Join EY in Reading R+ as an Assurance - Insurance - ASA Manager. This role focuses on engagement administration, financial control, billing, and non-technical project coordination to support audit teams.
Requirements
Proven experience operating at manager level in engagement management or a comparable financial and operational role.
Strong organisational, strategic planning, analytical, and commercial judgement skills.
Confidence influencing senior stakeholders and client contacts.
Clear, persuasive written and verbal communication skills.
No specific degree is explicitly required in the posting.
Skills & Responsibilities
Project Management: Lead and manage engagement performance, budgets, financial information, and cross-team coordination to ensure successful service delivery.
Financial Control: Own the billing and cash collection process, drive fee planning, and oversee resourcing updates and engagement code management.
Governance & Compliance: Oversee engagement governance, risk, and compliance activities including PACE and related approvals.
Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a trusted operational partner to engagement leaders, providing clear insight and recommendations.
Potential transition routes: People from project management, business operations, or audit support roles may bring relevant administrative and financial coordination skills, alongside meeting managerial experience requirements.
Job description
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join EY and help to build a better working world.
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The opportunity
In Assurance at EY, we empower you to thrive in a dynamic and inclusive environment. As a key player in our assurance practice, you'll engage with diverse clients, providing critical insights that drive their success. We offer a wealth of career opportunities, from hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies to tailored professional development programs. Our culture fosters collaboration, innovation, and a commitment to excellence, ensuring that every team member feels valued and inspired to reach their full potential. Discover your future with us and be part of a team that makes a difference!
Your key responsibilities: As a valued member of our Assurance team, you will interface regularly with EY engagement teams and external client personnel at all levels of seniority. You will dedicate most of your time to engagement administration and non-technical project coordination. You will provide day to day support to audit teams, their activities and the service delivery of audit engagements, including both financial analysis and general administration. Key responsibilities:
Lead and manage engagement performance, budgets and financial information, identifying trends, challenging variances and recommending practical action to engagement leaders to strengthen financial control.
Own the billing and cash collection process, driving timely invoicing and resolving complex queries in partnership with engagement teams and client contacts, escalating issues where necessary to maintain progress.
Drive fee planning, coordinate budget approvals and oversee resourcing updates and engagement code management, ensuring financial and operational plans remain aligned.
Lead coordination across component teams and other service lines, managing dependencies, tracking deliverables, deadlines, inputs and approvals, and addressing issues that could affect delivery.
Oversee engagement governance, risk and compliance activities, including PACE and related approvals, identifying gaps and driving timely resolution with the relevant stakeholders.
Act as a trusted operational partner to engagement leaders, providing clear insight and recommendations, constructively challenging assumptions and aligning delivery teams and client contacts on priorities and actions.
Ensure the accuracy and integrity of key systems and records, including Mercury, Canvas and Retain, using reliable information to inform decisions and identify opportunities to improve engagement processes.
Skills and attributes for success We are looking for a pro-active and highly organised individual who can manage various projects and who is actively involved in ensuring that the efficiency of the engagement is met. To ensure delivery, this individual will have first-class communication and project management skills and will be comfortable dealing with stakeholders (internal and external) at all levels.
To qualify for the role, you must have
Proven experience operating at manager level in engagement management or a comparable financial and operational role, with ownership of complex engagements and evidence of delivering improvements.
Strong organisational and strategic planning skills, with the ability to translate engagement priorities into practical plans, anticipate dependencies and manage competing deadlines without losing attention to detail.
A proactive, solutions-focused approach, with the judgement to act independently within your remit, resolve complex issues and recognise when escalation is needed.
Confidence influencing senior stakeholders and client contacts, constructively challenging where needed and securing alignment across teams without relying on formal authority.
Strong analytical and commercial judgement, with the ability to interpret financial information, assess risks and translate insight into clear recommendations and action.
Clear, persuasive written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex information concisely and build collaborative working relationships.
Demonstrable experience managing budgeting, billing and engagement operations, including coordinating client-facing activity and improving financial or operational outcomes.
Experience with EY systems - Mercury, Canvas, Retain, PACE, SBT, PAF or ApproveIT would be advantageous, but is not essential
What we look for
We are looking for an individual who is hands-on and rigorous in their working style and a highly motivated team player, capable of working in a fast-paced environment. Candidates must demonstrate an ability to communicate clearly internally and to other stakeholders. For the right candidate, this opportunity will provide stimulation and challenge and the prospect of career development in a key specialism within the firm.
What we offer you
At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
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EY | Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
EY | Building a better working world
EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.
Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.
EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.
