Associate Consultant - bangalore, India - EY

Description

Requisition Id :

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom. At EY, we don't just focus on who you are now, but who you can become. We believe that it's your career and 'It's yours to build' which means potential here is limitless and we'll provide you with motivating and fulfilling experiences throughout your career to help you on the path to becoming your best professional self.

The Opportunity: Associate Consultant-FS-Business Consulting Risk-CNS - Risk - Technology Risk

FS :

Amid comprehensive regulatory change, today's financial services institutions are focusing on digital transformation, convergence and disruption from an array of non traditional competitors — all while meeting greater demands for trust and transparency.

To address this delicate balance of issues, our proficient team of business strategists, technologists and industry leaders bring fresh thinking and sector knowledge across banking and capital markets, insurance, and wealth and asset management. The results are seamless collaboration, innovative problem solving, breakthrough performance gains and sustainable value creation.

We recruit, train and foster a diverse set of people who give their minds to building the future of financial services. Together, we explore new perspectives with innovative and innovative thinking to deliver exceptional client service and ensure that what we do today, counts for tomorrow.

CNS - Risk - Technology Risk :

EY Consulting is building a better working world by transforming businesses through the power of people, technology and innovation. Our client-centric approach focuses on driving long-term value for our clients by solving their most strategic problems. EY Consulting is made up of three sub-service lines: Business Consulting (including Performance Improvement and Risk Consulting), Technology Consulting and People Advisory Services.

We help our clients in identifying and managing the interplay between upside and downside risk in order to make the long-term decisions to prevent risk and impact on their organization's ability to meet its future business strategy and objectives. The 3 key fields of play are :

Enterprise Risk - helps clients identify and address key risk areas, while building the agility to respond quickly. The areas of focus include Enterprise risk and resilience, Internal audit, Compliance and Internal controls

Technology Risk - helps clients to achieve sustainable growth by supporting their efforts to protect their business performance and by providing trusted communications on internal control and regulatory compliance to investors, management, regulators, customers and other stakeholders. EY teams accomplish this by assessing the technology risks that are introduced to businesses.

Financial Services Risk - helps clients in the financial sector to identify, manage and monitor the risks in their business. It is done through a transformative and agile approach including process and procedures, risk, data modeling and analytics, reporting to stakeholders and third parties, business requirements (for software selection and IT implementation), analysis of assets and liabilities, and capital and liquidity management.

Your key responsibilities

Technical Excellence

Operate as an on-field team-member to assist leadership in employing proper information systems, resources, and controls to build solutions to maximize efficiencies and minimize risk.
You can expect to work with client personnel to analyse, evaluate, and enhance information systems facilitating the business internal control process, and will assist clients and other Technology Risk professionals in performing information technology control and security engagements.
Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge.
Provide high quality client service, working directly with onshore and/or client teams to understand and evaluate client's IT environment and controls.
Work predominantly on offshore engagements. Communication, written and verbal, with the onshore EY and/or client teams would be expected.
Perform IT related controls assessments and evaluation for Information Systems
Manage multiple clients independently at the same time and also provide regular status updates to both client and EY management. Ability to work on tight schedules and deadlines.
Understand how to prepare risk and control matrices. How to report issues/findings in an audit and ability to lead client meetings.
Report control deficiencies identified to engagement Manager and client management and evaluate the overall impact.
Identify opportunities for improvement/provide recommendations to mitigate the control deficiencies noted.
Comply with mandatory training and internal risk management requirements

Qualification
have prior work experience in the areas of IT Application controls, Automated business controls, IT General controls, IT audit and other technology risk and controls areas.
Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, networking, teaming and problem-solving skills.
Initiative in keeping abreast of changing industry practices, analysis and design methods, tools and techniques and emerging technologies.
Familiarity with leading industry standards and frameworks such as SSAE 16/ISAE 3402, ISO/IEC 27001, COBIT, ITIL, COSO etc
Experience
A minimum of 2-3 years of experience Technology Risk Consulting, preferably from a public accounting firm or a professional services firm
possess a bachelor's degree in accounting, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related discipline

What we look for

People with the ability to work in a collaborative manner to provide services across multiple client departments while following the commercial and legal requirements. You will need a practical approach to solving issues and complex problems with the ability to deliver insightful and practical solutions. We look for people who are agile, curious, mindful and able to sustain postivie energy, while being adaptable and creative in their approach.

What we offer

With more than 200,000 clients, 300,000 people globally and 33,000 people in India, EY has become the strongest brand and the most attractive employer in our field, with market-leading growth over compete. Our people work side-by-side with market-leading entrepreneurs, game- changers, disruptors and visionaries. As an organisation, we are investing more time, technology and money, than ever before in skills and learning for our people. At EY, you will have a personalized Career Journey and also the chance to tap into the resources of our career frameworks to better know about your roles, skills and opportunities.

EY is equally committed to being an inclusive employer and we strive to achieve the right balance for our people - enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing our people to build their career as well as focus on their wellbeing.