Senior Manager- Risk Consulting - FSRM- Riyadh
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About the Role
EY is seeking a Senior Manager for its Financial Services Risk & Finance practice in Riyadh. You will lead complex risk engagements for banks and financial institutions, covering regulatory compliance, credit risk, market risk, and risk transformation.
Key Skills for This Role
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver complex Financial Services Risk engagements, providing technical direction across workstreams
- Manage day to day delivery, coach team members, and manage stakeholders
- Build strong relationships with clients and internal peers, contribute to presentations, and support business development
- Analyse current state reporting and underlying complexity (requirements, data, reporting solutions, operating model)
- Profile and interpret data constructs and translate them into meaningful business constructs
Requirements
- 10+ years of Financial Services Risk experience within leading FS organisations and/or top tier consultancy firms
- Prior experience working with government owned financial institutions, particularly development funds and sovereign wealth funds
- Experience in quantitative analytics, treasury, investments, market risk, credit risk modelling, liquidity analysis, capital management, etc.
- Strong educational background in a quantitative discipline (finance, economics, actuarial science or related)
- Experience in a project based, team oriented environment, ideally consulting
- Excellent analytical, report writing, facilitation and presentation skills
- Hands on exposure to AI/GenAI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot/ChatGPT) is preferred
- Professional certifications such as FRM, CFA, PRM are preferred
- Willingness to travel across the region
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The opportunity
- As part of EY’s Financial Services Risk & Finance practice, you will help leading banks, capital markets firms, insurers, non banking financial institutions and public sector financial services entities strengthen resilience, meet regulatory expectations and unlock value through risk and finance tra
- Our work spans regulatory compliance and prudential supervision, credit and capital (incl. capital adequacy and liquidity), market risk, operational risk, enterprise risk, structured finance and quantitative advisory.
- Saudi Arabia is a strategic priority market for EY, offering exceptional growth and the opportunity to shape outcomes for some of the region’s most important financial institutions and national champions.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver complex FS Risk engagements and provide technical direction across workstreams.
- Operate as a trusted team leader—owning day to day delivery, coaching team members, managing stakeholders and proactively updating engagement Directors and Partners on progress, risks and dependencies.
- Build strong relationships with clients and internal peers, contribute to compelling presentations and support business development through proposals and pursuit materials.
Skills And Attributes For Success
- Leading and delivering financial risk and risk transformation programs, domestically and/or internationally.
- Ability to analyse current state reporting and the underlying complexity (requirements, data, reporting solutions and operating model).
- Experience across finance and data/reporting initiatives; strong IT and financial accounting knowledge to bridge business and technology.
- Ability to profile and interpret data constructs and translate them into meaningful business constructs.
- Self motivated, with strong energy, drive and accountability.
- Proven ability to lead teams and projects, communicate and influence senior stakeholders, resolve issues and deliver under pressure.
- Learning agility—able to ramp up quickly, explore new ideas and identify opportunities.
To qualify for the role, you should have
- 10+ years of strong Financial Services Risk experience within leading FS organisations and/or top tier consultancy firms.
- Prior experience working (as an employee or a consultant) with government owned financial institutions—particularly development funds and sovereign wealth funds (SWFs).
- Experience in as many of the following areas: quantitative analytics, treasury and treasury operations, investments, market risk, performance measurement, ALM/FTP, fixed income, derivatives and hedging, credit risk modelling and ECL, liquidity analysis, financial planning and forecasting, capital an
- Experience in economic capital modelling, economic analysis, data analytics, design and implementation of ERM solutions, and deployment / integration of risk analytics into business processes, etc.
- Prior experience in credit risk, market risk, liquidity risk and/or operational risk.
- Ideally, the previous experience in developed markets (e.g., EU, US, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.) and some presence in, or connection to, MENA is preferred.
- Strong educational background from a top institution in a quantitative discipline (finance, economics, actuarial science or related).
- Experience working in a project based, team oriented environment (ideally consulting), with a proven track record of managing teams and delivering in fast paced, demanding settings.
- Strong understanding of the credit lifecycle, including experience with credit rating and analysis and approval processes.
- Foundational understanding of AI/GenAI concepts and practical familiarity with common tools (e.g., prompt engineering basics, model lifecycle concepts, responsible AI, and productivity platforms such as Microsoft Copilot/ChatGPT) and how they can be applied to risk and finance use cases.
- Excellent analytical, report writing, facilitation and presentation skills.
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Hands on exposure to using AI/GenAI to accelerate delivery (e.g., research synthesis, requirements drafting, analytics, documentation) and awareness of AI risk considerations (model risk management, data privacy, and governance).
- Experience with analytical and risk management tools/systems (e.g., SAS, Murex, VBA, MATLAB).
- Professional certifications such as FRM, CFA, PRM, etc.
- Willingness to travel across the region, as required.
What We Look For
- We’re looking for highly motivated leaders with strong problem solving skills and the ability to prioritise shifting workloads in a fast changing environment.
- You’ll be an effective communicator, comfortable engaging senior stakeholders, and a coach to your teams—bringing rigour, commercial acumen and a genuine passion for delivering impact.
- If you’re ready to take on a wide range of responsibilities and continuously seek better ways of working, this role offers the platform to grow and make a difference in Saudi Arabia and across the region.
What We Offer
- Continuous learning: Develop the mindset and capabilities to navigate what comes next.
- Success as defined by you: The tools, flexibility and support to make a meaningful impact—your way.
- Transformative leadership: Coaching, insights and experiences that help you become the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: Be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
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