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A career within Corporate Tax services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients meet their tax obligations while managing the impact tax has on their business. You'll advise clients on their local and overseas tax affairs, while acting as a strategic consultant related to business analysis, managing working capital, and profit sharing for partners. You'll also help organisations understand the pricing implications of goods and services between related parties, as well as providing advice on tax implications of deals. Our team helps our clients improve their tax function to control risk and facilitate better decision making. You'll focus on helping businesses with tax strategy, ensuring tax compliance, increasing post tax profits, and providing application support to achieve the best corporate tax practices.

Job Description

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level.

• Assisting clients in complying with their tax compliance obligations, including preparation of tax computations and returns, and handling correspondence with the Inland Revenue Department

• Providing tax advisory services to clients

• Developing and maintaining client relationships

Requirements:

• Degree holder in accounting or equivalent

• Qualified member of a professional accounting body is preferred

• 1-4 years of relevant tax experience

• Sound project management skills with strong business sense

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Proficient in both written and spoken English and Chinese (Cantonese & Mandarin)

The opportunity
With the growth of private banking in Hong Kong, we are building on our existing strengths to drive further business growth and deliver greater benefit to our clients. We're looking for an experienced and confident private banking regulatory compliance risk executive to join our Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) team who can deliver expert regulatory risk advice, manage projects, deal assuredly with clients and regulators and build business opportunities.

Join our Business Consulting FSRM team within FSO and you will provide a highly integrated broad array of risk management services to capital market participants within global banking, capital markets and asset management. FSRM products and services include Anti-Money Laundering, regulatory compliance, operational risk and enterprise risk, prudential supervision, bank holding company reporting, credit risk/capital adequacy liquidity risk, market risk and financial crime compliance consulting services.

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 top people 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.

Wide breadth of services of FSRM including, but not limited to:

• Undertaking risk management advice, remediation and transformation
• Conducting risk management framework design and operational effectiveness
• Regulatory and compliance consulting
• Enterprise risk and controls consulting
• Professional risk support for consulting, internal and external audit services
• Future operating models
• Responding to regulatory criticism and regulatory preparedness
• Providing guidance on current and emerging control practices
• Advising clients on risk culture, conduct and accountability regimes and practices
• Conducting important proactive assessments and assurance around the effectiveness of controls and company processes, while also providing objective consulting support

Your Key Responsibilities
Manage EY projects with respect to:

• Substantive matters of current and emerging HKMA, SFC, and global regulatory expectations regarding key private banking compliance issues such as client onboarding, investor protection, licensing including cross-border compliance, suitability, sales practices, new product processes and product development
• Structure and function of private banking compliance roles and responsibilities and business models
• Use of technology and data including fintech and regtech innovation with respect to private banking
• Advice and guidance on structuring approaches to emerging regulatory compliance or regulatory exam findings
• Regulatory issue remediation
• Regulatory change management including planning and communication with regulators
• Support mock exam reviews, policy development and drafting assistance with relationship management between regulators and financial institutions
• Compliance framework – understanding of core compliance functions: risk assessment, policy management, testing, monitoring and surveillance and reporting etc
• Support the revision or formulation of new policies and controls aligned with regulatory and compliance guidelines and requirements

To qualify for the role you must have

• A university degree majoring in accounting, information systems, business or legal related subjects
• At least 2+ years of solid experience in banks, regulators or reputable international accounting/big4 consulting firms with in-depth knowledge of regulatory compliance and risk management in private banking. Candidates with lesser experience will be considered at Staff Associate Level
• Practical experience of private banks' internal controls, regulatory compliance, risk governance and related operational knowledge
• Familiarity with the regulatory environment of Hong Kong with experience in liaising with HKMA and SFC. Experience in the Mainland Chinese market or of market entry issues there would be an advantage
• Good knowledge of banking and securities regulations and business operations as well as different private banking products and services
• Good command of both written and spoken English
• Ability to interact with executive levels of clients, regulators and EY management
• Good influencing skills and stakeholder relationship management skills, advanced conflict management/resolution skills and project coordination experience
• Strong report-writing skills, with ability to create and organize varying forms of business information while developing it into clear, meaningful, professional reports and presentations

What Working At EY Offers

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• A variety of roles and client experiences, you will have the opportunity to work on multiple client projects solving complex problems across financial services
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Join us in building a better working world.
Apply now.

EY's Financial Services Office ("FSO") is a unique, industry-focused business unit that provides a broad range of integrated services that leverage deep industry experience with strong functional capability and product knowledge. FSO practice provides integrated advisory services to financial institutions and other capital markets participants, including commercial banks, investment banks, broker-dealers, asset managers (traditional and alternative), insurance and energy trading companies, and the Corporate Treasury functions of leading Fortune 500 Companies. The service offerings provided by the FSO Advisory include: market, credit and operational risk management, regulatory advisory, quantitative advisory, structured finance transaction, actuarial advisory, technology enablement, risk and security, program advisory, and process & controls.

Within EY's FSO Advisory Practice, the Financial Services Risk Management ("FSRM") group provides solutions that help FSO clients to identify, measure, manage and monitor the market, credit, operational, and regulatory risks associated with their trading, asset-liability management, capital management and other capital markets activities.

