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EY- GDS Consulting – Enterprise Risk (ER) – Risk Transformation – Associate Director / Senior Manager

As part of our Risk Transformation team, you will help clients transform their risk functions by aligning risk strategies with business objectives, leveraging technology, and enabling scalable governance frameworks.

You will play a key role in driving business development, shaping client solutions and delivering large-scale risk transformation engagements across industries. The role requires strong consulting, stakeholder management and solutioning experience across risk domains and emerging risk technologies.

The opportunity

We’re looking for Associate Directors / Senior Managers with strong experience in Risk Transformation, business development and large account management to join our growing Risk Consulting practice. This is a high-impact role offering the opportunity to:

Drive growth through proposals and strategic pursuits

Work on large-scale risk transformation programs for global clients

Build innovative risk solutions integrating business and technology

Gain exposure to cutting-edge risk and digital transformation solutions

Collaborate with cross-functional and global teams

Your key responsibilities

Client engagement and delivery

Lead and deliver risk transformation engagements across domains such as Internal Audit, Internal Controls (SOX / IFC), Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) and Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

Work closely with client stakeholders and EY regional teams to understand business challenges and define transformation roadmaps

Drive management of large and complex engagements with focus on quality, timelines and business outcomes

Build trusted relationships with client leadership teams

Help manage the financial aspects of engagements by organizing staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to engagement leaders

Business development and growth

Lead and support proposals, RFPs, POVs and strategic pursuits

Identify and drive opportunities within large/global accounts

Support account mining, client relationship management and cross-selling initiatives

Collaborate with global teams and leadership on go-to-market initiatives

Risk transformation and innovation

Support design and development of risk transformation solutions integrating:

AI, analytics and automation

GRC platforms and digital risk solutions

Process optimization and operating model transformation

Contribute to thought leadership, accelerators, methodologies and reusable assets

Stay current with emerging trends in risk, technology and digital transformation

Team leadership and capability building 

Lead, mentor and develop high-performing teams

Support hiring, onboarding, coaching and performance management

Foster collaboration, innovation, and a strong quality culture

Contribute to capability development across the Risk Consulting practice

Practice development and internal initiatives

Support strategic growth initiatives for the Risk Transformation practice

Contribute to development of frameworks, solutions and delivery methodologies

Drive operational excellence and continuous improvement initiatives

Collaborate across service lines to support integrated client solutions

Skills and attributes for success

Strong experience across Process, Risk & Controls domains:

Internal Audit

Internal Controls / SOX

TPRM / Vendor Risk Management

Enterprise Risk Management

Proven experience in business development and proposal management

Experience working with large/global accounts

Strong understanding of risk technology and digital ecosystem

Ability to translate business challenges into scalable risk solutions

Strong stakeholder management, communication and problem-solving skills

Strong commercial acumen and growth mindset

Demonstrate experience in:

Leading engagements

Managing clients and teams, including delivery oversight

Supporting or leading client pursuits

To qualify for the role, you must have

MBA / CA / B.E. / B.Tech or equivalent

10–15 years of experience (for AD) / 8–12 years (for SM) in Risk Consulting

Prior experience with Big 4 firms or other risk advisory / strategy consulting firms

Ideally, you’ll also have

Certifications such as CIA, CISA, CRISC, or equivalent

Experience in GRC tools and digital risk platforms

Exposure to transformation programs involving automation or analytics

Experience working in global delivery models

Passion for innovation in risk and technology

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