Deloitte Italia

AUDIT & ASSURANCE

ESEF and Financial Reporting Advisory Manager

Your Story

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Your Journey with Us

We are seeking a motivated and technically proficient Manager to join our assurance team with a primary focus on supporting clients throughout the full ESEF (European Single Electronic Format) reporting cycle. You will play a key role in helping listed entities comply with ESEF regulatory requirements, including the preparation, tagging, and assurance of iXBRL-tagged financial statements. This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of digital financial reporting in the EU, working closely with clients, audit teams, and technology providers to deliver high-quality ESEF advisory and assurance services.

While deep expertise in ESEF and digital reporting is highly desirable, we also welcome candidates with strong financial reporting and IFRS knowledge who are eager to develop their ESEF capabilities. Your broader financial reporting advisory skills will complement your ESEF responsibilities, making you a valuable resource across the assurance department and enhancing your career growth in this evolving area.

At Deloitte, we recognize there is no one size fits all career path, and global, cross-business mobility and up/re-skilling are all within the range of possibilities to shape a unique and fulfilling career. If you're ready to take your career to the next level in a challenging international environment, focusing on continuous learning and dynamic teamwork, both locally as well as overseas, you're ready for Deloitte!

How you will Make an Impact

Your main tasks will include but are not limited to the following:

• Lead ESEF assurance and advisory engagements, including the tagging and audit of iXBRL-tagged annual reports.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance on ESEF compliance, xHTML formatting, iXBRL tagging, and the EU Taxonomy.
• Advise clients on the implementation of ESEF reporting solutions, tools, and best practices, ensuring alignment with IFRS standards.
• Coordinate and review XBRL tagging performed by internal teams or third-party providers to ensure accuracy and regulatory compliance.
• Liaise with audit teams to integrate ESEF assurance into the broader financial statement audit.
• Monitor regulatory updates from ESMA, local regulators, and IFRS standard-setters, advising clients on implications for financial reporting and digital disclosures.
• Prepare and deliver training sessions and technical updates for both clients and internal teams.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members, contributing to their development and technical skills in both IFRS financial reporting and ESEF digital reporting.
• Support business development activities and proposals related to digital and financial reporting services.

Let’ s Talk About You

Your Leadership skills:

• Actively manages the work of their teams against project scope to maximize quality, effectiveness and value to both clients and to Deloitte
• Reviews the performance of team members on a regular basis; provides timely and honest feedback to drive high performance and quality output, and to aid their development
• Sets expectations and responsibilities for the team, and challenges them to raise the bar while providing support
• Builds and maintains productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders and colleagues, across a broad network, based on mutual respect and trust
• Applies and shares understanding of key trends and competitors to promote adoption of leading practices

Your Professional skills:

• Aligns tasks to team(s) in a way that benefits the engagement(s) while leveraging past learnings whilst building and supports diverse teams through inclusive leadership
• Acts responsibly to clarify engagement(s) scope and exclusions while assessing the need for modified scope with stakeholders by encouraging teams to have honest conversations to achieve alignment and promptly addresses or escalates concerns around meeting deadlines or targets
• Completes all training and other compliance obligations, including professional certifications, if applicable, on proactive and timely basis along with guiding team(s) for the same
• Sets tone by leading teams in application of appropriate tools, methodologies, quality and risk protocols, relevant regulatory frameworks, professional standards and regulatory requirements along with judgment to deliver quality work on engagements whilst guiding team members to fill their skills/capability gaps

Your Specialized skills:

• Professional qualification (e.g., ACCA, ACA, CPA).
• Minimum 5–7 years of experience in financial reporting, external audit, or regulatory advisory.
• Solid understanding of IFRS, financial statement structure, and EU regulatory environment.
• Experience with ESEF or digital reporting is a plus but not mandatory; willingness to learn is essential.
• Familiarity with ESEF tools and software (e.g., Workiva, AMANA, ParsePort, CoreFiling) is an advantage.
• Strong project management and communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical solutions for clients.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical mindset.

Our Story
World-leading professional services firm, we offer value added services in audit & assurance, risk advisory, accounting, tax & legal, consulting and financial advisory. We take great pride in supporting clients with multidisciplinary expertise, industry knowledge, and innovative solutions.

Our Assurance team is a dedicated team of professionals within the audit department with deep financial reporting skills and in-depth industry knowledge. We cover a wide range of industries and markets, from financial services in multinational corporations to smaller, owner-managed businesses. Our distinctive audit approach and investment in technology enables our Audit team to deliver seamless global accounting and auditing services. We are forward thinking, risk focused and insights based.

Why Deloitte?

As a Purpose-led organization, at the heart of everything we do is a set of timeless principles that distinguish the Deloitte culture. We foster diversity and inclusion and encourage you to bring your authentic self to work. Explore, question and collaborate while building a career that inspires and energies you. We tailor a personalized learning experience, offering you the opportunity to grow at your own pace and achieve maximum impact.

Life looks different for each of us, so we created a varied benefits package that you can tap into:

• Health Insurance cover for yourself and dependents. 
• Mental health support through sponsored therapy sessions. 
• Weekly get-togethers 
• Hybrid working option
• Digital learning, mentoring and regular performance snapshots. 
• Renowned training programme with Deloitte University.
• Ongoing in-house trainings all year round to make sure CPE requirements are met.

Join us to make an impact together! Apply now!