Financial Accounting & Advisory Services - Senior - Hedge Accounting

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.

EY GDS - Assurance FAAS - FSO - Banking Senior
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.

In a world that's changing faster than ever, our purpose acts as our North Star guiding our more than 300,000 people - providing the context and meaning for the work we do every day. In doing so, we play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, clients and communities. Thanks to our innovative services in auditing, tax consulting as well as transaction and management consulting, we proudly drive our clients into the future. As the only one of the Big 4 with a specialist cross-border practice dedicated to the Financial Services Sector, we offer our clients seamless, consistent and high-quality services around the globe. With our Assurance Services, we strengthen public confidence in global capital markets and promote sustainable growth. If you're looking to develop your individual skills whilst working in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams, come join us!

We provide advisory services encompassing:

• Accounting, reporting and controlling process assessment and design including information systems implementation
• Finance process optimization and automation incl. Robotics Process Automation
• Accounting and regulatory support on accounting change in IFRS (IFRS conversion and implementation, new standards implementation)
• Financial consolidation
• Transactions accounting
• Audit readiness and audit remediation services
• Finance function strategic transformation
• Data analytics and visualization
• Short term assignments to finance functions - accounting specialist, compliance specialist, consolidation specialist, controller etc.

Your job responsibilities:

• Treasury strategy, operating model and transformation support
• Cash management, transactional banking, payments and working capital optimization
• Manage processes related to reporting global cash balances and treasury metrics, month-end and quarter-end close, variance analysis and reconciliations
• Become proficient with standard cash management activities, such as daily cash management and reconciliation of bank accounts, corporate banking structure activities, and administration of various banking portals
• Managing debt servicing and operations of company's borrowing portfolio, foreign exchange, derivative transactions
• Operate balance sheet hedging program and support multi-currency cash management needs
• End-to-end understanding and accountability of payment execution
• Manage delivery of all operational deliverables for Interfirm and Cash Application business processes.
• Review complex AP and AR related queries and be the contact point for all process related queries Managing balance sheet reconciliations
• Support projects for treasury reporting and controls.
• Ensure all deliverables are prepared accurately and with a high level of quality.
• Ensure ad hoc requests from clients and investors are addressed in a timely manner.
• Performing month-end close processes.
• Be active to support colleagues by your ideas.
• Train, supervise and develop junior staff resources.
• Develop knowledge of tools and applications in support of the accounting function and highlight opportunities for improvement.

Our requirements:

• Atleast 3 years of relevant experience in Audit and/or Consulting within the Banking sector - incl. expertise in latest IFRS developments
• Required knowledge in any of the below areas:
  • financial reporting and/or consolidation (ideally for financial institutions)
  • accounting methodology (ideally for financial institutions)
  • controlling department (ideally of a financial institution)
• Bachelor or Master degree, complemented with a further relevant professional education (e.g. Chartered Accountant, CPA, or ACCA)
• Basic skills and experience with: Treasury organizational structure and transformation, Financial risk management (currency, interest rate, commodity), Cash flow forecasting, Cash and liquidity management, Bank relationship management, Treasury technology, International treasury center, Debt and investment management, Governance, controls and regulation, M&A support, Hedge accounting
• Knowledge of IFRS's for financial instruments
• Good communication skills in English
• Knowledge of MS Office (MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Access)
• Willingness to operate in a variety of sectors and work with new technologies
• Analytical mindset and critical thinking
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Willingness for occasional travelling
• Desire and ability to work closely with engagement team members and clients
  

What we offer:

• Work in a team of people who enjoy being together both in the office and outside of work
• Variety of training programs (both internal and external)
• Developing a broad business knowledge, making you a trusted finance function advisor to your clients
• Interesting portfolio of clients and projects
• Competitive compensation package and a wide range of benefits as per your own choice
  

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