Manager - Core Audit - Assurance

About the Role

EY seeks an Assurance Manager to join their team in Vancouver, BC, delivering premium quality assurance services to their clients and stakeholders. This role involves engaging with diverse teams, utilizing advanced technology, and leveraging significant audits knowledge and learning resources to shape your career and contribute to building a better working world.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and sustain productive relationships with client management year-round while setting clear expectations for value addition.
• Perform audit procedures with a focus on complex or specialized issues.
• Plan engagement goals and audit strategies ensuring compliance with professional standards and adequate risk assessment.
• Gain strong understanding of client industries, key business drivers, trends, and recent sector developments, and monitor how general economic shifts affect clients.
• Lead and mentor team members by fostering independent thinking, delegating effectively, conducting timely performance reviews, and providing constructive feedback and training.
• Leverage technology to continuously learn, share knowledge with colleagues, and improve service delivery.
• Maintain an ongoing educational program to enhance skills and build cooperative relationships within the engagement teams.
• Track the progress of engagement teams against plans and adapt strategies when necessary; identify and generate business opportunities.
• Possess deep knowledge of EY's service lines and proactively identify opportunities to apply them for client benefit.
• Develop robust internal and external long-term professional networks and relationships.
• Exemplify excellent project management and advanced communication skills alongside a commitment to teamwork, leadership, and professional integrity.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related discipline
• Post-graduate diploma or degree in Accounting is preferred
• Possession of Canadian CPA/CA designation or an equivalent reciprocal CPA/CA designation is mandatory
• A minimum of 5 to 7 years’ relevant experience within an accounting firm
• Proven ability to work effectively and independently in fast-paced, dynamic, team-based environments

Preferred Candidate Attributes

Strong collaborators who prioritize both their own development and support peers, possess a genuine enthusiasm for tax and its future, and who are motivated to assist multinational organizations in navigating complex tax responsibilities globally. Confidence to contribute and influence decision-making within global impactful teams is key.

Compensation and Benefits

EY offers competitive remuneration commensurate with individual performance and contribution, adhering to provincial pay transparency laws.

• Salary range for Vancouver: CAD 88,000 to 126,000 annually
• Discretionary bonus plan
• Comprehensive medical, prescription drug, and dental insurance coverage
• Defined contribution pension plan
• Generous vacation policy plus firm-paid days and statutory holidays tailored to provincial regulations
• Paid personal days
• Supportive coaching from experienced colleagues
• Learning opportunities for skill development and career advancement
• Flexibility and freedom to manage your role effectively

Inclusiveness Commitment

EY fosters an inclusive culture valuing diversity, equity, and belonging, actively promoting equity and combating systemic barriers. They are committed to the advancement of gender equity, LGBTQIA+ advocacy, neuroinclusion, accessibility, and Indigenous peoples’ empowerment.

Additional Information

EY incorporates artificial intelligence tools in recruitment to enhance efficiency but maintains human decision-making. Recruitment agencies should note unsolicited resumes will not be accepted without prior agreement.