EY Staff - Assurance, Tax and People Advisory Services

At EY Assurance, we build a better working world through innovation, so we can meet the evolving demands of business, regulators and investors. Through a quality EY Audit, supported by state-of-the-art technology and the finest people, we build confidence in business and the capital markets while meeting regulatory benchmarks, providing greater transparency to investors and the markets, and evolving the audit to supply more meaningful insights to audit committees and company boards. 

Our auditors ask better questions that drive increased skepticism around financial information to protect and serve the public interest. It’s those questions our people ask during an EY audit that help generate wider economic and social benefits today and a strong legacy for a better tomorrow.

The broad business perspective you get in EY’s Assurance practice will serve as a launch pad to your career, whether you stay at EY to partner or seek a role in the C-suite. Our easy-to-use Audit Career Framework will help you map your successful career path, understand just what’s expected of you, and access the right learning, experiences and coaching to support your career progression. Along the way, you’ll develop a deep understanding of the inner workings of business and draw on your accounting knowledge to help solve complex challenges. 

You will spend much of your time meeting with our clients directly at their offices, undertaking audit activities to identify and resolve complex issues. When you start with the organization, you can join our audit practice and choose from a variety of industries (Consumer Products, Life Sciences, Industrial Products, Real Estate, Automotive and Transportation, to name a few). You will be given opportunities to work across these industries, which will provide deep knowledge of key drivers for success and risks specific to the industry. And if you know you have a strong desire to work within our Financial Services Organization, which is tailored to banking, insurance, funds or other financial industry companies, you may elect that path as well. Whichever you choose, you’ll find no shortage of opportunities to take on new challenges and responsibilities while discovering and developing your strengths and ambitions. 

        

 

The work you will do as part of our Tax practice is fascinating, complex and technically challenging. In EY Tax, you’ll have the opportunity to help the world’s leading multinational organizations meet complex tax obligations around the world. You’ll get a unique glimpse deep inside a company’s business and become a trusted advisor, working collaboratively on a team that influences major business decisions. 

Our Diversified Staff Group model is all about providing our people with the skills, information and knowledge to take on some of the biggest challenges in taxation. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to spend time in a wide range of Tax service areas, covering everything from business, international, state and local, and transactions tax, to global compliance and reporting. After a few years developing into a broad-based tax professional, you will make an educated choice about which area of tax best aligns with your skills and interests, and with the support of industry-leading teams, there’s no better place to gain this experience. 

You can expect to develop a unique insight into our business, where you’ll build a network of relationships in an area that influences major business decisions every day. As the team continues to grow, so will you, and over time, you will become a well-rounded tax professional with broad experience in multiple areas of tax. 

You will spend a large portion of your time directly engaged in complex compliance projects for our clients. This will be balanced with research, planning, and meetings with senior colleagues. EY focuses on a variety of industries, including but not limited to: automotive and transportation, consumer products, health and life sciences, media and entertainment, mining and metals, oil and gas, power and utilities, and technology. Additionally, we have differentially invested in an industry structure that focuses on financial services through our Financial Services Organization (FSO). Candidates electing to join the FSO will focus exclusively in financial services and will have opportunities to serve leading investment banks, retail and commercial banks, insurers and investment managers. Whichever you choose, you’ll find no shortage of opportunities to take on new challenges and responsibilities while discovering and developing your strengths and ambitions. 

Below are some examples of the meaningful work you will do in Tax from the moment you join us, with support and guidance from mentors and more senior team members:

        

The People Advisory Services (PAS) Staff Experiences Program offers candidates like you an opportunity for a completely tailored, independently-driven, and leadership-sponsored career path. By being involved in a number of projects, you’ll broaden your knowledge and gain a better understanding of the people initiatives that impact HR, cost and tax, as well as the overall business strategy and function of our clients. Prioritizing your development in this way, along with providing access to extensive resources and tools will add momentum to your career at a highly accelerated pace.

Within the Staff Experiences Program, you’ll work with global clients to understand and address some of their largest and most complex people-related challenges and ultimately improve and drive sustainable business results. As a part of this, you’ll gain valuable experiences and a wealth of knowledge by working across capabilities, service offerings, sectors and geographies. At EY we trust our employees to deliver exceptional work – allowing entry-level employees to prove they can perform well beyond their years.

As a PAS professional, it’s no exaggeration to say that no two days here will be the same with such a wide array of responsibilities and projects at your fingertips. That makes this a perfect opportunity to build a portfolio of highly sought-after technical and business skills right from the start. What’s more, you’ll work closely with senior people on a global basis, making this the perfect place to build a varied network of global contacts that will influence the rest of your career.

You’re likely to balance multiple projects at once, so you’ll need to be ready to prioritize your work and think on your feet every day. That will mean using your technical, analytical and acute business sense to provide tax technically sound, practical business advice and account management support to our clients. It’s an intense introduction to this area of the business, where you can expect to make meaningful contributions right from the start. So by the time you progress in this role, you’ll be a trusted professional ready to grow into a new role that leverages your strengths and ambitions.

·      Preparation of US individual tax returns for cross border assignees

·      Working closely with our global team to provide professional tax compliance and advisory services related to the mobile population of our clients

·      Researching technical issues and documenting the findings

·      Assisting in responses to tax authority inquiries

·      Building relationships with clients

·      Supporting global account and project management, including analysis of client global mobility costs

·      Developing process maps to document current and future state mobility procedures

·      Supporting equity program management and calculations

·      Understanding and advising on due diligence, transaction integration, divestitures, reward/equity programs and benefits packages – especially in relation to mobility

·      Achieved or are progressing toward a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Accounting or Taxation, supported by progress toward a CPA certification

·      Excellent communication skills

·      Proven analytical skills, and the ability to creatively overcome complex and constantly changing tax challenges

·      The confidence to successfully manage multiple projects efficiently and within tight deadlines

·      Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet Explorer software

·      Great sense of ownership of work and project assignments

·      A positive, adaptive, proactive and collaborative approach to work

·      A driver’s license valid in the U.S.

·      A desire to interact with people all over the world

·      Flexibility to work with virtual teams and use technology to interact effectively and efficiently

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.