Manager - Ernst & Young

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The opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing team within EY. Although based out of EY's Belfast office, the role is within the UK&I Strategy & Transactions (SaT) Quality Risk Management team, a diverse and multi-cultural team that is led out of London but which has team members based in our offices in India, Belfast, Edinburgh, Bristol and London. The team supports EY's Strategy & Transactions business on risk management and service quality matters across the whole of UK and Ireland.

You will provide risk and quality solutions to the business and become a trusted adviser of stakeholders (often at senior level, including engagement partners). You will be expected to assess and understand how EY's risks can be best managed and mitigated.

Your key responsibilities

Key responsibilities will include the following:

• Act as a first point of contact for EY's UK&I SaT business in certain quality and risk management matters
• Review engagement agreements for both private sector and government (including statements of work and terms & conditions), NDAs, MSAs, framework agreements, and other ancillary documentation
• Review duty of care and release documentation and respond to queries from the business
• Appropriate escalation of complex challenges and cases
• Support the deployment of specific Q&RM projects and initiatives

Skills and attributes for success

You will be provided with training and coaching on the job. We are looking for someone who has the following attributes and skills:

• Experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts such as non-disclosure agreements or engagement agreements or other complex contracts with an appreciation of general legal and risk management issues
• Experience of senior management and stakeholder management
• A pragmatic problem solver
• A drive to continuously build and master key technical, functional and professional skills
• Self-starter and motivated
• Ability to effectively manage a demanding workload with tight deadlines in a fast-paced, challenging and demanding environment

Ideally you'll also have:

• Experience of working in a risk management role in a similar / professional services environment
• Experience of reviewing / drafting contracts

What we look for

• Someone who wants to grow into a new role at EY and develop new skills and attributes
• A passion to contribute to the growth of the wider QRM team