EY UAE - Tax Quality - Senior Consultant 1

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About MENA Tax Quality

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions include 14 countries.

MENA TQ’s primary focus and responsibility is to support our client teams with provision of timely, quality advice and guidance to enable them to deliver high quality work, manage risk effectively, innovate, develop business, maintain market presence, and remain in compliance with regulatory, legislative, and internal EY requirements continuously and consistently.

Another of our priorities is to work closely with Global Tax Quality and other MENA business functions such as Risk Management, General Counsel’s Office, Operations, and the wider EY network in delivering and supporting a variety of global and local priorities and initiatives.

We support client teams throughout the entire engagement lifecycle as necessary, provide them with tailored training, communicate messages of importance and act as a vital part of consultation network between teams and other business units.

In addition to day-to-day and defined TQ responsibilities, we get involved in specialized projects, assist with development and updates of policies and guidance as part of global and local efforts, and support the MENA Tax and Law practice in the execution of different strategies and developments.

An opportunity has arisen to join the MENA Tax Quality team as a Senior, supporting a broad range of regional and global Tax Quality programs and priorities.

The opportunity

We are seeking an organized, proactive and adaptable Senior to support the MENA Tax Quality team. The role will cover project coordination, reporting, communications and implementation across the wider Tax Quality Review program.

Your key responsibilities

• Support TQR planning, scheduling and delivery across MENA.
• Coordinate meetings, communications, documentation and system access.
• Track progress, findings, remediation and follow-up actions, escalating delays were needed.
• Maintain accurate records and prepare reports and status updates.
• Support post-review reporting, lessons learned, training and continuous improvement.
• Support the planning and delivery of projects, communications, training and follow-up activities.
• Prepare presentations and dashboards, highlighting key themes and improvement opportunities.
• Support technology and operational initiatives, including EYI MyDocs and Client Collaboration and maintaining MENA TQ SharePoint site.
• Support the wider TQ team in other projects and initiatives.

Skills and attributes for success

 To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Undergraduate/University degree
• A minimum of three years’ relevant professional experience, preferably supporting compliance, quality review, internal audit, legal, or risk management functions or programs.
• Strong command of written and spoken English.
• Proficiency in working with Outlook and all Microsoft Office products, and have the ability to promptly learn to work with new systems and tools, detect issues and able to initiate their resolution
• Excellent organizational, prioritization, problem-solving and time-keeping abilities. Previous EA/PA experience is a plus
• An eye for detail and oriented towards continuous improvement
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to effectively partner and collaborate with other functions on various initiatives
• Able to balance the need to be approachable and supportive with the requirement to be resolute and resilient in challenging situations
• High degree of flexibility, professionalism and integrity

• Familiarity with reporting tools and dashboards.
• Basic knowledge of EY quality, risk management, or engagement lifecycle processes.
• Experience working with large datasets and status reporting.

• Experience working with Power BI or other analytics platforms
• The ability to be future-focused and able to consider and adapt to new and developing areas of the business.

What we look for

Someone who has proven skills, thrives working in a dynamic, global, multi-cultural organization and is able to think creatively. The candidate should be comfortable to work on several initiatives simultaneously with different members of and outside the TQ team. Excellent interpersonal and relationship building skills along with written and verbal communication skills.

What we offer 

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