Risk Consulting Graduate Programme - September 2027 intake

EY; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

EY’s Risk Consulting Graduate Programme shapes the future by helping organisations manage risk and protect trust. You’ll work with clients to strengthen control environments through technology, data and AI, across challenging settings.

You’ll solve complex problems in high-performing teams, deliver insight-led solutions, and build technical and interpersonal skills through hands-on experience and formal training.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate in a relevant field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Comfort with data, technology and new ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Support clients to understand their businesses, identify risks and opportunities.
• Deliver risk consulting services across digital risk, data, regulation and compliance.
• Use technology and insights to address complex challenges and improve controls.
• Collaborate with teams and clients to communicate findings clearly and influence decisions.
• Develop technical and interpersonal capabilities through hands-on experience and training.

Skills

Curiosity

Analytical thinking

Digital/Data/AI fluency

Collaboration & communication

Ownership & accountability

Education

Recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate in a relevant field

Tools

Excel

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.