Senior Consultant - Financial Services Risk Management

EY is looking for a Senior Consultant to join our Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) competency within Business Consulting. The Budapest based team offers broad range of consultancy services dedicated to providing high-value and trusted advice to clients within the Financial Services industry, both in Hungary and abroad.

The Opportunity

As a new member of our team, you will support clients on challenging and diverse project such as financial risk measurement and management, improvement of financial risk processes, risk modelling and validation, or derivative valuations. We also help our clients to monitor and to implement new approaches required by the latest banking regulations:  Basel, CRR/CRD, IFRS, MIFID, PRIIPs, FRTB or ESG.

Your Key Responsibilities

• On a day-to-day basis, you’ll deliver complex projects related to financial risk modelling, credit risk, market risk, operational risk as well as ESG Risk, methodology designs and reviews by large Hungarian and international banks
• Coordinate the junior colleagues, delegate tasks and responsibilities, support the manager colleague with highest quality of work
• Actively participate in client discussions
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for Junior Consultants
• Your role will also include supporting internal Go-to-Market proposition development

What we look for

• Exceptional drive and commitment for success
• Proactive personality and readiness to learn
• Confident manner, plus good communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
• Able to work independently and as a member of a team

Skills and attributes for success

• University degree in either Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Physics, Data analytics or another relevant quantitative field
• 2 years’ experience in the field of risk management in one of the following:  
  • Credit risk modeling or validation (scoring and rating models, PD and LGD modeling)  
  • Market risk modeling, valuation of financial derivatives and financial instruments  
  • Experience in regulatory issues in banking
• Knowledge and understanding of financial markets and the banking industry and strong interest in quantitative methods, financial data analysis, statistics 
• Good knowledge and comfort with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint 
• Excellent knowledge of English language (spoken and written), Hungarian might be useful, but not necessary

We appreciate:

• Knowledge & experience with programming languages (e.g. Python R, VBA, SAS, MATLAB, C++, SQL)
• Prior consulting experience with building and maintaining excellent client relationships  
• Professional certificates (e.g. CFA, FRM, PRM)  
• Work/study experience abroad
• Flexibility to travel abroad
• Good presentation and communication skills

What's in it for you

• Diverse risk management advisory work within professional team that provides a unique opportunity for fast personal development and growth
• Exposure to a wide range of clients ensuring a varied workload
• Competitive salary and a personally tailored benefits package (fridge benefit, private health insurance, etc.)
• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs

 In case you are interested, please apply online!