Working with EY in Malta

Careers at EY

We’re change agents and cyber gurus. Performance improvers and problem solvers. Data scientists and growth hackers. Bot programmers and software builders. Risk managers and confidence builders. We’re more than 400 people in Malta and nearly 300,000 global perspectives ready to welcome yours.

Your bold ambition is just the beginning. Harness our global scale, our tech, our teams and our culture to realize your potential. Learn from the best, surround yourself with the curious, ask better questions to seek better answers and build a better working world.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

 

About Malta  

You probably know it as an exotic holiday destination, but Malta has much more to offer than just gorgeous beaches and blue waters. Boasting a unique combination of culture and history, Malta is also the perfect place to study or work abroad. 

  • 300 sunny days every year
  • Exceptional healthcare 
  • Stable and safe environment
  • English speaking population
  • Located in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea
  • Historical and cultural hub
  • Highly skilled, flexible and multilingual workforce

Explore our diverse and inclusive environment

Colorful boats moored on lake
Headlights bridge frozen river

What's happening in Malta?

Although small in size there's a huge variety of events and activities waiting for you, such as:

  • Mediterranean cuisine
  • Vibrant nightlife
  • Sports (trekking, cycling, padel, football, golf, archery, etc.)
  • Water sports (surfing, scuba diving, snorkeling, etc.)
  • Music festivals (Isle of MTV, Notte Bianca, Jazz Festival, Lost & Found and more)
  • Several of museums, palazzos and churches on the Maltese islands offering a cultural delight and historical journey

Why EY Malta?

 Our purpose — Building a better working world — is the foundation of our culture and who we are. 
At EY, we empower our people with the right mindsets and skills to navigate what's next, become the transformative leaders the world needs, pursue careers as unique as they are, and build their own exceptional EY experiences. Here, you define your success. We provide the tools, learning, flexibility and diverse and inclusive culture so that you can become the best version of you, and help others do the same.
5 reasons why you should work at EY
  • Auditors - Current Vacancies | Apply today!

    • Audit Senior Managers

      At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. 

      From small businesses to some of the world’s best-known brands and financial institutions, our clients count on reliable financial statements, information and processes to inform their ongoing strategies. More than ever, business is about interpreting and reacting to complex data — and they look to us for advice and services they can trust every time. You’ll use your professional skills and experience to make it happen, handling complex audit procedures across a broad range of industries and responsibilities.

      The opportunity

      The EY Malta Assurance Department specialises in delivering high quality and efficient audit and advisory services to a portfolio of clients, understanding the enterprise-wide view of business risk and how this risk can be effectively managed. We use state-of-the-art diagnostic tools to evaluate business processes and controls, and advanced technology in knowledge sharing.

      Your key responsibilities

      Everything you’ll do will come back to providing exceptional audit activities for our clients. Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a high-profile contact when it comes to resolving complex issues. As you continue to build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries.

      Client Responsibilities

      • Manage assurance engagements by defining the audit strategy in consultation with the partner and execute it in compliance with company’s policies and protocols
      • When required, you will personally execute complex audit procedures and lead teams or parts of teams on engagements, depending on the size of the engagement
      • Monitor the assurance team's progress against the plan and alter it when needed
      • Cultivate and manage business development opportunities. Generate new audit business opportunities
      • Coach and develop people by sharing knowledge with team members and helping team members attain experiences that cultivate technical competencies
      • Conduct timely performance reviews and provide performance feedback/on-the-job training
      • Maintain cooperative relationships with other assurance teams
      • Develop and maintain long-term productive client relationships and networks

      Key Requirements

      • Masters in Accounts, ACA/CA/ACCA or an equivalent international qualification
      • minimum of 4 years’ experience at audit manager level
      • Significant experience leading, planning, execution and reporting on audits
      • Proven project management skills
      • Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a collaborative approach to management
      • Proven experience in delivering external audit and assurance engagements.
      • Thorough knowledge of IFRS
      • Excellent grasp of risk and quality and risk management procedures
      • Compliance with and understanding of regulatory requirements
       
      Click here to apply
    • Audit Managers

      From small businesses to some of the world’s best-known brands and financial institutions, our clients count on reliable financial statements, information and processes to inform their ongoing strategies. More than ever, business is about interpreting and reacting to complex data — and they look to us for advice and services they can trust every time. You’ll use your professional skills and experience to make it happen, handling complex audit procedures across a broad range of industries and responsibilities.

      The opportunity

      The EY Malta Assurance Department specialises in delivering high quality and efficient audit and advisory services to a portfolio of clients, understanding the enterprise-wide view of business risk and how this risk can be effectively managed. We use state-of-the-art diagnostic tools to evaluate business processes and controls, and advanced technology in knowledge sharing.

