The opportunity
You will have the opportunity to work with our clients on a wide range of projects across the full lifecycle of a firm:
Establish: Supporting new market entrants get established and authorised
Operate: Helping firms maintain and adapt in response to changes in the firm, the market and regulation, covering areas such as:
Governance and enterprise-wide risk management frameworks
Liquidity management and Treasury
Capital planning
Regulatory reporting including Trade and Transaction reporting
Prepare: Working with firms to prepare and review their plans, , recovery and resolution plans or Solvent Wind Down in the event of a potential end of life event.
Our work often involves us working with changes to financial regulation from both UK and overseas regulators. Our team monitors and analyses these changes to help bring our clients address these changes effectively.
Our clients include retail, commercial and investment banks, capital markets firms, FinTechs, payment and e-money firms. Our team is composed of consultants with a broad range of experience including former regulators and industry practitioners. The team is highly sought after in the market and offers exciting opportunities for career development.
Your key responsibilities
As a Senior Consultant in the team, your responsibilities include:
Working effectively in a team by showing initiative, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress
Develop and maintain productive working relationships with clients and colleagues
Working as a team to prepare reports and presentations for our clients
Play your role in identifying risks to project delivery and raise these with senior members of the team
Contribute to a positive learning culture within the team
Skills and attributes for success
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner
Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues
Strong written communication skills, including presentation and report writing
Highly organised team player with demonstrated relationship building skills
Experience of working in a project environment
Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt quickly to new environments
Comfortable working with detail and an ability to produce high quality work to support an engagement team
Demonstrated interest in the changing financial services landscape
To qualify for the role you should bring some or all of the following:
Strong academic background
An accounting, risk management or similar (, CFA, ACCA, FRM) professional qualification
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Previous consulting experience
Previous experience in a risk role in a bank or capital markets firm or at a regulator
Experience working with regulation and regulatory frameworks.
Domain experience in one or more of the following:
Governance and Risk Management Frameworks: Design, review, implementation or operation of governance and risk management frameworks across the enterprise.
New firm authorisations: Experience reviewing and drafting regulatory business plans for new Financial Services entrants, and/or reviewing and drafting risk and compliance procedures
Stress testing and Scenario analysis: Experience in conducting stress testing and scenario analysis, including understanding of methodologies and regulatory expectations.
Financial Risk Management experience, including interpreting, implementing and maintaining regulations and practices related to credit risk management; market risk, liquidity risk management; asset and liability management; Treasury; Capital planning; ICAAP or ILAAP or Recovery Plan production
What we look for
We are interested to hear from people with the right attitude for the job! That’s naturally curious and innovative people that feed on the energy of a thriving global team. You’ll need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication skills. If you’ve got big ideas on how we can do better, this role is for you.
What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.
Plus, we offer:
Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
