Graduate Position: (Senior) Assistant in Accounting Advisory in the Financial Services Sector

About the job

The Opportunity: Your Next Adventure Awaits

Through our Assurance Services, we strengthen public trust in global capital markets across various sectors and thus promote sustainable growth. Unleash your individual skills with us in interdisciplinary and multicultural teams.

Support our Financial Services team in accounting advisory and the audit of global, systemically important, as well as local financial institutions in Switzerland, while completing your training to become a certified auditor. Start your targeted career as an Accounting Advisory (Senior) Assistant with us and become part of our unique team to help shape the future of Accounting Advisory in Zurich!

Your Main Responsibilities

• You primarily advise our consulting clients (banks, insurance companies, investment funds, etc.) on the interpretation of accounting standards (IFRS, Swiss Code of Obligations)
• You further support our audit teams as an expert on complex accounting issues arising during our audit activities
• Occasionally, you will also be deployed as an accounting expert on non-assurance mandates. For example, you support EY Parthenon in analysing the accounting implications of a planned corporate acquisition
• While performing these tasks, you gain deep insights into the Swiss financial industry and the business of various financial service providers, and complete your training to become a certified auditor

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (university or university of applied sciences)
• Excellent German and English skills, both written and spoken. French and/or Italian are an advantage
• You want to become a certified auditor and specialise in the financial sector
• You are resilient, flexible and reliable. You are polite and helpful, especially when things get hectic
• You are curious and want to continuously deepen your expertise. It is advantageous, but not a requirement, if you already have a basic understanding of IFRS 9, IFRS 17, FINMA regulations, accounting under Swiss Code of Obligations, US GAAP
• You are flexible and open regarding your mandates: you feel equally comfortable on audit mandates as you do as an accounting advisor in an M&A transaction or a GAAP conversion project

Do you feel addressed? Please send us your complete application documents including CV and cover letter.

What’s in It for You

Here at EY, you have the chance to gain a truly extraordinary experience. We equip you with the latest technology and surround you with high-performing teams. Through our coaching and training programmes, you develop the necessary skills while building a network of colleagues, mentors and leaders who support you on your journey at EY and beyond.

Inclusion is a core part of our actions. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities. If you require adjustments during the recruitment process, we are happy to support you.

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Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.