Risk Consulting - Risk Technology - SAP Controls - Senior Consultant

EY; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 97,900 - 179,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible vacation policy

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

EY is looking for a highly motivated Senior Associate for their Risk Technology practice in Boston. This role focuses on SAP application risk management and technology enablement while managing client engagements across various sectors.

You will leverage SAP experience, deliver innovative solutions, and foster relationships with clients. With opportunities for career-long training, you’ll have the chance to develop skills essential for risk strategy and function design.

The position offers a comprehensive compensation package, ensuring your contributions are recognized appropriately.

Qualifications

• Approximately 2-3 years of related work experience.
• Understanding of SAP business processes.
• Experience testing controls and segregation of duties.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative solutions for risk management and governance.
• Support EY teams in transforming risk functions.
• Manage client engagement teams.

Skills

SAP experience

Project management skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Analytical skills

Client service skills

Teaming skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Tools

SAP

Job description

Location: New York, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit , Pittsburgh, Hoboken, Houston, Los Angeles, McLean,, Miami, Minneapolis, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa

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.

Every challenge and every opportunity an organization faces today requires change. With change comes risk. As a Risk Technology professional, you will address client issues such as business performance variability, business and process controls transformation, application security integrity, governance, risk, and control (GRC) technology enablement, continuous controls monitoring, and IT risk management. You will belong to an international network of specialists helping our clients transform risk functions and implement technology solutions that support risk management and governance. With rapid growth across the SAP and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) space, we’re looking for people who understand the challenges of risk management and can focus on improving business performance using GRC technologies.

As a member of our Risk Technology national practice, you will belong to a network of professionals helping our clients implement technology solutions to enrich and improve decision making, provide visibility and transparency of risk and compliance to stakeholders, and automate manual processes.

The opportunity

As our Risk Technology practice continues to expand, we are seeking a highly motivated Senior Associate, focused on SAP application risk and controls and technology enablement, to manage client engagement teams, work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services, and manage business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts. We will support you with career‑long training and coaching to develop your skills in risk strategy, risk function design, risk management and performance enhancement. Since EY is a global leading service provider in this space, you will be working with the best people in a collaborative environment so that whenever you join and for however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Your Key Responsibilities

Leveraging your knowledge of IT environments and industry trends, you will work across competencies, service lines and sectors to develop innovative solutions to build and sustain risk management and governance programs for our clients. You will support EY teams responsible for transforming risk functions and implementing leading practice technology solutions.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• You will leverage your SAP experience and project management skills to effectively support client engagement teams and provide technical expertise in the assessment, design, and implementation of controls, security, and IT risk solutions.
• Deliver facts, analyses, and recommendations in an accurate, clear, and concise manner.
• Foster relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels.
• Drive high‑quality work products on your team within expected timeframes and budget.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree and approximately 2‑3 years of related work experience.
• Demonstrate an understanding of SAP business processes (e.g., purchase‑to‑pay, record‑to‑report, order‑to‑cash).
• Experience testing controls, sensitive access, and segregation of duties.
• Basic project management and client service skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent teaming skills.
• A valid driver’s license in the US and a valid passport required; willingness and ability to travel both domestically and internationally to meet client needs.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior experience as a consultant or client‑serving professional.
• Industry related certification (e.g., CPA/CA, CISA, RICS).
• Strong understanding of IT industry trends.
• Foundational understanding of SAP auditing.

What We Look For

We’re interested in passionate leaders with strong vision and a desire to stay on top of SAP and GRC industry trends. If you have a genuine passion for helping businesses achieve leading practice risk functions, this role is for you.

What We Offer You

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $97,900 to $179,500. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $117,500 to $203,900. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Join us in our team‑led and leader‑enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40‑60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well‑being.

EY accepts applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

EY provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.

EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at [e-mail].