Associate Director/Senior Manager - Internal Audit/SOX/Third Party Risk Management - Consulting Firm

Drive Third Party Risk Management (TPRM)engagements :

- Develop and deliver on the Go To Market Strategies

- Build valued relationships with clients & internal peers.

- 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. - Drive innovation and automation in service delivery leveraging emerging technologies like robotics, AI, analytics etc.

- Create a positive learning culture, coaches, counsels and develops junior team members

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 deliverable 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 PPED & Senior Managers in driving the business development process on existing client engagements by gathering appropriate resources, gaining access to key 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 skill sets 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.

- 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 presentation skills; ability to communicate complex messages to a variety of audiences

- Possess a high standard of integrity and good work ethics Requirements:

- A strong academic record including a post-graduate degree

- Relevant professional qualifications such as CA, MBA, MCA, MS

- At least 11 years of professional experience with other Big4 , Consulting firms or paneled SI/ ITeS companies