UKI Risk Consulting - Transaction Risk, Senior Manager

UKI Risk Consulting - Transaction Risk, Senior Manager

General Information

Location: Dublin / Belfast / Cork

Available for Visa Sponsorship: Yes

Business Area: Risk Consulting

Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent

Introduction to Risk Consulting

Risk Consulting at EY Ireland is dedicated to 'building a better working world' by delivering exceptional client services across various sectors, including public sector, energy and utilities, financial services, and telecommunications. As part of the Consulting business unit, we offer a range of governance, risk management, compliance, and assurance services to our expanding client base in Ireland and internationally.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a market leading team within EY. The role is within the UK&I Transaction Risk team, which is a core pillar within Risk Consulting. Team members are based in our offices in Belfast, Dublin and London.

Our Transaction Risk team delivers governance, risk management and controls related solutions to a broad range of clients, including corporate clients and private equity firms undertaking or preparing for large scale transactions, including Initial Public Offerings (“IPOs”), Integrations and Separations.

The Opportunity

The Senior Manager is client-facing and holds the primary day-to-day relationship with the client, taking accountability and responsibility for the seamless end-to-end client experience and proactive oversight and coordination of service delivery and client relationship management.

To be effective, the Senior Manager gains insight into the client’s business, is able to identify the key business drivers and potential transaction-related risks (financial and non-financial).

The Senior Manager ensures that deliverables are received by the client on time and to the expected quality. This is underpinned with a commercial mindset and focus on profitable growth.

Your key responsibilities

The Senior Manager will work closely with the Engagement Director and Partner and with other service line delivery teams across the EY network. As a Senior Manager you will have responsibility for:

• Managing client engagements (scope, resourcing, budget), and ensuring smooth delivery through status tracking, issue and risk management, and change control
• Monitoring and reporting on engagement economics, margin and resource trends
• Effective team leadership, stakeholder engagement and accountability for client deliverables, including preparation and review of formal reports and presentations
• Creation of client value through delivery of focused conclusions, recommendations and advice
• Supervising and developing team, providing constructive feedback
• Assisting in the development of client solutions and identifying new business opportunities
• Adhering to EY’s Quality and Risk Management (QRM) policies, compliance requirements and supporting specific projects and initiatives
• Developing and deploying tools, methods, best practices and improvement initiatives
• Active investment in own learning and development

Skills and attributes for success 

• Exceptional client service delivery, engagement ownership and change management skills
• Experience in multi-tasking and managing multiple engagements simultaneously
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of, and sensitivity to, a range of stakeholders needs and expectations, including successfully managing client requirements
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and decision-making ability
• Flexibility to adapt to changing demands and priorities
• Navigating ambiguity and political aspects of change
• Relationship development, excellent verbal and written communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience in coaching engagement team members
• Teaming with diverse cultures and across the countries of operation of EY
• Growth mindset and proactive in own continuous development

To qualify for the role, you must have 

• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Business processes and controls knowledge (gained via previous experience within Governance, Risk and Controls, External Audit, Internal Audit, SOX or similar)
• Knowledge of UK Corporate Governance requirements
• Experience of senior management and stakeholder management (Board, Executive Management, Sponsor Banks, Legal Advisors)
• Strong analytical, presentation and report writing skills to Board / Audit Committee / Sponsor Bank
• Strong engagement management and ability to effectively manage a demanding workload with tight deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (mentoring and developing team members, confidence in client and wider stakeholder interactions
• Be a self-starter and a pragmatic problem solver
• A passion to provide high quality service to your clients

Ideally, you’ll also have experience of 

• Experience working in a professional services environment, Private Equity Fund / Portfolio Company or PLC
• Transactions Advisory and Due Diligence and project management experience, including associated risk management procedures
• UK Listing Rules, Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and Market Abuse Regulation requirements

What We Look For
Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organisation.

What Working At EY Offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive benefits package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs: covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:
Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around.

• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.
  All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include:
   
• Hybrid Working

• Pension/Discounted Health Insurance
• Web Doctor
• Purchase of Additional Annual Leave
• Free Gym Membership
• Travel Pass
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Referral Bonuses & Recognition Awards

• Tech MBA paid by EY

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

Career Progression

When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.

• Continuous learning, where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• As you grow and develop here, you’ll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it’s as unique as you are - success is defined by you, we will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture, you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.

Inclusion & Diversity

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.

We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world. That’s Why, EY.

Apply now.

IMPORTANT: Where Agency assistance is required, our Talent Team will engage directly with suppliers. CVs / Profiles should not be shared directly with Hiring Managers. Unsolicited CVs / Profiles supplied to EY by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.