Senior Consultant, Process & Controls, Risk Consulting; UKI

Senior Consultant, Process & Controls, Risk Consulting (UKI) Senior Consultant, Risk Consulting The Opportunity

Risk Consulting is a dynamic group of people focused on helping our clients solve tomorrow’s problems today through integrated solution service offerings in the area of risk, such as internal audit, risk management and financial controls. Risk continues to move up the agenda and our team works with many of today’s front‑running companies. Our clients want integrated, strategic, tech‑enabled, end‑to‑end solutions and we deliver tailored risk offerings putting client value and relationships at the core of what we do.

You can expect to work with senior client personnel and drive high‑quality work products.

Our Risk team consists of talented colleagues who invite you to bring your natural curiosity and innovative thoughts to work each day. Working within our team, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you. We offer excellent career development, diverse opportunities and fantastic work‑life balance including hybrid working.

Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself and a better working world for all.

• Client Delivery and Project Management:
  Undertake and deliver on engagements, managing multiple internal and external stakeholders. Projects will vary and may include internal audits, implementation or review of internal and financial control frameworks, enterprise risk management, governance risk and control (GRC), Sarbanes‑Oxley (SoX) implementations or reviews, risk and control automation, and performance improvement. Support the execution and daily deliverables of a portfolio of client projects, ensuring high‑quality deliverables are completed on time and within budget.
• Technical Expertise:
  Assist clients in implementing, assessing, or managing risk and control frameworks. Perform internal audit work to provide assurance over processes and control environments across various financial and operational areas. Demonstrate risk awareness and understanding of business impact while drafting pragmatic, improvement‑focused recommendations.
• Quality and
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Monitor and manage client engagements, including project planning and adherence to quality standards. Ensure compliance with EY’s quality and risk management processes throughout client acceptance, contracting, and engagement delivery. Proactively identify and manage risks across engagements, escalating issues where appropriate.
• Stakeholder Management:
  Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel, leading client meetings and serving as a key point of contact during engagements. Plan and lead both client and internal meetings to ensure alignment on project goals, timelines, and deliverables. Collaborate cross‑functionally with other EY service lines and subject matter experts to deliver high‑quality insights.
• Team Leadership and Development:
  Lead junior team members by providing on‑the‑job coaching and day‑to‑day oversight of their work. Work effectively in a team, sharing responsibilities, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress. Contribute to a positive team environment by demonstrating consistent commitment to teamwork and optimism in the face of work challenges.
• Promoting EY’s Values:
  Champion EY’s commitments to integrity, respect, and teamwork in all client and internal interactions. Foster an inclusive and diverse working environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute.
• Practice Development:
  Contribute to practice development and internal initiatives, including learning and development programs and solution development.

• Scoping and planning of controls and internal audit engagements.
• Developing risk and control matrices; create test plans and clear working papers to document test results.
• Assisting clients in implementing, assessing or managing risks and control frameworks.
• Producing process documentation following discussions with clients, identifying and…