Financial Analyst (Compliance and Financial Governance) - Pakistan

Join EY as a Finance Analyst and play a vital role in supporting financial compliance, governance, and audit readiness across multiple countries and entities. This position involves preparing and validating balance sheet reconciliations, coordinating statutory and local audit requirements, and maintaining thorough compliance documentation. You will collaborate closely with cluster finance leads, central teams, auditors, and various stakeholders to ensure financial data is accurate, transparent, and well-supported. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented finance professional eager to develop expertise in multi-country finance operations, statutory audits, local content compliance, and financial governance.

Key Responsibilities

Balance Sheet Reconciliation
- Prepare and validate monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations for assigned entities and cluster countries.
- Review reconciliations for completeness, accuracy, and adequate supporting evidence.
- Investigate unreconciled, aged, or unusual balance sheet items, collaborating with cluster leads and central teams to resolve issues promptly.
- Maintain a structured tracker for outstanding reconciliation items and follow up until closure.
- Support improvements to reconciliation templates, documentation, and review processes.
- Assist in standardizing reconciliation practices across entities and jurisdictions.

Statutory Audit Support
- Prepare audit-ready schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation for external statutory audits.
- Coordinate the collection of financial and operational information from cross-functional and in-country teams.
- Maintain a centralized audit documentation repository with proper organization, version control, and traceability.
- Track audit requests, documentation requirements, and submission deadlines.
- Ensure timely and accurate information delivery to auditors.
- Support remediation of audit findings and maintain follow-up logs for outstanding actions.

Local Content Audit Support
- Prepare and compile documentation for local content audits and certification processes, including UAE ICV, Qatar ICV, Saudi local content reporting, and other country-specific frameworks.
- Gather, validate, and consolidate local content data such as procurement spend, supplier details, workforce metrics, and capability-building initiatives.
- Ensure documentation aligns with approved methodologies and regulatory guidelines.
- Coordinate with Procurement, Talent, Operations, Finance, and other teams to obtain accurate supporting information.
- Assist in responding to local content auditors, certification bodies, and government agencies.
- Maintain clear records of submissions, supporting evidence, and outstanding requirements.

Compliance Documentation and Governance
- Maintain structured and standardized compliance folders covering reconciliations, audit support, and local content documentation.
- Support enhancements of documentation standards, templates, and operating procedures.
- Ensure data integrity, version control, consistency, and traceability across financial and compliance submissions.
- Assist with internal control testing, compliance reviews, and ad-hoc financial assessments.
- Contribute to continuous improvement and harmonization of compliance processes across the cluster.
- Identify recurring documentation or control gaps and support practical solutions.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field.
- Two to five years of experience in finance, accounting, audit, controls, or compliance.
- Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals; knowledge of IFRS preferred.
- Experience preparing or reviewing balance sheet reconciliations.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for organizing, validating, and analyzing financial data.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or Microsoft Dynamics.
- Familiarity with internal controls, financial compliance, and documentation management.
- Strong analytical skills to investigate outstanding or unusual financial items.
- Excellent organizational and time-management abilities to handle multiple deadlines.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to coordinate with cross-functional and cross-border teams.
- High accuracy, attention to detail, and personal accountability.
- Proactive, reliable, and able to work independently while keeping stakeholders informed.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
- Experience in shared service centers, multinational organizations, or multi-country finance environments.
- Exposure to statutory audits, external auditors, or audit request management.
- Familiarity with local content compliance frameworks such as UAE ICV, Qatar ICV, or Saudi local content reporting.
- Experience maintaining audit repositories, compliance trackers, and documentation libraries.
- Involvement in process improvement, standardization, or automation initiatives.
- Experience coordinating with Procurement, Talent, Operations, and other non-finance functions.

At EY, you will develop future-focused skills and gain world-class experience in a flexible, diverse, and inclusive environment. You will work with finance and business stakeholders across countries, deepen your knowledge of financial governance and compliance, and contribute to enhancing processes that promote accuracy, transparency, and trust. If you are ready to shape your future with confidence, this opportunity is for you.