We are looking for a senior level professional to join our Financial Services Risk Management service line, based in our Sydney office on a flexible full-time basis.

 As part of our Risk Data, Reporting and Transformation team you will play a critical role in leading a portfolio of clients and delivering data risk management as well as regulatory reporting solutions for financial institutions. 

 Our team brings together risk management specialists and data practitioners who specialise in:

• ‘Data Risk’: data as an enterprise asset

• ‘Risk Data’: data as a risk management enabler

 The purpose of this role is to develop and maintain long-term relationships and networks, build and maintain high performing teams, generate new business and lead sales pursuits, and lead client engagements to deliver quality results.  

Our clients are primarily banks, and we also provide consulting services in regulatory reporting and data risk management for other capital markets participants, asset managers, insurance and superannuation companies.

 Your key responsibilities

• Lead large scale engagements and deliver high-quality client solutions

• Lead, manage and develop high performing and diverse teams

• Work collaboratively with our account teams, business and technology consulting teams, on all aspects of reporting and data risk management, across design, implementation, operation and review activities, including but not limited to:

• Governance, frameworks and operating models

• Regulatory reporting solutions and processes

• End-to-end data lifecycle management

• Data quality management capabilities

• Risk data analytics and visualisation

• Risk and control assurance

• Maintain strategic relationships with target account’s risk and data offices, as well as regulatory reporting functions, focusing on leadership team

• Drive the identification and generation of business opportunities for EY

• Lead proposals and create tailored offerings and solutions, leveraging our EY global network

• Create innovative, tailored and practical insights for clients, contributing to EY thought leadership

 Skills and attributes for success

• Depth of experience in risk consulting with in internal and/or external clients (e.g. reporting, risk governance and management, risk strategy/appetite, risk identification, modelling, controlling etc.)

• Experience in program, project and change management, service delivery, strategic decision making, executive reporting and monitoring

• Up to date knowledge of the regulatory environment impacting our clients as it relates to data management and reporting, which may include:

• Basel III Reforms and other prudential requirements (e.g. APS/ARS 220)

• Data Risk Management (CPG235, RPG 702)

• Risk data aggregation and reporting (BCBS 239)

• APRA reporting (statistical and prudential)

• Financial Crime Regulatory reporting (e.g. IFTI, TTR, SMR…)

• ASIC reporting (e.g. DDO, IDR, Complaints…)Industry data initiatives, such as Open Banking or Comprehensive Credit Reporting (data provision and data ingestion)

• Deep understanding of regulatory expectations and risk management functions to define transformative end-to-end solutions

• Innovative, solution oriented with the ability to understand a problem and tailor a practical resolution

• Successful business development skills in shaping and winning client proposals and generating sales

• Strong written and verbal communication skills for report writing, industry studies and client presentations

• Inspiring and authentic leader who supports their team’s career development

 Ideally, you’ll also have

• Relevant recent Big 4 experience in winning and leading major projects

• Experience working within, or as a consultant for, the Banking and Capital Market sector at a retail, commercial or investment bank

• Relevant professional qualifications or academic records in the relevant field