Manager - Transformation

London, Manchester, Edinburgh

EY is looking for a Manager to join the Credit Risk team. Credit Risk is a rapidly growing area supported by an increased focus across the industry. That makes this a great time to join a high-profile, inclusive team where you’ll work together with some of the most interesting and knowledgeable colleagues around.

Our Credit Risk team works closely with other EY financial services risk practitioners, as well as our IT Advisory and Financial Accounting teams, bringing together the range of skillsets needed to support our clients’ complex requirements. Driven by our strategic growth plans and industry change, our Credit risk team is projected to see year-on-year growth over the next 3 years.

We offer our clients comprehensive solutions to industry wide challenges, particularly in improving their overall risk frameworks, governance and systems. This includes:

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  Designing their end-to-end risk management frameworks, strategies, appetite, methodologies and policies
• Structuring their governance and organisational architecture and target operating models
• Appraising and reshaping their credit processes around rating evaluations, sanctioning, decision making, portfolio monitoring, collection and recovery, provisioning and write-offs, debt work-out, etc.

The opportunity

As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with many of the world’s leading banks, and to leverage the deep knowledge and wide-ranging skills and experience of your Credit Risk colleagues.

The successful Credit Risk Manager will lead client engagements and internal projects. You will also take the lead in identifying and escalating potential business opportunities for EY on existing engagements. You will also help create a collaborative and inclusive working environment by practicing active listening skills and respecting differences.

Similarly, you will anticipate and identify risks and raise any issues with senior members of the team. In line with our commitment to quality, you will determine that work is of a high quality and is reviewed by the next-level reviewer. As an influential member of the team, you'll help to create a positive learning culture and will coach and counsel junior team members and help them to develop. Your career journey will also be supported by an EY counsellor, and you will be encouraged to ask questions and seek collaborative solutions with your teammates to tackle the challenges that arise on client projects.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager in the team you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

• Participate in Credit Risk engagements
• Work effectively as a team member sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress
• Assist in preparing reports and schedules that will be delivered to clients and other parties
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with clients while building strong internal relationships within the advisory practice and across other services
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills
• Promote an inclusive and positive working environment

To qualify for the role you must have

• Experience in Financial Services, either as part of an institution; in an advisory or business consulting capacity to such organisations or in the regulation of such institutions
• Strong academic background including at least a Bachelor's degree (MBA, Master or Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Accounting, Finance or CFA preferred) or equivalent
• Experience in end-to-end credit risk policy, governance, processes, controls and MI specifically in retail, commercial, corporate or investment banking
• Good understanding of capital management (regulatory capital, ICAAP and economic capital)
• Knowledge of impairment modelling, management and forecasting - Focus areas: the existing and IFRS 9 accounting standards, asset quality (provisioning adequacy) assessment
• Knowledge of Credit Risk models (Probability of Default (PD) / Loss Given Default (LGD) / Exposure at Default (EAD) / Scorecards), data and systems
• Good understanding of the Basel II and III (CRD IV requirements) credit risk regulatory framework
• Knowledge of RWA calculation under Basel II and III Focus areas (governance, policy, process and control)
• Experience in stress testing and scenario analysis

Skills and attributes for success

• Confident and credible communicator who displays both technical knowledge and commercial understanding
• Strong technical problem-solving skills
• Project management and excellent report writing skills
• Experience in stakeholder and client management
• Ability to drive business development and contribute to the growth of the EY market solutions
• Team player with an inclusive mindset

Ideally, you'll also have

We are interested to hear from people with the right attitude for the job! That’s naturally curious and innovative people that feed on the energy of a thriving global team. You’ll need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication skills. If you’ve got big ideas on how we can do better, this role is for you.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2021 a reality.

If you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

Apply now.

Who we are

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

Diversity and inclusiveness are core to who we are and how we work. We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging — where people are inspired to team and lead inclusively in their interactions every day.

Please note: Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world. We ask because it matters!

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