Job Responsibilities

• Contribute to engagement team to integrate client's strategy, process, people, and technology
• Participate as a project team member in Consulting engagements for business transformation, finance, enterprise risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, operational risk and compliance risk
• Work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress
• Leverage data and technology to assist senior team members in providing innovative solutions to client's challenges
• Assist in preparing high quality work products for clients and other related parties in timely manner with up-to-date knowledge of relevant regulatory guidelines and market trends
• Anticipate and identify risks within engagements and raise any issues with senior members of the team
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel

Qualifications
Main qualifications:

• Have a bachelor's degree in the areas of Accounting/ Finance/ Management/ Business/ Risk Management from reputable university with excellent academic record. Master's degree will be an advantage. A master's degree holder in these fields is also invited to join. A professional certification (e.g. FRM / CFA/ CPA) will be a bonus
• Minimum 2 years of limited working experience (for Junior Consultant) and minimum 4 years of related experience (for Senior Consultant) preferably in Finance, Auditing or in the area of Risk Management/ Banking/ Business Process or in leading professional services firm
• Understanding on the principles of business management and capital market
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in English is a mandatory, both verbal and written
• Fluency in using key Microsoft Office
• Have high ability to work individually and collaboratively with others
• Have high ability to work effectively under pressure and meet established goals and objectives within the specified deadline
• Highly motivated and a strong drive to learn including independent learning
• Experience in GenAI will be a plus
• Ability to work across different disciplines, move into new challenges and develop a robust understanding of different industries

Additional qualifications (good to have):

• Digitally aware (understand emerging technologies, e.g. RPA, AI, etc.)
• Familiar with data visualization tool (e.g. Power BI, Tableau, etc.)
• Familiar with programming language (e.g. Python, SQL, etc.)

About EY
As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we're using the finance products expertise and systems we've developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities, and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we'll make our ambition to be the best employer a reality.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Make your mark.
Apply now.

Our client is one of most reputable FinTech Expert Consulting companies within the APAC region, specialised in driving digital transformation initiatives for major banking and financial institutions. With 2000+ staff regionally, and with various vertical FinTech domain leaders covering Digital Banking, Core Banking, Wealth, Regulatory and even Blockchain Technologies, they have established a prime position as a value-adding expert within the financial industry.

They are currently in search of an IT Business Analyst with mobile banking domain exposure for one of their most important financial client projects.

• Understand client business challenges and translate them into use cases
• Support the design, development, and delivery of FinTech product solutions & features in the domain of mobile banking
• Translate business needs into functional & technical requirements
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of business processes and system requirements

• 3+ years of working experience as an IT Business Analyst
• Proven track record working in banking application projects and/or products in the domains of mobile banking
• Prior experience working in IT consulting firms or service providers would be highly preferred
• Sound understanding in software development life cycle (SDLC)
• Ability to gather requirements effectively and work with both business & technical stakeholders
• Strong documentation skills and attention to detail
• Professional level of Spoken & Written skills in English and Cantonese

As a leading provider of integrated risk management and regulatory services to the banking and capital markets, insurance, asset management, energy, and corporate treasure sectors, we can help you tackle the numerous challenges of risk management. We maintain dedicated Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) advisory resources which offer a combination of qualitative, quantitative, regulatory, and technology skills along with broad industry experience. The team includes industry practitioners, former regulators, and quantitative analysts to provide specialized integrated risk measurement and risk management services to leading financial institutions throughout the world.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead the client and project management in the delivery stage including scope, resource planning, timeline and user communication to ensure timely and high quality delivery of services with optimal firm resource utilization
• Assist to develop and review technical solution implementation road map to achieve the strategic goals of the client and facilitate business development through adoption of suitable technologies
• Manage projects including solution evaluation, proposal preparation, project initiation and planning, risk assessment and mitigation, reporting and documentation preparation, change management
• Collaborate with different stake holders and business partners to achieve project objectives in an effective and efficient manner
• Assist business case development and Support project management team in planning and monitoring
• Develop and review policies, procedures and compile reports such as technical documentation, business requirements and user requirements
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders to ensure adherence to the governance framework for model deployment
• Work as a team to develop new approaches and ideas to fit client needs, by utilizing various quantitative and qualitative analysis, assessments and techniques

Requirements
To qualify for the role, you must have

• Master or Bachelor degree holder with major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Risk Management, Mathematics, Quantitative Finance or equivalent
• 2+ years of experience within a consulting firm, a bank or other financial institution's risk management, IT Project Management, and related business functions
• Experience in developing and validating business requirement, user requirement and solution development
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, good command of written and spoken Chinese and English
• Ability to work collaboratively with team members and to work independently
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize workload and meet deadlines

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Knowledge and practical experience with IT Project management, User Requirements development and data analytics
• Sound knowledge in target operation model, system architecture, strong background in programming languages (i.e., VBA, SAS, Python, SQL)
• Able to adapt quickly and manage an environment of rapid change and development, and lead others through this process
• Someone who thinks out-of-the-box while developing models, reports or data code to solve challenging problems

What Working At EY Offers

• Support, training, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• A variety of roles and client experiences, you will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of financial service risk management projects solving complex problems
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Join us in building a better working world.
Apply now.