GPS - Financial Accounting Advisory Services - State and Local - Senior Manager

GPS - Financial Accounting Advisory Services - State and Local - Senior Manager

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Our Government & Public Sector Financial Accounting Advisory Services (GPS FAAS) team is growing exponentially, and as a Senior Manager you’ll play a key role in that growth. Working across all Federal GPS sector service lines, you’ll develop your career by communicating creative, strategic goals both internally and externally. It’s all about listening to and understanding our clients to give them a truly exceptional experience in a field where there really are no off‑the‑shelf recommendations.

• Actively pursue business development activities, including implementing strategies and tactical steps inside and outside EY.
• Identify opportunities, develop proposal responses, train staff, and execute engagement deliverables simultaneously.
• Collaborate with colleagues across multiple service lines to build relationships and identify opportunities for our clients to benefit from our knowledge in other areas.
• Travel regularly as required to meet with key clients.

• Develop and maintain strong, productive working relationships with advisory client personnel and assess client satisfaction.
• Direct field work, inform supervisors of advisory engagement status, and manage assurance staff performance.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of complex governmental accounting, budgetary reporting, and auditing concepts.
• Develop people through effective delegation of audit tasks and provide guidance to assurance staff.
• Provide performance feedback, training, and performance reviews for assurance staff.
• Contribute ideas and opinions to the assurance teams while listening and responding to other team members’ views.
• Foster an efficient, innovative, and team‑oriented work environment.
• Use technology to continually learn, share knowledge with assurance team members, and enhance service delivery.
• Develop an understanding of EY’s service lines and actively seek/encourage assurance team members to contribute ideas and identify opportunities to apply the firm’s services.

• U.S. CPA license in your work state.
• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a business discipline, supported by 10 years of post‑college work experience in conducting financial audit and providing financial reporting advisory support to SLED clients in a fast‑paced environment.
• In‑depth understanding of US Governmental GAAP, GASB standards, Financial and Single Audit (Subpart F of the OMB Uniform Guidance), and OMB guidance.
• Comprehensive knowledge of preparing and auditing Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFR), Annual Financial Statements, and Single Audit Reports for SLED entities.
• Proficiency in modified‑accrual basis of reporting, grants management, and budgetary reporting.
• Hands‑on experience with business development in the SLED space, including deal governance and proposal submission processes.
• Experience with large regional or national not‑for‑profit clients is a plus.
• Excellent project management, communication, negotiation, and collaborative management skills.
• A proven record of excellence when managing, mentoring, and improving a team of high‑performing colleagues.
• Dedication to teamwork and leadership, and integrity in a professional environment.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret clearance or higher.
• Flexibility to travel up to approximately 30% for federal practice roles and up to approximately 80% for state, local, and education practice roles.

• CGFM and/or CDFM.

We are interested in versatile people who can take on new responsibilities and listen to clients to get things done. We’re looking for more than just accounting and audit experience—we seek genuinely interesting people with the…