      Your key responsibilities

      Everything you’ll do will come back to providing exceptional audit activities for our clients. Colleagues and clients from a diverse array of backgrounds will look to you first for answers, so you’ll be a high-profile contact when it comes to resolving complex issues. As you continue to build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries.

      Client responsibilities

      • Demonstrate the ability to effectively manage the Audit process with appropriate consideration of audit risk issues and accounting technical matters.
      • Demonstrate the ability to lead and manage fieldwork on client sites including liaising with other departments to ensure the smooth delivery of the Audit process.
      • Review work prepared by audit personnel for sign off by the Senior Manager or Partner.
      • Demonstrate an application and solution-based approach to problem solving
      • Demonstrate expertise in primary accounting frameworks (IFRS and Local GAAP) and in related financial reporting matters
      • Demonstrate expertise in methodology to perform an assurance engagement in compliance with International standards of Auditing (ISA).
      • Identify areas requiring improvement in the client’s business processes and possible recommendations and prepare and deliver the Management Letter to be provided to the client.
      • Your people responsibilities:
      • Demonstrate the ability to influence, change and shape the direction of a particular activity, either internally and/or externally
      • Organizing your team in such a way that processes, roles & responsibilities are clear and work is efficiently and equally divided amongst colleagues.
      • Coach and stimulate more junior profiles in view of the right achievements and personal development and provide more senior executives with inputs in order to properly proceed to the performance review of counselees.
      • Contribute to effective team work in internal engagement situations.
      • Provide on-the-job training for developing auditing skills and familiarity with the firm’s audit methodology.

      Skills and attributes for success

      • Leading fieldwork, managing performance and keeping engagement leaders updated on audit engagements
      • Completing audit processes and documenting higher-risk areas to increase your technical and business skills in areas including revenue, financial instruments and income taxes
      • Engaging clients and providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout transactions
      • Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends and processes and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues
      • Understanding our clients’ unique ambitions and needs and referring them to colleagues in other teams and areas to broaden our business relationships where possible

      Key requirements

      • Masters in Accounts, ACA/CA/ACCA or an equivalent international qualification
      • minimum of 2 years experience at audit manager level
      • Significant experience leading, planning, execution and reporting on audits
      • Proven project management skills
      • Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a collaborative approach to management
      • Proven experience in delivering external audit and assurance engagements.
      • Thorough knowledge of IFRS and local GAAP
      • Excellent grasp of risk and quality and risk management procedures
      • Compliance with and understanding of regulatory requirements
       
      Click here to apply
    • Audit Seniors

      The opportunity

      You’ll help our clients meet their reporting requirements by accurately reporting on financial statements and providing meaningful insights into accounting and reporting matters. In return, you can expect leading-class learning and development tailored to your unique interests and motivations. You’ll be given all the skills, knowledge and opportunities to progress and become ready to build a better working world for our people, our clients and the communities that support us.

      Everything you’ll do will come back to providing exceptional audit activities for our clients. As you build your knowledge and experience, you’ll become a credible advisor, influencing clients and engagement teams on resolutions that will impact entire industries.

      • Working in a team, getting to know our clients, their businesses and how they work
      • Interacting with clients to collect all the necessary data and information to carry out the audit
      • Support the planning, leading fieldwork, managing performance and keeping engagement leaders updated on audit engagementsCompleting audit processes and documenting higher-risk areas to increase your technical and business skills in areas such as revenue, costs, financial instrument and tax
      • Analysing the data that goes into a financial statement to make sure it is true and fair
      • Building and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel
      • Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends and processes and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues

      Skills and attributes for success

      • Leading fieldwork, managing performance and keeping engagement leaders updated on audit engagements
      • Completing audit processes and documenting higher-risk areas to increase your technical and business skills in areas including revenue, financial instruments an income taxes
      • Engaging clients and providing authoritative advice and professionalism throughout transactions
      • Constantly developing your understanding of current market trends and processes and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues
      • Understanding our clients’ unique ambitions and needs and referring them to colleagues in other teams and areas to broaden our business relationships where possible

      To qualify for the role you must have:

      • Masters in Accounts, ACA/CA/ACCA or an equivalent international qualification (preferably first time passes)
      • Minimum of 4 years relevant work experience
      • Thorough knowledge of current auditing techniques
      • Experience across the entire audit process
      • Application of IFRS and local GAAP
      • Track record of leading, planning, execution and reporting on audits
      • Excellent communication and negotiation skills and a collaborative approach to management
      • Proven experience in delivering external audit and assurance engagements.
      • Understanding of risk-based auditing and risk and control strategies
      • Understanding of Q&RM procedures
      • Compliance with and understanding of regulatory requirements

      Click here to apply.

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