Risk Consulting Graduate Programme - September 2027 intake

EY UK; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

EY UK in Edinburgh offers a Risk Consulting Graduate Programme designed to shape trust and resilience for clients. You’ll work across risk domains, learn to use technology, data and AI to strengthen controls, and gain practical experience in internal audit, risk and compliance.

Starting September 2027, you’ll join high‑performing teams, build technical and interpersonal capabilities, and undertake training and qualifications to support a future in risk advisory.

Qualifications

• Curiosity and motivation to identify issues that could impact trust and business performance.
• Analytical and systems thinking using data and technology to interpret problems.
• Digital, data and AI fluency to assess risks and generate insights.
• Collaboration, communication and relationship building with clients and teams.

Responsibilities

• Work across capabilities including Process & Controls and various Risk domains.
• Engage with a portfolio of clients to understand businesses, identify risks and opportunities.
• Deliver risk consulting services across digital risk, data, regulation and compliance.
• Collaborate with teams and clients to communicate findings clearly and influence decisions.
• Build skills through hands-on experience and ongoing training.

Skills

Curiosity

Analytical thinking

Digital fluency

Collaboration

Ownership

Job description

Shape trust and confidence by helping organisations manage risk

Programme overview

On the Risk Consulting Graduate Programme, you’ll shape the future with confidence by helping organisations build and protect trust. You’ll support clients to manage risk, enhance control environments through technology, data and AI, and strengthen internal audit, risk and compliance capabilities. Working in high‑performing teams, you’ll solve complex challenges, deliver insight‑led, end‑to‑end solutions, build technical and interpersonal skills, and undertake relevant training and qualifications.

Core skills for success

• Curiosity and motivation - proactively using your risk mindset to identify issues and opportunities that could impact trust and business performance.
• Analytical and systems thinking - using data, technology and structured thinking to interpret complex problems and deliver clear, risk‑informed insights.
• Digital, data and AI fluency - applying emerging technologies to assess risks, enhance controls and generate meaningful insights.
• Collaboration, communication and relationship building - working effectively with clients and teams to clearly communicate risks and deliver practical solutions.
• Ownership and accountability - taking responsibility for delivering high‑quality outcomes that strengthen trust in clients’ risk and control environments.

What you will be doing

• Working across a range of capabilities including: Process & Controls, Prudential & Financial Risk - Financial Stability, Prudential & Financial Risk – Credit, Prudential & Financial Risk – Market Risk, Conduct & Non-Financial Risk, Financial Crime, Digital Risk, and Risk Innovation.
• Working across a portfolio of clients to understand their businesses, identify risks and opportunities, and support improvements to processes and controls.
• Delivering risk consulting services across digital risk, data, regulation and compliance, using technology and insight to address complex challenges.
• Collaborating with teams and clients to communicate findings clearly, influence decisions and deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Building your skills through hands‑on experience, staying informed on business and technology trends while developing technical and interpersonal capabilities.

Key programme facts

• Programme length
  Two years
• Professional qualification
  Role-specific qualification
• Salary
  Competitive
• Start date
  September 2027