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Manager or Senior Manager - FSRM - Financial Services
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
With your contribution and my contribution, together we will thrive.
The opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Manager or Senior Manager to join our Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) team in Auckland. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in identifying client opportunities where your expertise can make a significant impact. You’ll build and nurture valuable relationships across the industry, gain extensive experience, and develop strong capabilities through both formal training and mentorship from senior leaders and talented colleagues.
We strive to create a better working world by helping our clients enhance their risk management practices. Our high-performing team of risk management professionals, quantitative analysts, technologists, and former regulators collaborates closely with New Zealand’s leading financial institutions to provide strategic advice and execution support.
Your key responsibilities
You can expect a diverse range of responsibilities that allow you to make a meaningful difference. On any given day, your duties may include:
- Leading Engagements: Overseeing end-to-end components of engagements, ensuring deliverables are produced on time and meet quality standards, while managing client relationships and supervising junior team members.
- Client Collaboration: Working directly with clients to gain a deep understanding of their business models, financial structures, and specific risk exposures.
- Risk Assessment: Evaluating both financial and non-financial risks for clients, including credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk, and various operational risks.
- Regulatory Advisory: Providing clients with comprehensive advice on a range of risks, particularly regarding the requirements of regulators.
- Framework Design: Assisting clients in developing or enhancing their risk management frameworks to effectively address their most critical risks.
- Due Diligence Assessments: Supporting clients involved in mergers, acquisitions, or other business transactions by assessing the associated risks.
- Technology Solutions Development: Collaborating with our Technology Consulting team to design innovative risk technology solutions that facilitate efficient risk management and provide new insights.
- Training and Education: Conducting training sessions, workshops, and seminars to educate clients on risk management best practices and emerging trends.
- Thought Leadership Contribution: Helping EY develop a market-facing perspective on risk management that sets us apart from competitors.
Ideally, you’ll also have the skills and attributes below but don’t worry if you don’t tick all the boxes. We’re interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.
- Experience in a financial services consulting firm or major financial institution, focusing on one or more of the following areas:
- Risk culture, conduct, and compliance
- Regulatory and risk reporting
- Financial crime
- Financial risk (credit, market, funding, and/or liquidity risk)
- Operational risk (general or in technical areas such as AI, data, technology, and records risk)
- Regulation and prudential supervision (including experience working with a regulator and/or EDR scheme)
- Risk technology
- Risk analytics
- A high level of drive, initiative, and leadership.
- A degree in finance, commerce, law, STEM, or a related field, with post-graduate qualifications or additional study viewed favourably.
- CAMS certified.
What we offer you
At EY, we’ll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.
- Career development: At EY, your career is yours to shape! We’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences www.ey.com/nz/careerdevelopment
- Flexible work arrangements: Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.
- A comprehensive benefits package: From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally www.ey.com/nz/benefits
- Salary: We offer a competitive salary which is open to negotiation pending on skills and experience.
Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all. We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process. We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at [email protected] or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2). Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.
He rourou kai kei ō ringa hei tākoha? Tēnā haria mai!
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today
We have 1 position available. The salary range for this role is expected to be NZD 110,000 to NZD 180,000 dependent on skills and experience. This full-time role is for a minimum of 37.5 hours per week.
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