Financial Accounting & Advisory Services (FAAS) Associate

Ready to take the leap forward Starting your professional Career at SGV will unlock your potential to numerous possibilities. Financial Accounting and Advisory Services (FAAS) cover a wide range of accounting and reporting, transaction accounting, treasury, and corporate governance services that allow businesses to meet changing market conditions, demands for greater transparency and changing regulatory requirements. When you join us, we will support your professional development with a combination of training, hands-on learning, networking, experiences and mentoring.

We are looking for Associates who are graduates of BS Accountancy, Management Accounting, Accounting Technology and other related courses, Finance, Economics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, and Data Science who are interested in a career in Financial Accounting & Advisory Services (FAAS).

The Opportunity

FAAS professionals provide advisory services including accounting and regulatory support for accounting change and special matters; valuation of derivatives; accounting processes and controls support (remediation, long-term contract accounting and cost accounting); GAAP Conversion and implementation; IPO and other public offering assistance and transaction accounting and financial reporting assistance (purchase price allocation).

The Associate shall carry out procedures designed to accomplish the scope of work based on the team's understanding of the clients needs. The key expectation is to provide high quality and valuable results to the client and engagement teams. The principal objective will be to ensure that consistent, and high-quality service is provided by the team by taking end-to-end project ownership and accomplishing the defined goals.

The incumbent should continually look for improvement and opportunities to add value and follow a proactive approach.

Primary responsibilities

• Assist engagement teams with various processes, such as engagement economics, project management and execution of the agreed scope of work
• Contribute and add value to complex engagements
• Ensuring that the work is reviewed thoroughly before the output is submitted as per the deadline
• Monitor own operational measures (e.g. utilization and KPIs).
• Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with the teams by having an open and honest communication
• Proactively reaching out to the teams soliciting feedback for the work and taking appropriate action
• Work proactively with leaders and peers by providing status updates and escalating issues on a timely manner
• Demonstrate a good understanding of accounting concepts; stay informed of professional standards and firm policies (e.g., guidelines of the EY FAAS Policy Manual); and effectively apply this knowledge to moderately difficult and/or complex client situations.

Requirements for the Roles

An exceptional SGV experience awaits you. Find out how you can start building a better working world through our graduate opportunities. Interested applicants must be:

Graduates in the following fields:

• Accountancy
• Management Accounting
• Accounting Technology
• Finance
• Economics
• Applied Mathematics
• Statistics
• Data science and/or Data analytics

• With 0-1 year of general business and project management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication, presentation and technical writing skills
• Strong computer skills, viz. proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, MS Outlook and Internet
• Strong interpersonal and facilitation skills
• Ability and comfort level in researching client inquires and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices and new technologies
• Proactive, organized and self-sufficient with the ability to prioritize work and multi-task
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously through effective prioritization, organization, flexibility and self-discipline
• Attention to detail
• Commitment to continuous learning and proactively implement onto new processes.

Joining SGV is a chance to enjoy a personalized career in a culture that promotes diversity and supports growth and development. Our values define the way we work.

The exceptional SGV experience. It's yours to build.