Senior Consultant - Manchester, United Kingdom - EY

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Manchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

EY is looking for a Senior Consultant 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 quantitative modelling and technical 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.

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 Senior Consultant 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 Senior Consultant in the team you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

Participate in quantitative 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

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 (Computational Finance, Mathematics, Engineering, Statistics, or Physics preferred) or equivalent
Knowledge of Probability of Default (PD) / Loss Given Default (LGD) / Exposure at Default (EAD) / Internal Ratings Based (IRB) / Stress Testing
Knowledge of Credit Risk & Financial Services Regulation such as IFRS
Experience in any of the following key software development environments: Python / R / SAS / SQL / R / Matlab

Skills and attributes for success

Confident and credible communicator who displays both technical knowledge and commercial understanding
Strong technical problemsolving 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 E