Senior Consultant, Financial Stability & Financial Services Risk Management

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Consultant for their Financial Stability Team. The role involves working with clients in Banking and Capital Markets, focusing on risk management, regulatory compliance, and project delivery. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical skills, relevant qualifications, and a collaborative mindset. The position offers opportunities for career development and a competitive remuneration package.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development support

Health and well-being benefits

Insurance and savings options

Discounts and promotions

Qualifications

• Strong academic background required.
• Experience in project environments and consulting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively to deliver high-quality client solutions.
• Prepare reports and presentations for clients.
• Identify project risks and communicate with senior team members.

Skills

Analytical

Problem Solving

Communication

Interpersonal

Organizational

Relationship Building

Education

Accounting qualification

Risk Management qualification

CFA

ACCA

FRM

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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Location: London

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: 14 May 2025

Requisition ID: 1538095

EY is currently looking for a Senior Consultant to join our Financial Stability Team within the Risk Consulting practice.

Based at our Canary Wharf office, and with at client sites, you will have opportunities to develop your skills by working on high-profile projects with a wide range of Banking and Capital Markets clients.

Our client engagements involve working collaboratively with our clients to help them find solutions to topical problems. Our inputs include, analysis of financial and operational information, interpretation of regulation and engagement with client teams, supported by the power of EY’s internal network. Our teams also actively contribute to internal initiatives, such as thought leadership, solution development and client pursuits. In line with our commitment to quality, you will support the delivery of projects from start to finish, helping to provide high quality work to our clients.

The opportunity

You will have the opportunity to work with our clients on a wide range of projects across the full lifecycle of a firm:

Establish: Supporting new market entrants get established and authorised

Operate: Helping firms maintain and adapt in response to changes in the firm, the market and regulation, covering areas such as:

Governance and enterprise-wide risk management frameworks

Liquidity management and Treasury

Capital planning

Regulatory reporting including Trade and Transaction reporting

Prepare: Working with firms to prepare and review their plans, e.g., recovery and resolution plans or Solvent Wind Down in the event of a potential end of life event.

Our work often involves us working with changes to financial regulation from both UK and overseas regulators. Our team monitors and analyses these changes to help bring our clients address these changes effectively.

Our clients include retail, commercial and investment banks, capital markets firms, FinTechs, payment and e-money firms. Our team is composed of consultants with a broad range of experience including former regulators and industry practitioners. The team is highly sought after in the market and offers exciting opportunities for career development.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Consultant in the team, your responsibilities include:

Working effectively in a team by showing initiative, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress

Develop and maintain productive working relationships with clients and colleagues

Working as a team to prepare reports and presentations for our clients

Play your role in identifying risks to project delivery and raise these with senior members of the team

Contribute to a positive learning culture within the team

Skills and attributes for success

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner

Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with clients and colleagues

Strong written communication skills, including presentation and report writing

Highly organised team player with demonstrated relationship building skills

Experience of working in a project environment

Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt quickly to new environments

Comfortable working with detail and an ability to produce high quality work to support an engagement team

Demonstrated interest in the changing financial services landscape

To qualify for the role you should bring some or all of the following:

Strong academic background

An accounting, risk management or similar (e.g., CFA, ACCA, FRM) professional qualification

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

Previous consulting experience

Previous experience in a risk role in a bank or capital markets firm or at a regulator

Experience working with regulation and regulatory frameworks.

Domain experience in one or more of the following:

Governance and Risk Management Frameworks: Design, review, implementation or operation of governance and risk management frameworks across the enterprise.

New firm authorisations: Experience reviewing and drafting regulatory business plans for new Financial Services entrants, and/or reviewing and drafting risk and compliance procedures

Stress testing and Scenario analysis: Experience in conducting stress testing and scenario analysis, including understanding of methodologies and regulatory expectations.

Financial Risk Management experience, including interpreting, implementing and maintaining regulations and practices related to credit risk management; market risk, liquidity risk management; asset and liability management; Treasury; Capital planning; ICAAP or ILAAP or Recovery Plan production

What we look for

We are interested to hear from people with the right attitude for the job! That’s naturally curious and innovative people that feed on the energy of a thriving global team. You’ll need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication skills. If you’ve got big ideas on how we can do better, this role is for you.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package. 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.

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

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