EY

Intern - Assurance, Technology Risk (Off-Cycle, Jan - Jun 2025)

Recruiter
EY
Location
Singapore-SGP
Salary
Not disclosed
Posted
30 Sep 2024
Closes
30 Oct 2024
Ref
1535160
Approved employers
Approved employer
Contract type
Interim
Hours
Full time
Experience level
Entry level, Internship

What if your curiosity could help build the world we all imagine?

Here at EY, you’ll have the chance to build a truly exceptional experience. We’ll empower you with the latest technology, surround you with high-performing teams, and provide the global scale and diverse and inclusive culture you need to discover your full potential. Through our coaching and training programs, you’ll develop the skillsets you need to stay relevant today and, in the future, – all while building a network of colleagues, mentors, and leaders who will be on the journey with you at EY and beyond.

The Opportunity:

As an intern with Technology Assurance team, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with leading global companies and large conglomerates across various sectors, such as financial institutions, government and public sector and Fintech firms. Your role will involve in assisting our clients in identifying and effectively managing their technology risks.

Our independent position and assessment capabilities provide clients with a candid and reliable overview of their risk landscape and the controls in place. You will be involved in assessments and attestation services that will directly support C-suite discussions and important business decisions regarding compliance, cost and quality of our clients’ risk management programs.

Technology Assurance assists our clients with the following services:

  • IT audits: This service involves performing IT-related procedures in support of financial statement audits, integrated audits, internal audits or other form of attestation engagements. We examine management controls within an IT infrastructure by evaluating IT general control design and operating effectiveness and testing application controls. Other assurance services include third-party reviews such as System and Organisation Controls Reporting (SOCR) and Agreed Upon Procedures (AUP), and expanded services such as pre-implementation assessments, readiness engagements and cybersecurity assessments as well as integration with other Assurance competencies.
  • IT Asset Management: ITAM identifies and mitigates risks — such as financial, contractual, regulatory and information security associated with the use of software — and helps optimize software costs.
  • Business Continuity: Business continuity involves proactive planning and preparation to ensure an organization's critical business functions can operate during emergency events. We will support client with the delivery of resilience build and assessment programs, integrating foundational resilience disciplines such as business continuity, crisis management, and scenario testing.
  • Data Privacy: Data protection is important, since it prevents the information of an organization from fraudulent activities, hacking, phishing, and identity theft. Any organization that wants to work effectively need to ensure the safety of their information by implementing a data protection plan.
  • Data Analytics: Data-driven analyses are performed to help identify areas of risk and to enhance process and technology controls, improve IT operations and compliance processes as well as to achieve cost efficiencies. This includes the development of analytics test procedures, statistical models and algorithms to client’s data to identify instances of process or control gaps, occurrences of unauthorised or non-compliant activities within the organization and cost optimization opportunities.

Your Key Responsibilities:

As an intern within the Technology Assurance team, you will:

  • Participate in multiple client engagement teams and other related activities. Engagements focus on the assessment and/or evaluation of Information Technology (IT) systems and the mitigation of IT-related business risks. Engagements may be either assurance/other assurance (attestation) and/or extended assurance in nature and vary considerably in size and complexity.
  • Serve as a fieldwork team member to assist clients in employing proper information systems, resources, and controls to maximise efficiencies and minimise risk.
  • Work with client personnel to analyse, evaluate, and enhance information systems facilitating the business internal control process, and will assist clients and other Technology Assurance professionals in performing information technology control and security engagements.
  • You will also play a central role in leveraging data and analytics tools to deliver high-quality audits by:
    • Working with the audit teams to devise and execute detailed analytics plans based on the broader audit strategy.
    • Utilizing analytics tools and techniques, analyze large volumes of data to identify anomalies and patterns that suggest potential areas of audit risk.
    • Integrating audit analytics findings into the overall audit approach and to present these findings to the client.

Skills and Attributes for Success:

  • Degree in Accountancy, Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics or other relevant discipline.
  • Able to commit full-time internship from Jan 2025 to Jun 2025
  • Project management skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communications skills and presentation skills.
  • Leadership, teamwork and client service skills.
  • Demonstrated integrity within a professional environment.
  • Knowledge or interest in the field of information security, in line with internationally accepted standards and frameworks (e.g. COBIT, ITIL, ISO 2700x, CSA, SOX, GDPR and etc.).
  • Knowledge or interest in data analytics tools such as Power BI, Alteryx, Python, R or Tableau.

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.

Note:

  • You are required to upload your latest resume and academic transcripts together with your online application.
  • We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Join us in building a better working world. Apply now!

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