Enterprise Risk Graduate Programme

Help our clients to protect their businesses from risk as you progress towards becoming a chartered accountant.

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    Everyone at EY is very approachable and I was immediately welcomed into the team. I really like the flexible culture.

    Jack

    Enterprise Risk Graduate

     

    Enterprise Risk

    We work with our clients to help them solve their most complex and pressing problems. We provide businesses with confidence by helping them to optimise how they manage risk, automate controls, or operate their Risk and Compliance functions.

    Technology in Enterprise Risk

    Enterprise risk develops and utilises the latest technologies that enable delivery of our services to clients. In addition to having an Internal Innovation Hub that helps develop bespoke solutions for our clients, we also collaborate with Global teams to develop and rollout proprietary tools that help drive automation and efficiency for our clients.

    What will you be doing?

    • Getting to know our client's businesses, their strengths and opportunities for improvements
    • Taking ownership of testing and reviewing the effectiveness of key financial and operational controls and reviewing business processes
    • Helping to communicate the impact of your results and recommendations for improvement directly with clients
    • Ensure the timely delivery of quality deliverables, maintain regular contact with seniors, managers and team members
    • Stay informed of general business and economic developments and understand the impact to the client
    • Are you eligible to apply?

      We operate an open access policy, meaning we don’t screen out applications on your academic performance alone. You will, however, need to be working towards an honours degree in any subject, have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths, and three A-levels/Five Highers (or equivalent) to be eligible to apply. 

      Successful candidates may have the opportunity to work on roles within the Innovation Hub. If this is an area of interest to you, please express this on your application form.

      Eligibility for Visa Sponsorship

      Location: Edinburgh - This vacancy has restrictions on providing visa sponsorship. Applicants must either be able to secure your own right to work in the UK without the sponsorship or support of EY or obtain a Graduate visa with an expiry date on or after 1 October 2025.

      Locations: Birmingham, London, Manchester - This vacancy is able to offer visa sponsorship if you are unable to secure the right to work in the UK yourself.

      We welcome applications from all academic backgrounds and are looking for individuals who will succeed at EY in the desired role and future qualifications, therefore throughout our recruitment process your academic performance will be considered against your online assessment scores to determine your suitability for an EY role. We are also proud to partner with RARE recruitment, so that your application can be processed in the context of your socio-economic background. This allows us to give you the maximum credit for your achievements, assessing whether you have overachieved in light of your personal circumstances.

      Read more about our academic requirements.

    Professional qualifications

    ACA from ICAEW in England

    Programme length

    Three years

    Level 7 Apprenticeship*

    ACA from ICAEW, equivilent to a Level 7 Apprenticeship.  Learn more here.

    *Please note: Only applicable to individuals joining an office in England.

    Salary

    Competitive 

    How’s it structured?

    From day one you will play an integral role within Enterprise Risk engagements, working directly with clients often at their offices, getting to know how they work. You may be part of large business consulting process or finance transformation project. You may be working on an internal audit project or a controls re-engineering project working with major global organisations across various geographies and sectors, helping clients to gain confidence over their business risks and control environment.

    Working on a variety of UK and multi-territory audit engagements, you'll begin to lead and coach others by your second year, while developing your client relationship skills – in some cases, already owning client relationships as well as building up your exceptional project management and teaming skills. You will also have exposure to working with EY personnel and clients around the world.

    We’re looking ahead and we believe the work and training you do in your first few years lays the groundwork for a fast-moving, high-potential career with us. During this time we will help you develop your technical and personal competencies to achieve to the best of your ability. Our culture of coaching will guide you through lots of learning curves and makes being Senior Consultant by year three very achievable.

    I have the opportunity to work with high-profile clients, whilst working in a friendly and supportive team.

    Holly

    Enterprise Risk Graduate

     

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    Rewards and benefits

    You want a career that counts. An experience that challenges you. That rewards performance and ultimately defines your future. That's what's on offer at EY. After all, our success is founded on yours.

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    Adjustments

    All candidates should be given the opportunity to be their best selves throughout the process. We have adjustments in place to make all individual applications accessible.

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    FAQs

    Do you have questions about applying to and working at EY? From choosing a programme to visa requirements, technical help to joining, you're likely to find the answers here.

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    2024 Applications are now closed

     

    Join our student talent community to learn more about our career opportunities, life at EY, exclusive events and when we're opening for 2025 applications later in the year.

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