EY GDS Consulting - Digital Risk - Partner

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Job Description

Job Name - GDS Digital Risk Partner

Position Summary

Describe the functional responsibilities of the position addressing the accountability of the position for overseeing activities of a major function on a Global, Area or business unit and why this role is needed n

The critical element of the Partner position within Digital Risk team is to lead and manage the exponential growth and rebuild of the practice:

• Designing and executing the blueprint for hyper growth of the GDS Digital Risk Team – to achieve 900+ FTE target by FY 27. Current headcount is ~5500
• As most Areas rebuild Digital Risk practice with a ‘GDS First’ approach, its critical to hire a Partner with strong Digital Risk skills to work with multiple senior stakeholders across the globe to build the GDS Digital Risk brand and grow the practice not only in terms of headcount, but also with required skills and capabilities . This will encompass building new services, solutions, GTM strategy, capacity and delivery capabilities.
• There is a need to develop strategies, plan, and sell Channel 2 Consulting projects (IT SOX, ITRM, IT Transformation etc.) and solutions related to technology risk and emerging technologies for which a Partner level candidate is needed considering the planned size and scale of the practice.
• There is a need to develop & enhance existing capabilities at GDS to support market development and service delivery for security in technologies such as Cloud, RPA, AI, Blockchain, Cloud ERPs (SAP & Oracle). This would involve recruiting / training of relevant talent, regional integration and market maker positioning, as well as development of both traditional and pay-per-use services for delivery across regions. For this its critical to hire a Partner to lead this practice in GDS.
  
  

Other elements that the Partner is expected to influence include the following;

• Identifying new set of services that can be incubated, built and taken to the market along with the regional
• Lead pursuits, proposals and represent EY in client services orals
• Work with client-facing teams and management to prepare estimates, Point of Views, Position Papers and contribute towards pursuits, proposals, and Statement of Work
• Help recruit employees; assign, direct, and evaluate their work; and oversee their development
  
  

Essential Functions Of The Job

The responsibilities of this role will include:

• Working closely with multiple senior stakeholders across the globe to build the GDS Digital Risk brand and grow the practice. This will encompass building new services, solutions, GTM strategy, capacity and delivery capabilities.
• Develop strategies, plan, and sell Consulting projects (IT SOX, ITRM, IT Transformation etc.) and solutions related to technology risk and emerging technologies.
• Participate in go to market, create proposals and respond to RFPs, client orals etc. Identify opportunities for cross-selling to current clients/introduce colleagues from other service lines.
• Understand clients’ challenges and industry related issues and offer solutions in the areas of IT Risk. Identify buyers, influencers & stakeholders in existing client engagements and build strong relationships.
• Own and anchor multiple accounts and grow the GDS penetration to large numbers for GDS Consulting.
• Work with client facing teams and management to prepare estimates, Point of Views, Position Papers and contribute towards pursuits and proposals.
• Drive Business solution-based assets for technology risk, cybersecurity and privacy regulations in collaboration with the regional leadership.
• Travel to EY and Client locations to build client and stakeholder relationship.
• Help recruit employees; assign, direct, and evaluate their work; and oversee the development and maintenance of staff competence.
• Foster teamwork and lead by example.
• Grow talent base across all locations of GDS consulting.
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for entire practice.
• Foster teamwork, quality culture and lead by example
  
  

Technical responsibilities include:

• Demonstrating strong consulting experience, in-depth knowledge in technology risk, cybersecurity and privacy areas of the business, ability to sell and run large scale consulting engagements with a distributed delivery mindset.
• Strong domain knowledge and experience in one or more of the following: AI, Cloud, Cyber frameworks & data privacy, Resilience, Risk and controls related to Technology transformation.
• Leading multiple global engagements related to IT Risk and Controls, IT Risk Management, IT Transformations etc. with large diverse teams spread across the globe.
• Develop & enhance existing capabilities at GDS to support market development and service delivery for security in technologies such as Cloud, RPA, AI, Blockchain, Cloud ERPs (SAP & Oracle). This would involve recruiting / training of relevant talent, regional integration and market maker positioning, as well as development of both traditional and pay-per-use services for delivery across regions.
  
  

Analytical/Decision Making Responsibilities

• Refer previous section
  
  

Education & Experience

• MBA/B.E./BTech (Electronics, Electronics & Telecommunications, Computer Science, Information Systems Management)/ CA with core experience in IT Risk domain or a related field with minimum 22 years of relevant experience.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good written and presentational skills and working with senior stakeholders.
• Experience in management consulting and IT advisory consulting organizations is a huge plus.
• Experience in managing team and solution designing.
• Information Security, Cyber, or Cloud related certifications
• Experience in Big4 is a plus.
• Project Management
  
  

Knowledge And Skills Requirements

• Understand clients’ challenges and industry related issues and offer solutions in the areas of IT Risk. Identify buyers, influencers & stakeholders in existing client engagements and build strong relationships
• Demonstrating strong consulting experience, in-depth knowledge in technology risk, cybersecurity and privacy areas of the business, ability to sell and run large scale consulting engagements with a distributed delivery mindset.
• Strong domain knowledge and experience in one or more of the following: AI, Cloud, Cyber frameworks & data privacy, Resilience, Risk and controls related to Technology transformation.
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good written and presentational skills and working with senior stakeholders.
• Experience in management consulting and IT advisory consulting organizations is a huge plus.
• Experience in managing team and solution designing.
  
  

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