Senior Consultant or Manager - Financial Services Risk Management

About the role

EY is looking for Senior Consultants and Managers to join its Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) practice and grow its Melbourne team. Experienced consultants and risk professionals will help financial services organisations solve complex business, transformation and risk challenges, working with banks, insurers, superannuation funds, wealth and asset managers, non-bank lenders and other regulated entities. Engagements may span business transformation, operating model design, governance, risk, compliance, resilience, technology and regulatory change.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver governance, risk, regulatory and internal audit engagements for financial services clients.
• Analyse complex business problems and help clients improve operating models, processes, governance, risk management and control environments.
• Support transformation and change initiatives by bringing a risk lens to strategy, design, implementation and benefits realisation.
• Work with subject-matter specialists to interpret regulatory obligations and turn them into practical business responses.
• Support initiatives covering operational resilience, outsourcing and third-party arrangements, customer outcomes, technology, data, AI and organisational capability.
• Build a clear understanding of each client's strategy, business model, operating environment, stakeholders and risk profile.
• Structure ambiguous problems, develop evidence-based insights and communicate complex issues clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops, contribute to proposals and thought leadership, and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

Required profile

• Experience in risk management, business consulting, transformation, strategy, operations or process improvement; financial services or risk experience is valued but not required.
• Ability to learn quickly and apply transferable consulting skills in a risk management context.
• Managers must lead client engagements, manage delivery and quality, coach junior team members, lead proposals and presentations, and contribute to practice growth.

Required skills

• Governance and accountability frameworks, risk management frameworks and risk transformation (including non-financial risk, controls enhancement, operational resilience and CPS 230).
• Compliance, conduct risk and obligations management.
• Business transformation, strategy execution, operating model or organisational design, and process improvement or service design.
• Workshop facilitation, stakeholder engagement and communication with senior leaders.
• Strong analytical, communication and teamwork skills, with curiosity about risk and regulatory knowledge.

What we offer

• Career development with future-focused skills and world-class experiences.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• A benefits package including a yearly wellness incentive, an extra 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies such as up to 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave.
• A competitive salary open to negotiation depending on skills and experience.