Senior Consultant, Internal Audit, Risk Advisory Services - Canberra

• Work with iconic government and industry clients
• Opportunity to take on large amounts of responsibility early in your career
  
• Variety of work and career development opportunities

About EY

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The opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Consultant within the Internal Audit, Risk Advisory team in our Canberra office. You can be part of an innovative and dynamic team, offering a new level of excellence in Internal Audit business transformation. This role is offered on a flexible full time basis.

Your key responsibilities

• Working on multiple Risk Services client engagement teams within the practice, you will be addressing compliance, financial and operational risk, as well as performing internal control testing, developing internal audit plans, and providing internal audit services on an outsourcing basis.
  
• Assessing the client's current state internal controls and framework, you will help them to mitigate risk .
  
• Collating observations, determining and agreeing resolutions and reporting on these for clients and other stakeholders.
  
• Developing and maintaining productive working relationships with a broad range of stakeholders through a balanced and open approach.
  
• Working with the team and client to create plans for accomplishing engagement objectives and a strategy that complies with professional standards. You will help clients to understand and manage their business risks and verify the validity of their business information.
  

Skills and attributes for success

• A minimum of 2 years + experience ideally working for a blue chip, government or professional services organisation as an Internal Auditor or Internal Audit Risk Advisor, carrying out compliance and performance focused reviews.
  
• Demonstrating a thorough understanding of compliance, financial and operational risks, along with performing internal controls testing and developing internal audit plans.
  
• Experience in risk assessment, mitigation and remediation, with an understanding of processes, risks and controls.
  
• Experience in Internal Audit, to include compliance and performance focused reviews.
  
• Experience in project managing engagements.
  
• Ability to work effectively as a team member, by sharing responsibility, developing and coaching junior staff, delegating to a team, providing support, maintaining communication and updating senior team members on progress.
  

Ideally, you'll also have

• Exceptional communication and report writing skills.
  
• Flexible professionals who are not afraid of challenges and think critically and creatively and are used to working in a dynamic environment. You will make reasonable assumptions and present thoughts in a structured, well - articulated and unambiguous manner.
  
• A strong desire to develop a career in business/consulting
  

Who are Advisory?

Our Advisory service line focuses on helping clients to improve their performance and manage their risks more effectively. From an improved finance function, enhanced supply chain, or superior customer experience, EY teams are able to offer added value and turn our client's strategy into reality! This is why Advisory is the fastest-growing service line and an energetic, fast-paced environment. Learn more about Advisory here .

What working at EY offers

Our Total Rewards package includes:

• formal or informal flexible working options e.g. remote working, flexible start and finish times
  
• career and learning development e.g. EY badges , career mentoring
  
• an extensive range of wellbeing and benefit offerings e.g. Salary packaging, parental leave and support, health checks
  

Who we are

EY is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer offering a vast range of internal networks including Ability EY, our disability network, Unity, our LGBTI network and our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander network enabling us all to embrace and value the diverse society we live within. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application via contactrecruitment@au.ey.com or +61 1800 017 666.

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