Senior Manager GRC

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As a key member of our expanding Risk Consulting team, you'll partner with top-tier clients to strategically navigate and mitigate their most critical risks. Your expertise will empower them to stay ahead in an ever-evolving landscape, ensuring their continuous success and resilience.

Our Risk Consulting team is a vibrant part of EY Consulting. Here we work together with clients on questions and challenges around risk management, internal audit, digital transformation and ESG. We combine various expertise and backgrounds to make companies future proof. Digitalization and AI play an increasingly important role in this. In our team you will have plenty of opportunities to grow and build strong relationships – both within EY and with our clients worldwide. 

As a Senior Manager based in Amsterdam, you'll lead the charge in delivering cutting-edge, technology-driven services. Your expertise in risk, compliance technology transformation, and leadership will be essential in guiding teams through the design and successful execution of key projects and you will have a passion for building the business.

Your new job | About your main responsibilities

• Spearhead revenue expansion by identifying and converting new opportunities in GRC.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of client engagements and lead a team of risk professionals.
• Lead large-scale (technology / GRC) engagements and deliver high quality client services.
• Oversee day to day delivery of projects with responsibility for ensuring deliverables and work products are of the highest quality.
• Support the Risk Consulting leadership team in engagement with Board and Executive Level stakeholders.
• Cultivate and maintain strong client relationships to ensure the fulfilment of service expectations and deliverables.
• Foster the professional growth of the team with hands-on training and educational programs.

Your new team | About your colleagues and the office 
Your office 
Our Amsterdam office is located at the Zuidas: a bustling area full of companies. In our Cross Towers, we welcome up to 1,500 people every day. For a breathtaking view of the city, head to the 22nd floor. Collaboration takes on a new meaning in our Wavespace, a high-tech environment that connects clients and colleagues virtually across the globe.  

Your skills and strengths | About your unique contribution     

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in risk advisory (professional services), related GRC experience or related business experience.
• Bachelor’s or above degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Management, Engineering or a related field.
• Professional accreditations and qualifications will also be considered favorably but not essential (CPA, CISA, CA, CIA, CISM, CISSP, CBCP, CIPP, RA, RE, RO)
• Experience leading and delivering risk technology implementations and risk function transformations.
• Extensive experience in risk frameworks (e.g., COSO, ISO 31000, NIST), regulatory compliance obligations (e.g., GDPR, CSRD), and governance structures, with the ability to design and implement effective risk management strategies aligned with business objectives.
• Ability to work closely with clients and other stakeholders to define, design, and implement GRC solutions and ensuring they address business requirements and align with future state goals.
• Understanding of Risk and Compliance technology environment their integration points and common key upstream data systems.
• Background in business systems analysis, requirements documentation, technical specification development and testing.
• Experience across various SDLC components supporting implementation of vendor packages.
• Experience helping clients with IT architecture and infrastructure design, sourcing approaches, IT process and cost optimization, and emerging technologies.
• Ability to develop client proposals, project approach, work plans, resource estimates and cost estimates on client opportunities and pursuits.
• Experience developing Offerings, Solutions, and Designs for product implementations.
• Experience managing and motivating teams with diverse skills and backgrounds.
• Cultivated business development opportunities.
• A passion to contribute to the growth of the practice.
• Willingness to travel as required.

Your benefits | About your perks and work enjoyment