Conflicts Management - Assistant Director

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Assistant Director, Risk Management

The role of the Conflicts sub-function in RMS is to identify and address potential conflicts of interest of new or existing engagements.

 

The opportunity
This opportunity will enable the professional to help the firm and its client serving professionals in making right decisions with respect to engagement acceptance, in sync with EY internal compliance policies and regulatory framework. This role will assist in evaluating the risks associated with each engagement and suggest ways to mitigate them. As a conflicts management professional, this opportunity enables to assesses internal EY relationships with the parties involved and provides safeguards to address the threat of potential conflict to an acceptable level. The process also identifies certain matters that need to be considered, or complied with, from an independence perspective, as well as other professional ethical standards and legal or regulatory requirements.

 

The candidate should be comfortable working in a quick turnaround, unstructured & complex environment requiring out of box thinking, logical reasoning, sound communication skills and ability to make quick decisions. The candidate should be able to continuously add value to assigned processes and develop solutions for situations that may not have been previously documented. The candidate should also possess the ability and expertise to contribute ideas and drive strategic initiatives of the firm.

 

The candidate should be flexible in rotational shifts (night shifts applicable for Kochi location)

 

Your key responsibilities

Technical Expertise: 

• Develop process understanding around identifying and addressing conflicts of interest at EY and support team in managing service delivery, KPIs and client expectations.  
• Builds up significant domain expertise on conflict checking and other related RMS processes and tools
• Coordinates the implementation of Global Delivery Services (GDS) support to conflict checking process across multiple customers. 
• Develops comprehensive knowledge of each Service Line, Industries and local characteristics to demonstrate the ability to link-up conflict of interest situations with the rendered services.
• Builds and manages existing and future development of Conflict Checking team at GDS. 
• Proposes suggestions and solutions for improvements to processes. identifies and reports best practices within area of focus. 
• Manage operational, financial, and strategic responsibilities and projects, primarily including (but not limited to) areas like data governance, turnaround time (TAT), reporting, invoicing, financial planning, KPI benchmarking, headcount planning and process efficiency. 
• Develop and implement a robust early warning system re process KPIs and benchmarks that can enable a zero-surprise delivery. 
• Coordinates training schedules for new and existing members of the GDS conflict checking team. 

 

Client Management

• Consults with or escalates conflict checks to Area Conflicts Leaders or Sub Area Conflict Coordinators on a timely basis
• Assist leadership in meeting agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Assist in managing the client’s expectation through a robust client management framework
• Regular Connect with leadership and senior stakeholder and independently lead conversations and maintain strong relationship.
• Sharing regular reports such as KPIs, other ad hoc reports with leadership and stakeholders.

 

People Management

• Responsible for performance management and appraisal process for the team
• Governing efficiency and productivity of the team members on a day-to-day basis.