Forensics and Integrity Services - Managed Services - Assoc. Analyst - McClean

EY•Washington, DC

1d•$55,200 - $103,900•Onsite

About The Position

EY’s Forensics & Integrity Services - Managed Services supports clients addressing fraud, compliance and legal transformation, regulatory inquiries, disputes, governmental entity matters, change initiatives, crisis management, and cyber remediation. The Associate Analyst contributes to evaluating financial, operational, and other relevant information to help engagement teams and clients understand the nature, impact, and potential implications of fraud, misconduct, regulatory concerns, and other business challenges. The role also supports practical insights and solutions that help clients manage risk, navigate change and uncertainty, respond to crises, remediate cyber-related incidents, and address evolving regulatory and operational challenges. The Associate Analyst serves corporate organizations, regulatory bodies, law enforcement, and lawyers on compliance, investigations, fraud, and other matters. The role involves analyzing information related to allegations or incidents, supporting clients’ proactive risk management and assisting clients and legal counsel with claims or disputes. It applies knowledge of business processes, financial reporting systems, accounting, and auditing standards and procedures. The position contributes to processes, solutions, and projects by completing agreed activities, researching information, and presenting findings to inform recommendations. The Associate Analyst delivers their own work against targets and performance objectives, applies established methodologies to analyze financial and operational data, escalates anomalies and uncertainties, and synthesizes findings into structured insights while working within defined processes and supervision. The role involves working across concurrent projects, meeting client needs and EY quality standards, responding to client requests, communicating risks, and coordinating workload with colleagues.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a relevant field.
Up to 1+ years of related work experience.
Excellent project and time management skills, including the ability to prioritize across multiple engagements.
Achieved or working toward a professional designation, such as an active CFE or another certification on the approved certification listing.
Ability and willingness to travel and work beyond standard hours when necessary.
Reliable transportation to and from the EY office and client sites; a driver’s license is strongly recommended because rideshare and public transportation may not be available in all locations.

Nice To Haves

Experience working within a professional services organization.

Responsibilities

Contribute to delivery of processes, solutions, and projects by completing agreed activities, researching information, and presenting relevant findings to inform recommendations.
Deliver assigned work and meet targets that affect the immediate team.
Meet locally set performance objectives and metrics, including client service, quality, risk management, solution development, and teaming.
Apply established methodologies and guidance to analyze financial and operational data and identify key issues, patterns, and potential risks for further review.
Escalate anomalies or uncertainties to senior team members in accordance with engagement objectives and risk protocols.
Synthesize findings into clear, structured insights to support data-driven recommendations within defined processes and supervision.
Balance priorities and contribute to problem-solving using foundational knowledge of accounting, business processes, and investigative techniques.
Participate in multiple projects and ensure work meets client needs and EY quality standards.
Maintain a strong client focus and respond to client requests.
Communicate and collaborate on risks.
Manage concurrent projects and communicate workload issues to colleagues as needed.
Support investigations and analysis for compliance, fraud, regulatory, legal, dispute, crisis management, and cyber-remediation matters.
Assist clients and their legal counsel with claims or disputes arising from incidents.
Apply knowledge of business processes, financial reporting systems, accounting, and auditing standards and procedures.