Senior Consultant Operational Resilience Financial Services

Ernst & Young; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global consulting firm in the UK is seeking a professional to enhance clients' resilience frameworks and support compliance with regulatory requirements. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, facilitating training, and leading teams in various engagements. The ideal candidate has strong knowledge in resilience and business continuity and is ready to thrive in a collaborative environment. This role offers opportunities for growth and development in a dynamic team.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Strong training and development prospects

Inclusive culture and ethical standards

Qualifications

• Strong background in resilience and business continuity.
• Experience in resilience assessments and gap analyses.
• Ability to lead teams and contribute to thought leadership.

Responsibilities

• Support clients in enhancing their resilience frameworks.
• Conduct resilience assessments and impact tolerance tests.
• Collaborate with teams for a holistic resilience approach.

Skills

resilience regulatory requirements

business continuity management

incident and crisis management

information security frameworks

data privacy protection

Education

Relevant undergraduate degree

Tools

ISO27001

ISO22301

Job description

Overview

The role is primarily focused on the development, delivery and assurance of operational and digital resilience programmes and related disciplines. This means helping clients understand and navigate new UK and international resilience-related regulations (e.g., UK FCA/PRA Operational Resilience, Digital Operational Resilience Act). You will support the delivery of resilience programmes, as well as some of the more foundational resilience disciplines such as business continuity, crisis management and testing. Your role will require you to lead teams or parts of teams on engagements of different sizes under the guidance of senior team members. They will look to you to anticipate and identify delivery risks and raise any issues as appropriate. As an influential member of the team, you will help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members to assist in their professional development. You will lead by example and act as a role model for our people in the way that you live our values.

The Opportunity

The team you join – EY's UKFS Cyber & Resilience Practice – is part of a global team focused on developing and delivering cutting edge security and resilience transformation programmes. We are part of a wider consulting organisation that collectively comprises a large global practice. We have plans to grow our Cyber & Resilience practice and anticipate continued expansion. This role provides the opportunity to contribute to resilience initiatives in a global firm with a strong focus on client service, development of talent and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Supporting our clients in developing and enhancing their resilience frameworks and capabilities.
• Helping clients understand the regulatory requirements they are faced with.
• Conducting resilience assessments, gap analyses, impact tolerance assessments and tests across a range of severe but plausible scenarios to determine single points of failure and develop measures and roadmaps to remediate them.
• Facilitating simulation exercises and providing training to client teams.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure a holistic approach to resilience.
• Evaluating and creating measures and controls to implement the regulatory requirements in diverse client environments.
• Keeping abreast of regulatory changes, events, and industry best practices in resilience.
• Contributing to thought leadership and business development activities.
• Assisting in overseeing project metrics by organising staffing, tracking budget, and proactively communicating risks, issues, and dependencies to project leaders.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Broad background across resilience and business continuity with understanding of one or several of the following areas: resilience regulatory requirements around business services/critical functions, mapping testing and managing vulnerabilities.
• Business continuity management and impact assessments.
• Design and implementation of governance frameworks, processes, and controls.
• Incident and crisis management policies, procedures, and practice.
• Information security and non-financial operational risk requirements and frameworks.
• OCIR/RRP.
• Security policies and procedures, standards, and controls in line with regulation and/or current standards (e.g. ISO27001).
• Data privacy, implementation of data protection/GDPR programmes to address confidentiality and security.
• Strong academic record including a relevant undergraduate (Bachelors) degree.
• Experience in a relevant industry (desirable: 12+ months experience in resilience, continuity or cyber).
• A passion for collaborating with a team and clients to solve complex problems.

Additional Requirements (Desirable)

• Experience in Financial Services, Consulting, Government Organisations or Military.
• Experience in resilience, business continuity, IT service continuity, crisis management, risk management, IT audit, incident management and response, third-party risk management and/or other related areas.
• Resilience/continuity related qualifications such as CBCI/AMBCI/MBCI, Master BCM, ISO22301 auditor, ISO 27001 auditor.
• Project and programme related qualifications; Prince II, Scrum, Agile.
• Information security and/or risk related qualifications such as CRISC, CISSP, CISA or equivalents.

What We Look For

We are interested in professionals who are not only developing technical expertise in their field but who can also demonstrate a breadth of skills and experience in a collaborative and innovative environment. A Big 4 background or comparable consulting experience is helpful, although EY will provide ongoing training and support to develop your consulting skills. If you have a strong desire to help businesses thrive in the face of challenges and a passion for building a safer and more resilient world, this role is for you.

Why EY

At EY, we are committed to shaping your future with confidence. We offer opportunities to develop new skills, flexible working arrangements, strong training and development prospects, and a collaborative, inclusive culture. EY focuses on high ethical standards and integrity and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities. We are a global leader in Consulting, Assurance, Tax, and Transaction services, helping people, clients and communities achieve their potential.

The Opportunity and Working Environment

Our UKFS Cyber & Resilience Practice is part of a global team of over 5,000 professionals focused on cutting edge security and resilience transformation programmes. We are part of a wider organisation that comprises a large global consulting practice. We have plans to grow and anticipate continued expansion over the next five years. We welcome talented people to join us and contribute to our growth strategy. We emphasise a resilient mindset in the face of disruptions, and the role requires adapting to evolving client needs and regulatory landscapes.

Way of Working

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and can consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to balance client service with personal priorities. Travel to client sites may be required for some roles.