Risk Analytics - AI Governance - Senior

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Chennai District; Remote; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd is seeking a Senior Risk Consulting professional focused on AI Governance. You will join EY’s Risk Consulting team to address AI risk management, governance, and auditing across AI applications, data privacy, and pre/post-implementation reviews for major clients.

This client-facing role involves building relationships with executives, delivering high-quality services, and applying best-practice control frameworks in a rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field.
• Approximately 3–6 years of related work experience.
• 2–4 years working experience in Internal audit, risk, compliance for business and IT audits.
• Strong understanding of AI related risks and governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality client services and manage risks within timelines and budgets.
• Build client relationships with stakeholders including management executives.
• Assess AI risk and governance across pre-implementation, controls, and data privacy reviews.
• Demonstrate deep technical capabilities and ability to assimilate new knowledge.

Skills

Internal audit

Risk management

AI governance

Communication

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

ISO27001

NIST

COBIT

PCI

ITIL

Job description

Risk Consulting – AI Governance - Senior

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.

The opportunity: your next adventure awaits.

Are you a tech-savvy professional with a risk mindset who is passionate about building a better working world through the power of people, technology, and innovation? We have an incredible opportunity for you to join our dynamic Enterprise Risk team and make a real impact in the rapidly evolving world we live in. Within Risk Consulting, you will focus in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risk Management and Governance which would cover AI Auditing techniques, AI Risk and Controls, Pre-Implementation reviews, Data Privacy reviews, AI application security and BCP review of AI Applications.

This is client-facing role in a rapidly growing practice, where you’ll build client relationships with key stakeholders, including management executives for some of the most globally recognized brands. It makes this the perfect place to gain a deeper understanding of complex businesses transactions, all the while recommending solutions to some of the most pressing business challenges and process inefficiencies.

Key responsibilities

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Consistently deliver quality client services. Drive high-quality work products within expected timeframes and on budget. Monitor progress manage risk and ensure key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Foster relationships with client personnel to analyse, evaluate, and enhance information systems to develop and improve security at procedural and technology levels.
• Use knowledge of the current IT environment, AI models and applications and industry trends to identify engagement and client service issues and communicate this information to the engagement team and client management through written correspondence and verbal presentations. Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business.
• Demonstrate deep technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Demonstrate ability to quickly assimilate to new knowledge.

Skills and attributes for success

• You will leverage your proven track record of technology plus business process internal audit experience and strong personal skills, to effectively deliver quality results in the assessment, design, and support implementation of AI Risk solutions

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree and approximately 3-6 years of related work experience
• At least 2-4 years of working experience in Internal audit, risk, compliance for both business and IT audits, with a strong understands of AI related risks and governance practices.
  • IT Pre-implementation and Post implementation reviews
  • Model Risk Management
  • AI Compliance and regulatory assessments – Risk and Controls assessment of AI/ML applications in line with AI related regulations and frameworks
  • Risk Assessment – Assessment of internal processes to identify security findings, vulnerabilities, and control gaps/deviations identified on applications and infrastructure. Develop risk control matrix in line with EU AI Act, COBIT, ISO, NIST and ITIL Best Practice and recommendations.
  • Control Monitoring / Testing - Understanding of Cyber and compliance standards like PCI, ISO27001, perform test the design and operational effectiveness of the cyber controls.
  • Defect / Gap Identification: Identify the confidentiality, integrity and the availability related deficiencies in the client environment and evaluate against industry standards.
  • IT Infrastructure and Architecture risk assessments including data quality and data migration reviews, data privacy reviews, OS DB reviews etc.
  • Control Automation – Identify controls automation opportunities through analytics platform to monitor the operational effectiveness on the regular basis.
  • Excellent communication, documentation and report writing skills.
• Functional understanding of foundation models (LLMs) and associated risks. Awareness of the AI deployment lifecycle
• Knowledge of Responsible AI principles, AI Ethics and AI Assurance
• Ability to identify process level risk arising from the use of AI and develop mitigation strategies.
• Good to have relevant industry certifications such as AIGP, ISO 42001, CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, CCSK, ISO 27001, and others (as relevant)

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