Senior Consultant - EY

EY; Belfast; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job description

Job Description

Job Title - Risk Consulting - Senior Consultant - Digital Risk, IT Internal Audit and Controls

General Information

Location: Northern Ireland

Business Area: Consulting - Risk Consulting - Digital Risk

Contract Type: Full-Time - Permanent

The Team and the Opportunity

EY works extensively in this area and provides assurance and consulting services to a range of major organisations in Digital Risk. We have ambitious plans to continue strengthening and growing our offering in this area particularly in the fields of IT Internal Audit and IT Controls, including SOCR, SOX and Digital Risk Consulting. We are looking for a dynamic individual to help us support this area of the practice, to form part of our existing team and to deliver our ambitious growth targets in this area.

Your Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Consultant in our Digital Risk Practice, you will be responsible for delivering to a broad portfolio of clients and engagements simultaneously, collaborating with a sizeable team and supporting the growth of our business. You will be a key member of the IT Internal Audit & Controls Delivery Team reporting directly to the Engagement Managers.

You will have responsibility for:

1. Supporting a portfolio of engagements with our clients.
2. Collaborating with clients to agree, scope and plan the delivery phase of engagements.
3. Delivering the fieldwork phase of engagement and drafting reportable findings for management review.
4. Supporting management on the presentation of our reports and findings to Audit Committees.
5. Contributing to developing the market for IT Internal Audit and wider IT controls services including third party reporting and SOX services.
6. Supporting the development of our junior team members and acting as mentor and coach.

Skills and Attributes for Success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A strong track record in the delivery of IT Internal Audit and Control Services.
• Strong background in Audit.
• A motivated self-starter, with the ambition to drive a team and support continued growth.
• Experience in supporting business development activities.
• Experience in presenting to Engagement Management teams with demonstrable business acumen and digital risk knowledge.
• Excellence in oral and written communication and report writing.
• Knowledge and experience in:
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Resiliency (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery).
  • Data Protection.
  • IT Project Management.
  • IT Controls (SOX, SOCR, ISO, PCI-DSS etc).

Ideally, you will also have:

• A background in a professional services environment where you have gained extensive experience in practice management.
• Certification as a Certified Information Systems Auditor or other IT related qualifications such as CISSP, CRISC, CISM or ISO27001 lead implementer or auditor are also desirable.
• Qualified accounting or auditing professionals with suitable experience in this area are also welcomed.

What We Look For

Highly motivated, good communicators. You will need to convey technical content in business language with management. You will also need to be a team player who not only looks to enhance their own career but recognizes the value in developing others and strengthening the team.