Associate, Policy

About the Role

The Risk Management team at EY plays an important role in managing internal risks associated with accepting new clients or engagements, or risks associated with any ongoing audit/non-audit engagement. The Executive Risk Management (RM) Policy team is seeking a candidate to support the delivery of new and refreshed policies across the organization, learn best practices in corporate policy, and increase visibility and awareness of EY policies. This position is ideal for a team player who likes to maintain daily virtual contact with people across locations and teams, and wants to grow in a dynamic, multi-cultural environment with modern tools. The role reports to the Assistant Manager in the Policy team.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform initial review of submissions from client teams, evaluate completeness, accuracy, and appropriateness of proposed policy requests.
• Deliver high-quality, client-ready output with minimal supervision.
• Work independently to drive process requests to completion.
• Reference existing policies, research on EY platforms, and propose solutions to issues.
• Support strategic and complex processes as well as ad hoc projects at GDS-RMS.
• Assist in transitioning new processes from Risk Management at Global or Regions to GDS.
• Support and manage key operational activities at the RM Executive.

Skills and Attributes For Success

• Ability to manage client expectations in a changing environment while maintaining a professional working style.
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written).
• Drive innovation to improve processes and work products, and ability to learn/adapt quickly.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with accuracy, timeliness, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong commitment to quality and self-motivated learning.
• Client-focused with an eye for detail and potential issues/conflicts.
• Willingness to work more than standard hours, as needed.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• MBA degree.
• Absolute fluency in spoken and written English; excellent listening comprehension skills.
• Ability to work independently with well-developed problem-solving skills and understanding of processes.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams).
• Knowledge of web publishing technologies like Adobe CMS, Adobe AEM, HTML, CSS, JS is an added advantage.
• Tableau, Power BI or other data visualization skills would be an added advantage.
• Technical understanding of, and experience in the RM function would be preferred.
• Knowledge on the difference between risk advisory and risk management.
• Presentation Skills.
• Critical thinking skills with the ability to independently solve problems with data analysis.
• Experience in MS Office suites like Microsoft Office Suite i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, Power BI, Power Automate etc.

What You Can Look For

• A team with commercial acumen, technical experience, and enthusiasm to learn new things.
• A team founded on the core values of trust, respect, and teaming.
• Opportunities to work with Global risk management teams on strengthening and monitoring EY policies and compliance framework.
• Continuous learning opportunities.
• Flexibility to make a meaningful impact.
• Support for transformative leadership.
• A diverse and inclusive culture.