Assurance - Audit Quality Support Team - Compliance Senior - London

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Compliance Senior - Audit Quality Team
EY has an established Audit Quality Team ('AQT') which seeks to promote and drive improvements in audit quality and is sponsored by our UK Head of Audit. The programme reports to the Audit Quality Executive Committee, Audit Leadership Team and the EY Audit Board. There is great interest in the programme from EY's Independent Non-Executives, our regulators and the investor community.

The Opportunity:
A Compliance Senior Associate within the AQT will focus primarily on the day-to-day management and operation of International Standard on Quality Management ('ISQM1') controls across the UKI and FS Audit Quality Teams, including monitoring and evaluation. The baseline expectation is 100% compliance culture for all of our controls and across all of our people.

Your key responsibilities:

• Operate processes and controls within ISQM1 scope
• Maintaining appropriate documentation of processes and evidence of control operation
• Complete relevant remediation action arising from compliance monitoring
• Tracking and reporting overall ISQM1 control status
• Identify process and control improvements
• Assist in developing training and enablement when education on compliance responsibilities is required
• Support the preparation of internal and external regulatory compliance reporting
• Project management of overdue and late Archive Record Centre
• Support the "Milestones" programme and follow up with audit teams when non-compliant

Skills and attributes for success:

• The ability to communicate and form networks with colleagues at all levels
• Excellent organisational and project management skills with ability to prioritise a busy and often conflicting workload to meet deadlines
• Logical approach with good attention to detail
• Take initiative, proactively solving problems
• Ability to deal appropriately with confidential data
• Enjoyment of working with technology, knowledgeable in Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint
• Professional approach, confident, enthusiastic team player with a flexible 'can do' attitude
• Ability to learn new processes and skills quickly, whilst improving existing processes
• A desire to embrace and drive change
• A willingness to develop new skills through training and on the job coaching

Location:
This role is based in any of our UK offices with scope for flexible working. Some travel will be required, typically once per month, to London for team meetings.