Manager - Risk Advisory/Internal Audit - Insurance

Manager - Risk Advisory Services - Internal Audit (Insurance)

Your key responsibilities :

- Responsible for executing client related engagements in the areas of governance, risk & compliance (GRC), internal audits, process reviews, standard operating procedures, enterprise risk management, revenue assurance, SOX 404 & Clause 49 assistance.

- Responsible for overall client service delivery in accordance with EY quality guidelines & methodologies.

- Manage accounts on a day-to-day basis & explore new business opportunities for the firm with new and existing clients

- Actively establish & strengthen client (functional heads & key influencers) and internal relationships.

- Assist in developing new solutions, methodologies and internal initiatives.

- Create a positive learning culture, coach, counsel and develop junior team members.

- Market leadership related

- Assist Partners & Senior Managers in driving the business development process on new/existing client engagements by gathering appropriate resources, gaining access to key contacts & supervising proposal preparation.

- Identify buyers, influencers & stakeholders in existing client engagements and build strong relationships.

- Create innovative insights for clients, adapt methods & practices to fit operational team needs & contributes to thought leadership documents.

- Practice secondment for developing new methodologies.

- Facilitate discussions / knowledge sharing with key client personnel and contribute to EY thought leadership.

- Service delivery related

- Work with high-growth clients and other market leaders in industries such financial services, insurance etc.

- Establish audit objectives and scope of work; establish the engagement budget; and take responsibility for the overall execution of the audit project through wrap-up and final report delivery.

- Plan & schedule client engagements. Determine and deploy the right team with adequate skill sets for executing engagements and periodically review status of engagements and work products.

- Demonstrate strong project management skills.

- 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 prepare management presentations/audit committee presentations etc.

- Actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects & internal initiatives.

- Drive timely billing of invoices & actively follow-up on collections.

- People related

- Display teamwork, integrity and leadership. Work with team members to set goals and responsibilities for specific engagements. Foster teamwork and innovation.

- Drive performance management for self and team.

- Utilize technology & tools to continually learn and innovate, share knowledge with team members and enhance service delivery.

- Understand EY and its service lines. Actively encourage team members to contribute ideas.

- Conduct workshops and technical training sessions for team members. Contribute to the learning & development agenda.

Skills and attributes for success :

- Demonstrated track record of creating detailed project plans with multiple phases/tasks and tracking dependencies and resource allocations

- Strong business knowledge of the Banking Industry and/or Financial Services

- Significant experience of embedding risk management in a complex organization

- Desired understanding of Regulator delivery programs, ideally in Risk and Finance

- Good understanding of market and credit risk data and processes

- Self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership and accountability for tasks and people

- Proven ability to communicate with all levels of management in a clear, concise manner

- Excellent organizational, problem solving, leadership, written and verbal communication skills

- Ability and confidence to challenge and raise issues/risks and drive solutions for benefit of the project

- Strong project management skills and proven successful front to back programme delivery

- Experience working in onshore/offshore model

- Achieving results - be aware of key risk objectives, and ensure these are applied appropriately to all activities

- Building relationships - able to develop effective relationships with risk function staff, and be recognized as providing a supporting role

To qualify for the role you must have :

- 6+ years of post-qualification experience in risk advisory/related internal audit experience/external audit experience in big 4 or related business experience.

- Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience for those holding relevant post graduate degree.

Ideally you'll also have :

- Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation and negotiation skills

- Be highly flexible, adaptable, and creative

- Comfortable interacting with senior executives (within the firm and at the client)

- Strong leadership skills and supervisory responsibility