process management (BPM) consulting research and/or some corporate strategy.
• Experience in Project coordination or Project Management Capable of engaging in effectively multiple stakeholders understanding the objectives of their programs and initiatives
• Excellent Reporting and Analytical skills Previous experience and proven ability to read understand and sanitize the data build reports or dashboards and provide insights from the data capable of identifying probable areas of automation and implementing them.
• Presentation and facilitation skills - Ability to drive meetings build presentations that interpret the data creating valuable business insights and delivering the message to the stakeholders
• Process improvement Identify opportunities to optimize the process for quicker TATs better quality more insights etc
• Experience working with Business leaders
• MS Office skills: Advanced level experience in Excel reporting & PowerPoint- Process automation skills using Excel VBA
• Working knowledge on data visualization tools like Power BI Tableau etc
• Content management Familiar with maintenance of SharePoint/ VNext sites preparation of newsletters managing surveys etc.

What we look for

• Strategic thinking - Identifying risk/opportunity areas and highlighting them thinking ahead of the curve ability to forecast outcomes to a situation & suggest appropriate solutions.
• Ability to manage delivery expectations of a small group of Associate level resources
• Self-motivated towards continuous learning and upskilling
• Strong interpersonal skills - Confidence maturity & ability to build strong client relationships
• Cultural intelligence - Openness and willingness to think and work beyond own perspectives awareness of ones own/ others cultures & impact on decisions
• Emotional Intelligence - Showing a level of sensitivity while dealing with others possess a high emotional quotient and capability to manage ones emotions to adapt to environments
• Solution oriented - Ability to focus on solutions in case of ambiguity /uncertainties and not stuck with the problem
• Display a positive attitude interest to learn new things capability to work under pressure and thinking out of the box

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across six locations Argentina China India the Philippines Poland and the UK and with teams from all EY service lines geographies and sectors playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business GDS you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. Well introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people learning skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

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

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