The opportunity
As Risk Consulting Senior manager, you'll actively establish, maintain, and strengthen internal and external relationships.
With the guidance of partners, directors, and other senior managers, you'll identify potential business opportunities for EY.
You'll actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives. In line with our commitment to quality, you'll consistently drive projects to completion and confirm that work is of high quality.
When working on engagements, you'll report to higher levels of management, who will expect you to anticipate and identify risks, and raise any issues with them as appropriate.
As an influential member of the team, you'll help to create a positive learning culture, coach, and counsel junior team members and help them to develop.
Your key responsibilities
Client Responsibilities
Participate and lead Enterprise Risk engagements
Help manage the financial aspects of engagements by organizing staffing, tracking fees, and communicating issues to project leaders
Drive-in business development initiatives along with client management and account management
Build strong internal relationships within Risk Consulting practice and with other services across the organization
Build connect with client stakeholders, understand their business challenges / pain areas and work with leadership to propose innovative solutions
People Responsibilities
Develop people through effective coaching and mentoring
Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback
Contribute to people-related initiatives including recruiting, retaining, appraisal and training
Contribute towards building and strengthening team competency for Third-Party Risk Management and Risk consulting
Participate in the organization-wide people initiatives
Maintain an educational program to develop skills of team members continually
Decision-Making Responsibilities :
Support management in workforce planning, resourcing strategy, go to market strategy and demand generation
Understand the business requirements clearly and lead practice development initiatives as required
Bring out of the box thinking mindset, and analytical thinking capability to enhance service delivery
Always maintain connections with clients to tap opportunities for constant growth and improvement
Understand the process gaps and propose preventive / corrective action where appropriate
Lead business growth, pursuits and client proposals for Enterprise Risk, directly working with the regional partners and senior managers
Other key Responsibilities
Work with the team and the client to create plans for accomplishing engagement objectives and a strategy that complies with professional standards and addresses the risks inherent in the engagement
Maintain relationships with the client to manage expectations of service delivery
Demonstrate excellent project management skills, inspire teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members, and use current technology / tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services.
Understand EY and its service lines and actively assess what the firm can deliver to serve clients
Help manage the financial aspects of engagements by tracking fees, margin, and profitability of projects
Assist Partners & Senior Managers in driving the business development process on existing client engagements by gathering appropriate resources, gaining access to critical contacts & supervising proposal preparation
Create innovative insights for clients, adapt methods & practices to fit operational team needs & contribute to thought leadership documents
Plan & schedule client engagements. Determine and deploy the right team with adequate skillsets for executing engagements and periodically review the status of engagements and work products
Maintain a strong client focus by effectively serving client needs and developing productive working relationships with client personnel.
Stay abreast of current business and economic developments and new pronouncements / standards relevant to the client's business
Demonstrate industry expertise (deep understanding of the industry, emerging trends, issues / challenges, key players & leading practices)
Review status updates and prepares management presentations / audit committee presentations etc.
Actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects & internal initiatives
To qualify for the role, you must have
Knowledge and Skills Requirements (mandatory) :
Demonstrated experience in team management, business development, end to end account management, and led delivery for multi-year mandates
Relevant experience in TPRM tools like Process Unity, Service Now, OneTrust, Prevalent, etc.
Strong knowledge of ISO27001, NIST, GDPR, CCPA, PCI DSS, HiTRUST, HIPAA, ITIL, GRC.
Good to have certifications : CISA, CRISC, CISSP, project management certifications like PMP.
Soft Skills :
Strong interpersonal skills
Proven influencer and communicator with stakeholders at all levels
Strong written and presentational skills; ability to communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences
Possess a high standard of integrity and good work ethics
Education Requirements :
Demonstrated track record with a blue-chip consulting organization or a Fortune 500 organization
A strong academic record including a post-graduate degree
Relevant professional qualifications such as CA, MBA, MCA, MS
Professional experience with other Big4 or paneled SI / ITeS companies
What we look for
A Team of people with technical experience and who can seamlessly work with the team and the client to create plans for accomplishing engagement objectives and a strategy that complies with professional standards and addresses the risks inherent in the engagement.
Demonstrate excellent project management skills, inspire teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members, and use current technology / tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services.
Understand EY and its service lines and actively assess what the firm can deliver to serve clients.
Create innovative insights for clients, adapt methods & practices to fit operational team needs & contribute to thought leadership documents.
Periodically review the status of engagements managed, prepare management presentations, and perform quality review of the team's work products.
Maintain a strong client focus by effectively serving client needs and developing productive working relationships with client personnel.
Stay abreast of current business and economic developments and new pronouncements / standards relevant to the client's business.
Actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects & internal initiatives.