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Objectives:
- Responsible for leading multiple engagement teams
- Discusses complex accounting and tax compliance issues with engagement team and client management
- Keeps informed of professional standards and firm policies and procedures, and effectively applies this knowl¬edge to complex client situations
Responsibilities:
- Communicates the objectives of the accounting, tax compliance and payroll services to the client engagement team and establishes/communicates team members’ roles in the delivery of the services;
- Serves as a trusted business advisor by providing the client management value-added advice related to the client’s needs.
- Works with the client and engagement team to understand/set-up the clients accounting, tax compliance and payroll needs, provides practical implementable solutions in this respect, supports and takes ownership for the implementation of these recommendations.
- Manages BTC engagements - including providing on-the-job training, monitoring the time of the client engagement team, developing strategies and procedures to improve servicing effectiveness and efficiency, making full use of the firm’s engagement tracking systems, implementing timely billing and collection strategies, and coordinating client service involving personnel from other firm practice units.
- Ensures proper approval and sign-off of the contracts, including acceptance of clients/engagement forms within the firm by the Partner/Executive Director and with the client before beginning any engagement; escalates any quality issues to the Engagement Director, proactively and ensuring these issues are addressed at the earliest.
- Stays abreast of general business and economic developments and demonstrates an understanding of the client’s business and by recognizing business trends and accounting policies relevant to clients.
- Works with the BTC team to develop marketing/sales strategies and implementing them and also to develop and customize relevant/practical products in the domain for the Romanian market.
- Develops and maintains strong working relationships with client personnel, particularly executives, throughout the year and continuously improves our clients satisfaction by identifying and addressing their needs through inquiries, listening to their response, and suggesting action that may involve introducing services provided by the firm’s practice units to the client
- Reviews memoranda, working papers, and other documents in conjunction with serving the client (e.g., proposals, engagement letters, management letters and reports on other attest services).
- Coaching: provides guidance to assist staff and seniors in reaching their full potential (e.g., willingly addresses questions, contributes constructive on-the-job feedback and training, conducts meaningful and timely performance reviews) and assists them in designing and implementing individual development plans.
- Fosters teamwork by maintaining cooperative relationships with client engagement teams (e.g. sharing staff’s and senior’s time with other engagement teams), contributing to positive work environments, facilitating the resolution of conflicts, sharing information, and accepting and providing constructive feedback.
- Undergraduate degree in accounting, master’s degree in accounting and/or under¬graduate or master’s degree and has achieved certification
- At least five years of relevant experience for a public accounting firm or possesses particular business/industry experience to meet special needs.
- Relevant courses and degrees in accounting and/or tax (ACCA, CECCAR and others) are a plus.
- Computer skills
- English – advanced level (business English)
Ernst & Young is a leading professional services organization, providing quality services in an independent, objective and ethical manner. We are a global firm with a worldwide presence in 140 countries and over 114,000 professionals providing Assurance and Advisory Business Services, Business Risk Services, Technology and Security Risk Services, Business Process Outsourcing, Transaction Advisory Services, Tax Planning and Compliance Services.
