Sustainability assurance

At EY, you will have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Our Assurance Service Line's purpose is to inspire confidence and trust. We do so by protecting and serving the public interest, promoting transparency, supporting investor confidence and economic growth. The EY audit team is focused on quality and is bound by a service approach that is connected, responsive and insightful.

The opportunity

• You will work with international companies active in consumer products and retail and help us to grow our dynamic practice through the development of trusted client relationships and high performing teams.
• You will be a part of EY international and multicultural environment.
• You will benefit from an intensive on the job training combined with supervision and counselling to support your professional development.

Your key responsibilities

• Help build trust and confidence through transparency, clarity and consistency.
• Report on the fairness in all material respects with which a client's audited financial statements are presented & report on limited assurance for sustainability statements.
• Provide the organizations we serve with greater confidence, better perspective of their business and enhanced transparency into the assurance, in order to deliver assurance of the highest quality.
• Integrate between financial and non-financial assurance providing organizations with a one team experience as insights across both reports.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor/master's degree in either Accounting, Audit & Management Control, Corporate Finance, Business Administration or Economics; a Swiss university degree is an asset.
• You are/about to be in possession of a certified public accountants' diploma or other similar diploma (Swiss CPA, DEC, ACCA, etc.).
• 4-7 years' experience in external audit; experience in a Big Four is an asset.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English are required; French and German are strong assets, any additional language is considered a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to communicate well; establish strong working relationships; maintain a positive outlook; work under pressure.
• Strong interest in sustainability reporting; experience and knowledge of Swiss Code of Obligation 964s-c, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, EU Taxonomy, and TCFD are considered a strong asset.

Ideally, you'll also have

• Willingness to learn and adapt quickly.
• A strong interest in our profession and client-oriented attitude.
• Strong team player mentality to proactively drive solutions within highly motivated and diverse teams across functions, countries and region.

What we offer

• International multicultural team of highly motivated professionals.
• Continuous personal development with a steep learning curve – a system of trainings, mentoring, counselling and on-the-job learning.
• Modern working environment and equipment, fostering mobile working flexibility.
• Transparent performance-based recognition and progression system.
• Acquire a fully accredited corporate MBA (EY Tech MBA or Masters in Sustainability) from Hult International Business School, whilst working with EY, completely free.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. Make the next step and apply for this position online. For further information please contact our recruitment team (recruitment.switzerland@ey.com/ +41 58 286 33 66).

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