EY

Enterprise Risk Management Lead – Associate Director

EY

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Atlanta • United States

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Salary

💰 $127,300 - $245,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Leading the US Firm ERM team; setting the vision for ERM capabilities; establishing a Center of Excellence aligned to EY Global standards; fostering a risk-aware culture; collaborating with cross-functional leaders; and providing strategic risk guidance that integrates ERM into US Firm business planning and decision-making.
  • Overseeing enterprise-wide risk identification, rating, quantification, and scenario analysis; maintaining a standardized US Firm risk taxonomy and rating scales; developing advanced, data‑driven assessment methods; and informing related programs such as third‑party, country, and operational resilience risk management.
  • Leading development and monitoring of mitigation strategies and control frameworks; partnering with first-line teams to evaluate control effectiveness; ensuring alignment with EY Global control expectations; and organizing the US Firm’s enterprise risk infrastructure, including methodologies, tools, and capability enablement.
  • Driving production of aggregate US Firm risk profiles and dashboards that provide hindsight, insight, and foresight; preparing executive‑level and Global-quality reporting; communicating key trends, exposures, and emerging risks to senior leadership and risk committees; and coordinating with EY Global on integrated reporting and cross‑border themes.
  • Establishing, maintaining, and maturing ERM governance, principles, policies, processes, and methodologies for the US Firm.
  • Ensuring ERM activities support US regulatory expectations; coordinating with Global on multinational regulatory themes; supporting audits and reviews; and ensuring risk governance documentation, policies, and procedures remain compliant and current.
  • Driving continuous improvement of ERM processes through lessons learned, industry benchmarking, and technology adoption; enhancing data analytics, automation, and qualitative and quantitative risk insights across the US Firm.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent work experience
  • 10–12+ years of ERM or related experience in a complex or multinational environment, including 5+ years leading teams
  • Extensive experience with change management principles with the ability to leverage them to achieve lasting results
  • Experience in building and leading a risk management function
  • Strong understanding of enterprise risk management frameworks, risk assessment methodologies, regulatory compliance, and industry standards (e.g., COSO, ISO 31000)
  • Proven track record of building risk programs, governance structures, methodologies, and executive reporting
  • Ideally, you'll also have MBA desirable
  • Professional certifications such as RIMS-CRMP (Certified Risk Management Professional), FRM (Financial Risk Manager), PRM (Professional Risk Manager), or related quantitative risk management credentials
  • Understanding of industry groups and sectors
  • Quantitative risk expertise including scenario modeling, exposure analysis, KRIs, risk indicators, and analytics
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Hard Skills & Tools
enterprise risk managementrisk assessment methodologiesdata analyticsscenario modelingexposure analysisrisk indicatorsquantitative risk managementcontrol frameworksmitigation strategiesregulatory compliance
Soft Skills
leadershipchange managementstrategic guidancecollaborationcommunicationorganizational skillsrisk-aware culturecontinuous improvementcross-functional teamworkexecutive reporting
Certifications
RIMS-CRMPFRMPRMMBA