Risk Consulting Associate (Entry Level)

EY; North East; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join EY as a Risk Consulting Associate (entry-level) in Newcastle, a rapidly growing area focused on operational delivery. This role offers hands-on experience with diverse client projects and supports your career development within the financial services sector, with excellent benefits and training opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Comprehensive Total Rewards package

Coaching from colleagues

Opportunities for skill development

Flexibility in handling your role

Qualifications

• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Ambitious and driven individual.
• Experience in Financial Services is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work effectively as a team member, supporting and sharing responsibilities.
• Engage in client work, covering areas such as Conduct Risk and Financial Crime.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with clients.

Skills

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Time management

Teamwork

Independence

Prioritisation

Education

Eligibility to work in the UK

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Risk Consulting Associate (entry-level)

Market-leading growth in our Consulting Service Delivery team has created opportunities for new people to join the team, working in our Newcastle office. CSD is about going beyond advice, we specialize in operational delivery, which means we specialize in implementing solutions on behalf of clients, across a number of different solution areas. This is a great opportunity to begin your career within the wider EY Financial Services team as you will be trained and gain experience in a variety of EY offerings. You will have the opportunity to work on various projects with different clients, allowing you to fulfil your aspirations and shape your career.

The Opportunity

The Consulting Service Delivery team is one of EY’s fastest-growing areas, based in a modern office in Newcastle city centre. With us, you will gain hands-on experience of client work, engaging with projects covering areas such as Conduct Risk, which includes topics such as suitability reviews, outcome testing, complaint reviews, and regulatory mapping, as well as Financial Crime engagements, including KYC (Know Your Customer), sanctions, transaction monitoring, and alert clearing.

Our continued expansion means we are looking for people who will thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working as part of diverse teams. Our entry-level roles offer a competitive salary, the opportunity to develop your career, and excellent benefits.

Your Key Responsibilities

We want you to work effectively as a team member, sharing responsibility and providing support where required. Your work will be varied and will require strong time management and organisational skills. A proportion of your work may also be telephony-based, primarily outbound to our clients’ customers, but with the potential for inbound call handling. You will need to regularly update senior team members on your progress. You will develop and maintain effective relationships with clients while building strong relationships internally within Consulting Service Delivery and other teams in EY. You will need to understand and maintain client confidentiality and ensure data security at all times.

We are committed to your professional development, so you will have access to a wide variety of learning tools and training programs, with areas of development. Outside of your day-to-day role, you will be expected to contribute to people initiatives like training and mentoring new team members.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Creativity and good problem-solving skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Good interpersonal, communication, and writing skills
• Demonstrated integrity within a professional environment
• Ability to work as part of a team but also independently when required
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise
• Manage workloads and meet deadlines
• Enthusiasm to face new challenges and learn new skills
• Commitment to meet productivity and quality expectations
  
  

To qualify for the role, you must be:

• Eligible to work in the UK
• Support EY’s connected working approach, with presence in the Newcastle office dictated by Business or Client demands
• Committed to enhancing professional development
  
  

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Experience working within a professional environment
• Experience in Financial Services
• An understanding of how professional services businesses work with clients
  
  

What We Look For

We are looking for ambitious, driven individuals who want an inspiring and stimulating career. For further information, please visit our CSD website here.

What Working At EY Offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for career development, and you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings, and a wide range of discounts, offers, and promotions.

Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.
• Visit our careers website for more information
  
  

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service while allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly and at times be based at client sites, our working arrangements can help you achieve a lifestyle balance.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and consulting services, we’re using the finance products, expertise, and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities, and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. With a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer a reality.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Start today, change tomorrow.

Apply now.

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