Manager, Senior Manager - Forensic & Integrity Services
Whether facing acts of fraud, government investigations or regulatory inquiries, major litigation or transactional disputes, clients turn to EY Forensics for assistance.
Our forensic accountants and technologists, certified fraud examiners, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering specialists work with our clients’ legal counsel, internal audit and compliance departments investigating complex issues and developing practical solutions that address operational challenges. We apply the collective knowledge and insight gleaned from working across industries and geographies to help our clients conduct fraud risk assessments and institute proactive anti-corruption programs. Furthermore, we utilize forensic data analytics that enable corporations to manage risk and regulatory compliance.
The opportunity
As Manager/ Senior Manager, you’ll build valued relationships with external clients and internal peers and develop a portfolio of projects by focusing on high value opportunities. You’ll lead presentations and proposals for complex projects or elements of highly complex projects and provide subject matter insight to bids and proposals. Drawing on your skills and experience, you’ll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership.
Your key responsibilities
As an Operations Delivery Lead in our Core Forensics and Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team at EY, you will be responsible for leading and growing a high-performing team while providing strategic solutions related to regulatory compliance and financial crime compliance to our clients in the financial services industry. You are also required to assist organizations to maintain effective and efficient controls, in order to manage organizational and strategic risks.
You will be responsible for managing multiple client engagement teams at an executive level within the practice and the firm. You can expect to work with high level client personnel to address compliance, financial, and operational risks as well as perform internal control testing, develop internal audit plans, and provide internal audit services on an outsourcing basis. You will assess the client’s current state internal controls and SOX framework in order to mitigate risk.
Provide guidance and share knowledge with team members and participate in performing procedures especially focusing on complex, judgmental and/or specialized issues. You are required to work with the team and the client to create plans for accomplishing engagement objectives and a strategy that complies with professional standards and advise clients to understand and manage their business risks and verify the validity of their business information.
Specifically, you will need to:
- Develop a team of Core Forensics and FCC professionals, ensuring effective capacity planning, resource selection, and recruitment to meet engagement demands.
- Oversee the service delivery of assigned engagements, including process migration, training, productivity, quality assurance, and escalation of issues.
- Provide strategic solutions related to regulatory compliance and FCC, leveraging subject matter expertise and technology to enhance service delivery and maintain best practices.
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients, managing onshore and client stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment and satisfaction.
- Oversee the mobilization and project management of engagements, ensuring timely adoption of new or revised standards and regulatory changes through robust change management protocols.
- Develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel while fostering strong internal relationships within Advisory and across other services.
- Supervise Associates, Executives, and Managers within the Core Forensics and FCC department, ensuring targets are met and adherence to processes and procedures.
- Escalate issues and problems promptly, recommending and implementing effective solutions to address challenges.
- Participate in business development activities at the regional, sector, and account levels, contributing to client pursuits and responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs).
To qualify for the role, you must have
- At least 10 years of experience in compliance and financial crime prevention within the compliance, core forensics or worked as regulator or in a regulated entity.
- Demonstrated leadership in managing end-to-end Core forensics or FCC operations including Fraud Risk Management, Investigation, AML, CDD, TM, and Sanctions Compliance.
- Experience in driving compliance system implementations, including screening and transaction monitoring platforms.
- Skilled in managing cross-functional teams and working with senior executives and board-level stakeholders.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to influence across levels and functions.
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Relevant work experience(s) in the MENA region.
Multiple roles are available in our offices in Dubai and Riyadh.
What we look for
We are interested in individuals with entrepreneurial skills who have the confidence to develop and promote our services internally and externally and grow a business within a larger organisation. You will be business savvy with a passion for innovation as well as the motivation to create your own EY journey. If you have significant experience gaming technology and are passionate about improving the performance of businesses, this is the role for you.
What we offer
We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. 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.
We will help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
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