Requirements: English
Company: EY Belgium Careers
Region: Machelen , Flanders
Job Description
EY is the only major professional services firm with a dedicated financial services practice (EY FSO) integrated in the EMEIA region. An international team of over 16.000 professionals is working across borders for our clients in the financial sector: Banking, Insurance, Payment Institutions and Wealth & Asset Management, in all service lines: Consulting, Tax, Transactions and Assurance. As we consider our people as the heart of EY, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that, whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.
The Opportunity
At EY Financial Services Organization (FSO) we have a strong Non-Financial Risk, Regulatory and Compliance Consulting practice. Our dedicated professionals work with financial institutions of different size across various sectors (including insurance, banks, asset management and payment players), helping them in notably being compliant with new or updates in regulations but as well at organizing their control functions (e.g. compliance, non-financial risk management & permanent control) in alignment with market practices and regulatory requirements.
We are currently seeking an experienced Manager with experience in Non-Financial Risk and Insurances, specifically in the financial services industry, to further expand our team!
Key Responsibilities
- Regulatory gap assessment & roadmap implementation: Implement new or updated regulatory requirements starting by performing gap assessments, building roadmaps, and translating regulatory requirements into business and controls requirements
- (Compliance) Risk assessment: lead campaigns to identify and assess (compliance) risks, propose risk responses and (compliance) risk monitoring approaches, report results to entitys senior management
- Internal Control: Improve the design of (non-) regulatory internal controls and monitor their effective implementation, using notably international standards, market practices and translating regulatory expectations
- Regulatory watch: update and/or improve existing regulatory watch processes and build a regulatory monitoring program to ensure ongoing compliance (e.g.: on AML, GDPR, ESG, POG, MiFID, PRIIPS, UCITS/AIFMD, CRD, Outsourcing, PSDII, Instant Payment, CESOP, Instant Payment, DORA, Corporate Governance, Banking law, Remuneration policies);
- Lead regulatory projects and advise: Organize workshops with the clients teams to identity pain points, draw analysis and propose remediations within compliance domain
- Support in reviewing the organization and governance of oversight functions (i.e. compliance & risk management) within the financial institution to align with market practices and regulatory expectations
- Perform Board effectiveness reviews
- Help to foster risk and compliance culture within an organization (workshops, awareness campaigns, trainings)
- Internal Audit: Support our internal audit practice as Subject Matter Expert on regulatory and compliance topics
Skills and Attributes for Success
- Masters degree in a relevant field
- At least 8 years of relevant experience in a Consulting role
- Experience in Non-Financial Risk and Compliance within Insurances
- Expertise and experience in specific regulations applicable to the relevant financial sector (e.g.: GDPR, ESG, MiFID, PRIIPS, UCITS/AIFMD, CRD, PSD2, Instant payment, CESOP, Interchange Fee Regulation, Corporate Governance, DORA, Remuneration policies)
- Excellent team and people management skills
- A commercial mindset or experience with Business development are a must
- Curiosity and affinity with laws and regulations
- Flexible mindset, with a creative approach and ability to think out-of-the-box
- Process-minded, organized, with an eye for detail and excellent analytical skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication & presentation skills
- Fluency in French and/or Dutch and proficient level of business English
- Detail oriented, problem solving skilled, client focused, with a pragmatic approach
- Capacity to summarize and prioritize the information to be reported to management
- Strong team spirit, balanced by a healthy sense of autonomy
What working at EY Offers
- You will be part of a leading global professional services firm.
- You will be part of the EY family where everyone is willing to offer support and senior management is very accessible.
- You will join a dynamic and growing team with a great mix of y