Supervising Associate / Assistant Director - Independence - Risk Management - Doha, Qatar

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Support implementation and continuous maintenance of Independence policies, procedures, and the regional compliance framework.
• Lead complex projects, assignments, workstreams, and full-country compliance reviews; resolve issues arising from complex business or other relationships.
• Analyze and resolve Independence questions, violations, and concerns; coordinate advice with Global Independence, IFAC Centre executives, and specialists.
• Answer policy interpretation and Independence queries with clear, practical, timely guidance; support use of Independence tools and controls.
• Apply regulatory requirements and EY policies across business situations, service lines, and industries; identify and mitigate emerging compliance risks.
• Partner with stakeholders on strategies and awareness initiatives; design and deliver training on developments, policy changes, and business impact.
• Maintain technical knowledge, build professional relationships, and exercise independent judgment when recommending solutions.
• Where applicable, lead team activities, allocate work, review outputs, provide technical direction, and verify consultation research.

Skills and attributes

• Strong understanding of compliance, governance, risk management, or regulatory frameworks; ability to interpret policies in complex and ambiguous situations.
• Strong analytical, research, problem-solving, organizational, and project management skills, with attention to detail.
• Sound professional judgment, discretion, stakeholder management, influencing, communication, presentation, facilitation, and training capabilities.
• Collaborative and proactive approach to building trusted relationships, managing priorities, identifying risks, and improving compliance.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Law, Business Administration, Risk Management, or another relevant discipline.
• Relevant professional experience in independence, compliance, governance, risk, audit, legal, regulatory, or advisory work; level depends on experience depth and scope.
• Ability to lead complex assignments, analyze technical issues, and work with limited supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office proficiency and confidence with compliance tools, data, and reporting processes.

Advantageous experience

• Experience in Independence, Ethics and Compliance, Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Internal Audit, Governance, or a related function.
• Experience in professional services, Big Four, consulting, legal, regulatory, or complex multinational environments; complex reviews or cross-jurisdiction projects.
• Experience coaching or overseeing colleagues and reviewing technical work; Arabic capability and prior MENA exposure are advantageous.

What EY offers

• EY describes future-focused skills, world-class experiences, a flexible environment, and support for employees' talents in a diverse, inclusive, globally connected culture.