Assurance - Financial Services - Forensic Data Analytics - Senior Manager - London

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With high‑profile corporate fraud and regulatory non‑compliance cases at the forefront of the news, it is more important than ever for businesses to maintain the authoritative knowledge it takes to investigate, detect, prevent and monitor for risks. Additionally, with the growing volumes of disparate data, advancement in AI technologies and increasing global regulatory scrutiny coupled with changing regulations, it is critical for businesses to accelerate intelligent decision‑making, continue to adopt AI technologies and build more efficient finance, legal and compliance functions.

The Opportunity

EY’s Forensic Data Analytics (FDA) team is a growing global, AI and data‑focused group within the Forensic & Integrity Services department. We work across all lines of businesses in Financial Services (FS) industry with a specific focus on Financial Crime, Fraud, Legal and Regulatory domain. This role will combine extensive FS industrial experience, analytical skills and deep understanding of Data and AI capabilities to help our clients in dealing with their complex issues.

Key Responsibilities

• We will expect you to have experience across all four areas of our leadership expectation: clients, business, team and personal.
• Develop/maintain productive relationships with client management including C Suite executives.
• Develop new business development initiatives, go to market campaigns, sales sprints, lead end‑to‑end bid processes and engagement delivery with a proven experience of achieving sales targets greater than £1m per year.
• Stay informed of the client's industry, and recognise key performance drivers, business trends, and emerging technical/industry developments.
• Strong problem‑solving skills to support clients on a comprehensive range of issues in relation to financial crime, fraud, regulatory and compliance, litigation and other adverse events in the Financial Services industry.
• Lead complex Data and AI‑led assignments, review the work prepared by the engagement teams to ensure that it meets EY’s quality standards and the client’s expectations.
• Monitor engagement progress to manage and mitigate risks and resolve any issues that may arise during the project.
• Ensure successful completion of project objectives within timescales and budget.
• Directly manage senior client stakeholders, investigators, internal and external auditors, lawyers and regulatory authorities during sensitive and sometimes adversarial situations.
• Lead the development of training, recruiting, resourcing projects and other practice‑wide needs to create a positive work and learning culture.
• Define best practices, processes and standards to ensure realization of measurable improvement in value, effectiveness, efficiency and quality of services delivered to clients.

Qualifications

• Extensive deep expertise in Financial Services industry, focused on financial crime, forensics, fraud, legal and regulatory compliance.
• End‑to‑end data engineering and data science life cycle including data discovery, ETL, data analysis/machine learning, data visualisation/reporting and latest generative AI and agentic AI technologies.
• Proven experience leading large and complex data and AI‑driven programmes and innovating reusable tech solutions through problem solving.
• Experience developing and mentoring data engineering and data science teams.

Preferred Experience

• Previous Big 4 and large consulting firms experience is an advantage.

What We Look For

We’re not just looking for strong technical skills – we’re interested in people that can nurture relationships, both internal and external, and are committed to intimately understanding our clients’ needs.

What 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.