Finance - Expense Auditor - Dallas

Join our Core Business Services (CBS) team and you will help support the important business enablement functions that keep our organization running strong. As a CBS professional, you will work across teams to provide the knowledge, resources and tools that help EY deliver exceptional quality service to our clients, win in the marketplace and support EY’s growth and profitability. Major teams within CBS include Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Enterprise Support Services, Brand Marketing and Communications, Business Development, Knowledge and Risk Management.

Join our Finance team and you will help enable EY client account teams and management to run the business effectively. You’ll help to improve engagement profitability, manage enterprise wide risk and support market development activities. You will support EY planning, reporting and forecasting and analysis, or help EY people manage day-to-day activities, such as managing engagements, process and auditing time and expense or invoice processing. You’ll also work with other parts of our organization, sharing your financial experience and insights to achieve specific goals. You’ll get all the support you need to stay on top of regulations — and the advice and help you‘ll need to meet your own professional goals.

With so many offerings, you have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Job Summary:

As Expense Auditor Senior Associate, you’ll utilize your advanced knowledge to perform complex “deep dive”fraud audits, in accordance with established firm policies, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidelines, and internal procedures. These audits will cover higher volumes of expenses submitted by partners and employees. You may also complete highly sensitive and confidential time or expense analyses, at the request of sub-region senior leaders, business unit leaders, and the General Counsel’s Office.

You’ll be responsible for auditing airline refunds issued to corporate card holders, following cancelled/unused business travel. In addition, you may also help with large special projects, and/or own smaller projects/initiatives, as requested.

In this role, you’ll receive very limited supervision and direction, and work with a high degree of independence and autonomy.

Key Responsibilities:

Audit and evaluate complex, higher volume expense submissions from partners and employees. Identify transactional errors, discrepancies, large and/or unusual transactions or trends, and potential fraudulent expense submissions
Document the audit facts/findings, and prepare an audit report, to be distributed to the sub-Area managing partners/business unit leaders
Perform highly confidential and urgent time or expense analysis, for partner and employee submissions.
Audit airline refunds, and communicate with partners/employees to resolve potential credits due to the firm
Coordinate adjustments of expenses with Global Shared Services (GSS) leaders, as necessary
Help with large special projects, and/or own smaller projects/initiatives, as requested
Gain a thorough understanding of the objectives of firm policies and procedures, when analyzing expenses submitted by partners/employees. Review and analyze data (outside the normal audit steps), utilizing advanced knowledge of firm policies, systems, and processes to identify potential irregularities. Summarize your findings clearly and concisely to senior leaders. Utilize available resources to make independent judgments on the appropriateness of expense submissions. These resources include internal tools (e.g., National Travel, corporate card transactions, ad hoc expense reports), as well as external resources (e.g., Google, MapQuest, Facebook)
Identify problems with processes, technology, and/or procedures, and recommend and develop improvements
Resolve sensitive, confidential issues with limited supervision, consistent with established policies and procedures
Gain advanced knowledge of the firm’s business organization structure, policies and financial applications (e.g., Global Time and Expense, expense audit, Airline Credit database, Global Financial Information System (GFIS), Microsoft applications)
Comprehend firm communications, announcements, and other change management initiatives. Correlate these changes to the core audit processes. Recommend changes to the audit process, as appropriate
May review the daily work of less experienced staff and provide feedback, as appropriate
May train less experienced staff, as directed.

To qualify, candidates must have:

English language skills – excellent written and verbal communication
Advanced analytical skills, with an ability to apply sound business judgment to individual and team assignments
A positive attitude and approach, with a willingness to accept new challenges
A flexible approach to change
Demonstrated commitment to delivering quality work, with a willingness to team with others, and help create a positive work environment
Approximately 3-6 years of progressive related accounting, finance, or related experience
A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience; MBA or CPA beneficial

Ernst & Young LLP, an equal employment opportunity employer (Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Disabled), values the diversity of our workforce and the knowledge of our people.