Financial Services - Investigations & Compliance - Senior - London

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FSO Financial Crime & Forensics – Investigations and Compliance

The opportunity

As fraud and financial crime reach new levels of sophistication, firms are seeking a balance between efficiency and effectiveness to disrupt these risks. Financial Crime & Forensics is part of EY’s Financial Services practice: we work closely with financial services clients and regulators to help prevent, investigate and remediate financial crime along with other regulatory risks and issues. Our dedicated Investigations & Compliance team provides support in the event of fraud and other misconduct, regulatory reviews, investigations and disputes. Join us and you will work on challenging projects in a rapidly growing team, accelerating your career within an international and supportive environment. You’ll also be introduced to career challenges that will take you into exciting new professional territory.

The role

As a Financial Crime & Forensics Senior, you will technically contribute to client engagements and internal projects, delivering work of a high quality for review by more senior colleagues. An important part of your role will be actively establishing, maintaining and strengthening internal and external relationships. You will also identify and elevate potential business opportunities for EY on existing engagements. Similarly, you will anticipate and identify risks and inform senior members of the team about significant issues. As an influential member of the team, you’ll help to create a positive learning culture. Within the Financial Crime & Forensics team you will work on the execution of a variety of projects including investigations, financial crime framework reviews, risk assessments, claims and disputes, fraud and financial crime prevention, and compliance programme development within the financial services sector.

Required skills and experience

• Strong academic record including a degree (in any subject)
• Experience of understanding, digesting, explaining and analysing company accounts and financial information
• Proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Assertive and confident interpersonal skills
• Ability to simultaneously handle diverse and pressing assignments and sensitive and adversarial situations
• Ability to think critically with very good attention to detail
• Being comfortable working both independently and in a team

Ideally you will also have

• Professional accountancy or other financial qualification such as ICA, CFE or CAMS
• Experience of working in the financial services industry

What we look for

We’re interested in leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. If you are serious about forensics and enthusiastic about solving our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.

What we offer

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. 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.

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. Apply now.

Please note: Prior to finalising 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!