Advisory Services, Risk – Technology Risk Co-op (Undergraduate/Master’s) | May – December 2019 HALIFAX

Job description

Please note : Applications must be submitted in  ONE PDF  file

(Cover Letter, Resume, Unofficial Transcripts)
 

EY’s people in more than 150 countries are committed to operating with integrity, quality, and professionalism in the provision of audit, tax, transaction, and advisory services. We strive to help all of our people achieve their professional and personal goals through an inclusive environment that values everyone's contributions, appreciates diversity of thought, fosters growth, and provides continuous opportunities for development. Recognized as one of Canada's top employers, EY continually strives to be a great place to work.

 

Being part of a dynamic, growing organization offers an exciting career path full of opportunity. EY Advisory Services is a $4 billion global practice with 18,000 professionals. With an overall Advisory market of $150 billion, there's tremendous potential for growth - and we're prepared to tap into that potential. Our Advisory team takes a strategic approach to helping clients improve and sustain their business performance. In today's complex business environment that means understanding the relationship between risk and performance improvement and applying our knowledge to help clients achieve their business objectives.

 

At EY we are committed to building a better working world and provide ongoing professional development through diverse experiences, world-class learning, and individually tailored coaching. As a part of that, we develop our people and equip them with the skills to be successful, versatile business leaders.

 

Our Risk practice, a specialty advisory group within Advisory Services (AS), provides comprehensive risk services through a suite of strategic, outsourcing, and industry-focused operational solutions that help companies around the world evaluate and enhance their internal audit and risk management functions.  We are currently seeking a co-op student to join our Technology Risk Team in Halifax for an eight-month co-op term.

Technology Risk

Our Technology Risk team provides comprehensive risk services that help companies around the world evaluate and enhance their risk management and internal audit functions.  Professionals in this role will work within the IT Risk and Assurance group to evaluate and test IT general controls, application controls, and business process controls to support financial statement audits, service organizational control reporting as well as internal audit projects. 

Responsibilities
·  Establishing relationships with client personnel at appropriate levels. Consistently delivering quality client services. Monitoring progress, managing risks and ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes. Staying abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client’s business
·  Demonstrating ability to continuously learn, incorporate and apply new knowledge in the work environment. Possessing good business acumen. Remaining current on new developments in Advisory services, capabilities and industry knowledge
·  Improving clients' efficiency and effectiveness through the design of their operations, processes, information technology and business functions
·  Executing procedures, performing detailed data analysis, reaching conclusions, documenting results and suggesting ideas for efficiencies
·  Taking full responsibility for tasks, including consistent review of own work to identify and improve an approach for producing high quality work products, while working under supervision
Qualifications
·  Pursuing an Undergraduate and/or Master’s degree in business, engineering, computer science, information systems, and other related majors
·  Relevant industry experience is preferred
·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills
·  Strong academic record, including, without limitation, course work that EY deems relevant to this position
·  Flexible and willing to travel as well as work in excess of standard hours when necessary. Travel may vary by location and can, at times, be as high as 60% 
·  Proficient in the English language, including the ability to listen, understand, read, and communicate effectively both in writing and verbally in a professional environment
·  Proficient with MS Office, including MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
·  Willing and able to learn and work independently with minimal supervision
·  Demonstrated project management, teaming, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
·  Effective organization and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines
·  Integrity within a professional environmentnecessary

How to Apply

To apply, please attach your most recent cover letter, résumé, and unofficial transcripts in one PDF file.

Please note that only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview

 

To apply please visit our Student Careers Page:www.ey.com/ca/apply

·  Please select the appropriate job posting
·  Log In or Register as a New User
·  Complete all required fields on each page
·  Attach your most recent cover letter, resume and unofficial transcript in one PDF file

This posting will officially close on Sunday January 13, 2018 at 11:59 pm EST.

 
 
To learn more about EY and our Risk practice, visit us today at http://www.ey.com/ca/en/services/advisory/risk

EY is committed to inclusiveness, equity and accessibility. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.