Quality & Risk - Senior Associate

About MENA Tax Quality

• The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region includes 14 countries.
• MENA TQ s primary focus and responsibility is to support our client teams with provision of timely, quality advice and guidance to enable them to deliver high quality work, manage risk effectively, innovate, develop business, maintain market presence, and remain in compliance with regulatory, legislative, and internal EY requirements continuously and consistently.
• Another of our priorities is to work closely with Global Tax Quality and other MENA business functions such as Risk Management, General Counsel s Office, Operations, and the wider EY network in delivering and supporting a variety of global and local priorities and initiatives.
• We support client teams throughout the entire engagement lifecycle as necessary, provide them with tailored training, communicate messages of importance and act as a vital part of consultation network between teams and other business units.
• In addition to day-to-day and defined TQ responsibilities, we get involved in specialized projects, assist with development and updates of policies and guidance as part of global and local efforts, and support the MENA Tax and Law practice in the execution of different strategies and developments.
• An opportunity has arisen to join the MENA Tax Quality team as a Team Assistant/Consultant.
• As a key support member to a small, but highly experienced team, you will have ample opportunities to utilize and acquire variety of skills and experiences while supporting different projects and initiatives.
• Your key responsibilities
• Technical elements:
• Assist with consultations, responding to quality and compliance related queries from the business
• Support various project initiatives, tracking events through resolution
• Participate in policy and guidance research, review and drafting
• Support the delivery of TQ training to Client teams
• Provide ad-hoc cover on some projects during holidays
• Administrative elements
• Support the broader team with administrative and operational needs
• Scheduling and coordination of meetings prepare and circulate calendar invitations, assist in finalizing meeting documentation and presentations
• Occasional support with organizing business travel and itineraries
• Maintain the TQ Sharepoint sites (uploading documents and information, managing access and issues if and when any arise)