Assurance - Financial Services - Forensics - Investigations & Compliance - Senior - London

FSO Financial Crime & Forensics – Investigations and Compliance 
 

Senior Permanent

The opportunity
 

As fraud and financial crime reach new levels of sophistication, firms are seeking a balance between efficiency and effectiveness to disrupt these risks. Financial Crime & Forensics is part of EY’s Financial Services practice: we works closely with financial services clients and, their legal advisors and regulators to help prevent, investigate and remediate financial crime along with other regulatory risks and issues. 
 

Our dedicated Investigations & Compliance team provides support in the event of fraud and other misconduct, regulatory reviews, investigations and disputes. Join us and you will work in a rapidly growing team on challenging projects and accelerate your career within an international and supportive environment. You'll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory. 

The role
As a Financial Crime & Forensics Senior, you will technically contribute to client engagements and internal projects. An important part of your role will be actively establishing, maintaining and strengthening internal and external relationships. You will also identify and escalate potential business opportunities for EY on existing engagements. Similarly, you will anticipate and identify risks and inform senior members of the team about significant issues. You will deliver work of a high quality and ensure it is reviewed by the next-level reviewer. As an influential member of the team, you’ll help to create a positive learning culture.

Within the Financial Crime & Forensics team you will work on the execution of a variety of projects including investigations, whistleblowing framework reviews, risk assessments, claims and disputes, fraud and financial crime prevention and compliance programme development within the financial services sector.

Required skills and experience

• Strong academic record including a degree (in any subject)
• Professional accountancy or other financial qualification such as ICA, CFE or CAMS
• Experience of understanding, digesting, explaining, analysing company accounts and financial information
• Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Assertive and confident interpersonal skills
• Ability to simultaneously handle diverse and pressing assignments and sensitive and adversarial situations
• Ability to think critically with very good attention to detail 
• Being comfortable working both independently and in a team

What we look for
We’re interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. If you are serious about forensics and enthusiastic about solving our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.