FSO Tech Consulting - FinTech - Digital Asset Risk - Manager at Ernst & Young , NY

FSO Tech Consulting
- Fin Tech
- Digital Asset Risk
- Manager

Location:

New York, Boston

As a Blockchain Risk Manager, you will lead teams working closely with Financial Services clients to define how to operate products and solutions using blockchain technology and support the successful delivery of digital asset transformation projects through your technical and business expertise. You will advise clients to understand, architect, select and implement bleeding edge controls required to effectively mitigate unique risks that digital asset products introduce to their organization.

These product areas span crypto custody, crypto exchange, cross‑border payments, stablecoin issuance, crypto staking, and asset/securities tokenization.

As a Governance, Risk, and Compliance Manager, you will be at the forefront of designing and implementing a comprehensive framework that addresses all facets of risk, governance, and compliance. This is a chance to influence multiple functions, including risk assessment, governance integrity, data management, and fraud prevention, while ensuring alignment with regulations and oversight bodies. Your strategic direction will shape the controls and methodologies that safeguard our organization’s future.

In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for setting the strategic direction for governance frameworks, managing complex technical initiatives, and driving quality and risk management. You will collaborate with forensic experts to enhance fraud controls and provide top-tier governance advice to board members. Your day‑to‑day will involve:

• Leading a team of risk analysts and working with client personnel to plan and perform risk assessments, analyze and evaluate company’s complex IT systems, infrastructure, and risk issues, and identify risks associated with various digital asset products.
• Developing new leading‑practice controls for novel risks posed by digital asset and crypto products
• Contributing to the generation of new business opportunities for operational risk management including developing long‑term client relationships, understanding the changing business and regulatory environment, and actively assessing/presenting new ways to serve clients.
• Managing and delivering solutions or projects with a focus on quality and risk.
• Seeking process improvements and identifying innovative solutions.
• Overseeing billability, workstream deliveries, project management, and engagement economics.
• Frequent travel and client interactions, contributing to sales growth and RFP responses.

• You’re an innovator. You keep up to date on emerging technologies (especially blockchain) and are constantly thinking about potential applications.
• You’re a people developer. You find and cultivate talent to achieve outstanding results. You give your team creative freedom to innovate while holding them accountable for making good decisions and delivering results.
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity. In fact, you thrive in the face of complex problems with no obvious solutions.
• You’re entrepreneurial  have a passion for making your ideas a reality, building prototypes, and ultimately launching production‑scale solutions in the market.
• Compliance management software expertise.
• Enterprise risk strategy optimization.
• Organizational control model design.
• Client relationship management and negotiation skills.
• Critical thinking and a global mindset.

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Typically 4‑6 years of relevant experience.
• In‑depth understanding of cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and the underlying mechanics of various blockchains. Awareness of the unique risks associated with blockchains and crypto assets.
• 5+ years of experience in technology risk, compliance, controls, and/or audit roles for financial institutions or crypto natives.
• Strong attention to detail and experience supporting a risk and compliance program, working with risk and control matrices and enterprise risk frameworks.
• A strong understanding of the shifting regulatory considerations of digital assets and how they impact financial…