Senior Immigration Consultant at Ernst and Young

The opportunity

• EY’s People Advisory Services (PAS) team is currently looking for an experienced immigration consultant, to support our Immigration Compliance and Advisory team in Nigeria, as a Senior.
• The Senior consultant would provide support on various client engagements and promote knowledge transfer within the PAS Immigration team, through effective training and capacity building initiatives.

Expectations / Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple client engagements as an engagement supervisor
• Manage client ledgers with a high sense of job ownership and accountability
• Excellent analytical, project management, multi-tasking, and organizational skills
• Identify issues, propose solutions, address clients’ needs and execute deliverables as required
• Work with minimal or no supervision
• Demonstrate teamwork, good interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Participate in commercial research and marketing efforts
• Stay up to date on topical immigration matters and contribute to thought leadership and training initiatives
• Demonstrate good communication skills in terms of business writing, presentation, and public speaking engagements
• Demonstrate superior analytical and advisory skills
• Proficiency with MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint

Qualification for the role

• Minimum qualification is First degree in a social science course
• Keen interest and sound knowledge of relevant immigration regulations and laws guiding the mobility, employment and residence of foreign nationals in Nigeria.

Knowledge / Relevant Experience

• Good understanding of relevant immigration laws and statues such as Nigeria Immigration Act 2015, Regulations 2017 and the NVP 2020
• Knowledge of basic entry and exit protocols for ECOWAS nationals and Alien nationals
• Knowledge of the visa extension policy and how it applies
• Prior experience in processing Expatriate Quota (EQ) applications at the Federal Ministry of Interior (FMI) in Abuja
• Knowledge and experience in preparation and filing of statutory returns such as EQ returns, SSS Returns, Understudy reports, TWP returns, etc.
• Knowledge and prior experience in preparation and processing of Visa on Arrival (VOA) and Temporary Work Permit (TWP) Preapprovals
• Prior experience in processing CERPAC -related applications at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) offices in both Customs and Free Zone territories
• Experience in thought leadership initiatives such as alerts, news articles, advisory opinions, e.tc on topical immigration matters
• Experience in developing and facilitating both internal and external immigration training programmes