Senior Associate, Business Conduct and Ethics, Language Specific Forensics, Assurance, Belfast

EY UK; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Continuous learning

Career development support

Transformative leadership

Diverse and inclusive culture

Job summary

EY in Belfast is seeking a Business Conduct & Ethics Associate/Senior Associate within the Forensics & Integrity Services team to help clients manage integrity, conduct and ethics challenges.

You will work with diverse clients across industries, conduct risk assessments, research, prepare reports, and support remediation with EY resources. This role offers hands-on experience, collaboration, and strong training within a global firm.

Qualifications

• Fluency and strong report writing skills in English
• Fluency or advanced working proficiency in Portuguese, Spanish or Italian
• Experience of conducting research and drafting reports, articles or essays in a professional or academic environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

• Support clients to monitor and address risks within their businesses
• Include risks from third parties and business partners such as bribery and corruption, sanctions, human rights, sustainability, reputational risk and fraud
• Conduct risk assessments on client organisations and third parties
• Review policies, procedures, and key documentation
• Use open sources and proprietary databases for research and background checks
• Analyse and interpret company data and financial information
• Prepare clear and concise factual reports
• Highlight risks for escalation or remediation and support remediation efforts

Skills

English fluency

Portuguese

Report writing

Microsoft Office

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.

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

Despite the best efforts of regulators, internal controls and risk departments, corruption and corporate fraud continue to challenge businesses and governments across the globe. Society’s growing expectations in relation to Business Conduct and Ethics, coupled with the increased transparency afforded by technology, pose an ever‑evolving challenge to all business leaders. Our Investigations & Compliance Managed Services help our clients to meet this challenge, and to prevent, detect and respond to the risks affecting their organisations.

The opportunity

Our Forensic & Integrity Services (Forensics) team is growing. As a Business Conduct & Ethics Associate/Senior Associate in our UK&I Managed Services Delivery Centre in Belfast you’ll play a key role in that growth.

Working with clients across a range of industries and geographies, you’ll help to deliver innovative solutions to some of the most challenging integrity, conduct and ethics issues around. With hands‑on practical experience and access to the resources and support provided by EY, this is a great place to develop your skills and business knowledge.

Your key responsibilities

You will support our clients to proactively monitor and address important risks within their businesses, including those which may arise from their relationships with third parties and business partners. These may include bribery and corruption, sanctions, human rights, sustainability, reputational risk and fraud.

Because all clients have unique issues, no two projects look the same. However, the type work you undertake may include:

• Conducting and reviewing risk assessments on client organisations and/or their third parties
• Reviewing policies, procedures, and other key documentation
• Using open sources and proprietary databases to conduct research and background checks
• Analysing and interpreting company data and financial information
• Preparing clear and concise factual reports
• Highlighting risks or issues for escalation or remediation, and supporting with remediation efforts
• Liaising with clients and third parties
• Project management

Skills and attributes for success

• A curious and inquisitive approach to your work
• A strong desire to learn and absorb new information and ideas quickly
• The ability to quickly and effectively interpret and summarise information from multiple sources
• Attention to detail with a commitment to high quality and factual accuracy
• The ability to adapt and be flexible in a dynamic environment
• The ability to work both independently and within a team environment
• Time management and multitasking skills
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal abilities

To qualify for the role you must have

• Fluency and strong report writing skills in English
• Fluency or advanced working proficiency (including reading comprehension) in at least one of the following foreign languages: (Portugese, Spanish, Italian)
• Experience of conducting research and drafting reports, articles or essays in a professional or academic environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A year or more of professional experience
• Experience in reviewing and analysing financial data
• Knowledge and experience with Business Conduct & Ethics topics such as bribery and corruption, sanctions, fraud, and third party risk.

What we offer

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 flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY 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:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

Please note;

Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. Read more about our commitment to diversity& inclusiveness here . We ask because it matters!

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long‑term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.