Consultant to Manager - Financial Services Risk Management

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Consultant to Manager - Financial Services Risk Management

The opportunity

We are seeking for experienced Consultants, Senior Consultants and Managers to join the Sydney and Melbourne Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) team.

As part of the FSRM team, you’ll focus on client opportunities where your expertise can make a substantial impact. You’ll build valuable relationships across the industry, gain broad industry experience, and develop strong capabilities, through both formal training and working with senior mentors and talented colleagues.

Across the banking, insurance and superannuation sectors, we build a better working world by helping clients to enhance the management of their risks. Our high-performing team of risk management professionals, quantitative analysts, technologists and former regulators works closely with Australia’s leading financial institutions to provide them with strategic advice and execution support.

Your key responsibilities

If you join our team, you can expect a wide range of opportunities to make a difference.  On any day, your responsibilities could include:

1. Delivering engagements: managing an end-to-end component of an engagement, including production of deliverables on time and to required quality standards, client management and supervision of more junior team members.
2. Helping clients: working directly with clients to understand their business models, financial structures, and specific risk exposures.
3. Assessing risks: evaluation of client financial and non-financial risks, including credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk and a wide range of operational risks.
4. Providing risk and regulatory advice: advising clients on a wide range of risks, including in relation to the requirements of regulators such as APRA, ASIC and AUSTRAC.
5. Designing risk management frameworks: assisting clients in developing or enhancing their approaches to the management of their most important risks.
6. Conducting due diligence assessments: helping clients involved in mergers, acquisitions or other business transactions to vet the risks involved.
7. Developing and implementing technology solutions: working with our Technology Consulting team to create innovative risk technology solutions that enable efficient risk management and new insight.
8. Conducting training, workshops and seminars: educating clients on risk management best practices and emerging trends.
9. Contributing to thought leadership: helping EY to develop a market-facing ‘point of view’ on risk management that differentiates us from other firms in the market.
10. Helping to bring EY’s global All In strategy to life: teaming with other competencies such as People Advisory Services, Technology Risk and Assurance to provide seamlessly integrated solutions for unique client needs.

What we look for

To be successful in this role, you will need to have:

• 1+ years of experience in a financial services consulting firm or major financial institution, where you focused on one or more of the following disciplines:
  • Risk culture, conduct and compliance
  • Regulatory and risk reporting
  • Financial crime
  • Financial risk - credit, market, funding and / or liquidity risk
  • Operational risk – general or in a technical area such as AI, data, technology and records risk
  • Regulation and prudential supervision (including experience working with a regulator and/or EDR scheme)
  • Risk technology
  • Risk analytics
• Experience supervising consultants (for a Manager role)
• A high level of drive and initiative
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• A degree in finance, commerce, law, STEM or similar, with post-graduate qualifications or additional study viewed favourably

What we offer you

At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more. 

• Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences ey.com/au/careerdevelopment 
• Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
• A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally www.ey.com/au/benefits    
• Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.

Acknowledgement of Country

EY acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which EY offices are located around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures, and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. Find out more about our vision for reconciliation at ey.com/en_au/careers/indigenous 

Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential. 

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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