The opportunity Our Assurance group is one of the most trusted, respected, and influential organizations in the industry.

As part of our team, you will provide peace of mind to clients by using your skills and experience to give companies, investors, and regulators confidence in the validity of financial statements and businesscritical information or processes.

Groups (or, as we call them, sub-service lines) within Assurance include External Audit, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Financial Accounting Advisory Services and Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services.

Within EY’s Assurance practice, we also have a Centre of Excellence (COE) located in Halifax, Nova Scotia that predominantly performs work in the areas of Internal Controls over Financial Reporting (NI52-109 and Sarbanes Oxley), Public and Private Company Independence Procedures, and other Assurance related procedures.

We are currently seeking a full-time team member to join this growing team.

The successful candidate will participate in client engagement teams, whereby they will be assessing, improving, and evaluating/testing our clients’ business processes and controls, assessing and evaluating whether EY is independent of the entity under audit, and/or performing substantive procedures and/or engagement specific procedures.

The objective of our COE is to inspire the confidence and trust that help enable a complex world to work. EY’s Assurance COE provides scalable offerings that allows our clients to benefit from our insights and efficiencies.

As a part of the COE, you will work with multiple companies across different industries to gain a unique insight into how businesses operate.

This will allow you to understand the factors driving business performance and become a more connected, responsive, and insightful professional.

This job posting relates to an existing vacancy within our organization.





Your key responsibilities Key responsibilities of a full-time employee in our COE team are: to analyze business and financial processes to identify risks and improvements in the controls frameworks for the various processes to analyze and evaluate that EY meets all applicable criteria to be independent of its audit clients, and to recognize potential audit issues or unusual relationships from basic analyses.

After training, we expect our employees to: perform various substantive and analytical procedures to identify errors and/or misstatements, effectively and efficiently identify potential independence issues, and • clearly and accurately document the execution of specific audit procedures.

While completing day to day tasks we hope that all employees will assist clients in strengthening business performance, while ensuring a high quality in client service and informing supervisors of the engagement status.

We expect our employees to: demonstrate and apply strong project management skills, inspire teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members, and use current technology and tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services.

If you’re ready to build on your potential, develop as an assurance skilled, and join a growing team, this role is for you.

Sound interesting? Well, this is just the beginning.

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Skills and attributes for success What we look for You have an agile, growth-oriented mindset.

What you know matters.

But the right mindset is just as important in determining success.





We’re looking for people who are innovative, can work in an agile way and keep pace with a rapidly changing world.

You are curious and purpose driven.

We’re looking for people who see opportunities instead of challenges, who ask better questions to seek better answers that build a better working world.

You are inclusive.

We’re looking for people who seek out and embrace diverse perspectives, who value differences, and team inclusively to build safety and trust.

Ideally, you’ll also: Be pursuing or graduated from an undergraduate or graduate diploma/degree program in business or accounting Have advanced written and verbal communication skills Possess strong dedication to teamwork Be committed to integrity within a professional workplace Comfortable working in our hybrid working environment; working in person with teams and delivering in-person and virtual client service What’s in it for you Accelerate your technical capabilities and transformative leadership skills with future-focused courses and development programs.

Broaden your horizons by working on highly integrated teams across the globe and collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds — both professionally and culturally.

Bring out the best in yourself with continuous investment in your personal well-being and career development.

Develop your own personal purpose and help us create a positive ripple effect on our teams, our business, clients, and society – building a better working world, together. A comprehensive Total Rewards package that incorporates medical & health benefits, including $5,000 for mental health and $1,200 for wellness expenses each year.

What you can expect We are currently accepting full-time applications for our Centre of Excellence in our Assurance group for May and September 2027 located in Halifax.

📌 2027 Assurance - Centre of Excellence - Halifax - Full Time (Halifax Regional Municipality)
🏢 EY
📍 Halifax Regional Municipality