Financial Services - Technology Risk - Manager - Channel

As a Manager, you will be an influential member of our FS Technology Risk team and will have the opportunity to work across IT Assurance, Tech Resilience, internal audit engagements as well as Emerging Technology Risk including AI, Trust in Robotics Process Automation and FS controls-related work. Alongside this, you will support TIDE innovation activity by shaping propositions, enabling AI adoption, managing innovation portfolios and translating early-stage ideas into structured, client-facing programmes that address evolving business, technology and regulatory needs.

We are a market leader across Big 4 with major audit wins across Financial Services clients and a continued focus on innovation and automation. We have a clear focus on delivering high-quality, high-profile, multi-discipline and multi-country projects, helping clients solve complex IT, data and emerging technology issues with a clear focus on quality. This role sits at the intersection of assurance delivery, innovation strategy, AI enablement and client transformation, working across Technology Risk, TIDE, Assurance colleagues, account teams and technical specialists.

An important part of your role will be to establish, maintain and strengthen internal and external relationships while delivering exceptional client service, quality and delivery. You will manage engagements to agreed time and cost budgets, while also helping shape innovation-led transformation initiatives that convert market challenges into practical, scalable and commercially aligned client solutions. The range of engagements involved creates a flexible and dynamic team environment, providing opportunities for personal growth and development across audit, advisory, consulting and innovation domains.

• Manage and deliver Technology Risk engagements, including ITGC, IT automated controls, IT Internal Audit, regulatory reviews, regulatory remediation, data and technology control reviews and third-party controls reporting.
• Shape, package and commercialise TIDE innovation propositions that respond to client priorities, market trends, regulatory change and EY strategic growth themes.
• Translate market challenges into structured client engagements, working with account teams, partners, directors, technical specialists and delivery teams to define clear value propositions.
• Design and facilitate client workshops, including ideation, use case development, AI maturity, market insight, discovery, prioritisation, training and upskilling sessions.
• Lead the prioritisation and orchestration of early-stage and in-flight innovation initiatives, managing dependencies, ambiguity, risks, budgets and cross-functional delivery.
• Maintain clear portfolio visibility across innovation initiatives, pipeline status, delivery risk, priorities and recommendations for sponsoring partners, directors and senior leadership forums.
• Support AI enablement and workflow transformation by helping clients improve literacy, assess maturity, identify practical use cases and explore technology options through market review, pilots and proof-of-concept activity.
• Coach, counsel and develop junior team members, helping create a positive, inclusive, learning-focused and high-performance team culture.

• Learning about EY, our clients and their businesses, with a strong understanding of the Financial Services technology and regulatory landscape.
• Managing excellent client relationships and expectations across assurance, advisory, innovation and transformation engagements.
• Delivering high-quality outcomes and deliverables underpinned by strong attention to detail, quality discipline and risk awareness.
• Building relationships with colleagues across Technology Risk, TIDE, Assurance, account teams and technical specialists, supporting them and promoting a diverse and collaborative culture.
• Helping develop our practice through innovation propositions, AI-enabled solutions, client thought leadership, industry research and support for business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts.
• Operating across ambiguity, translating strategy into structured execution, and bridging business objectives, technology capability and delivery discipline.
• Understanding, demonstrating and communicating workplace policies, procedures, governance and stakeholder accountabilities.

• Experience with analytics, automated control testing, emerging technology…