Risk Manager

Location: New York, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Hoboken, Houston, Los Angeles, McLean, North Carolina, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle

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With rapid growth across the SAP and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) space, we’re looking for people who understand the challenges of risk management and can focus on improving business performance in SAP Application Security and GRC. As a Risk Technology Manager, you can expect to utilize leading practice business tools and methodologies to serve diverse and sophisticated clients across multiple industries. You will be challenged to understand clients’ unique needs and build your reputation as a trusted business advisor.

Our Risk Technology practice is expanding as our client’s needs grow and because SAP is a strategic investment focus area for EY. For this reason, opportunities with the Risk Technology practice lead to tremendous career progression potential. You won’t find a culture like this anywhere else, so if you are looking to work with knowledgeable, people-oriented colleagues, this is a great place to be.

The opportunity

Our Risk Technology practice is expanding as our client’s needs grow and because SAP is a strategic investment focus area for EY. For this reason, opportunities with the Risk Technology practice lead to tremendous career progression potential. You won’t find a culture like this anywhere else, so if you are looking to work with knowledgeable, people-oriented colleagues, this is a great place to be.

What We Look For

We’re interested in SAP Application security and GRC professionals with an in-depth understanding of, and willingness to become proficient in, our standard tools and practices. If you have a genuine passion for helping businesses achieve leading practice risk functions alongside some of the most knowledgeable individuals in the business, then this role is for you.

Your Key Responsibilities

You’ll likely spend most of your time connecting with clients to design and implement their processes into the SAP ERP through transformation journeys with Application security, GRC Access Control or similar such SaaS offerings. To make that happen, you’ll need a strong team and internal network to leverage our intellectual property and lessons learned. You’ll also need to draw upon your implementation and client experiences to help our clients implement a proficient design and to understand how to effectively manage the organizational change in their environment. We will also look to you to build strong relationships with our clients to help them effectively address their complex issues.

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Experience in deploying large scale, cross functional, globally distributed and complex SAP transformation projects with in-depth knowledge of Application Security and SAP GRC Access Control solution that supports access management compliance.
• Design, Develop SAP Security solutions across all SAP applications (On-prem/ Cloud/ Saas) in accordance with business requirements and security/ compliance, regulatory standards.
• Leadership experience with effectively managing onshore and offshore teams throughout the project life cycle.
• Participate in SAP audit discussions (Internal & External), questions and help resolve governance, compliance issues.
• Communication across functions (internal and external to EY) to identify and document functional requirements.
• Confidence in your reputation as an authoritative SAP Security and GRC expert by keeping abreast of industry developments, practices, and trends.
• Focus on the importance of coaching and developing teams and colleagues, by taking their ideas and giving them the knowledge, skills, and opportunities, they need to deliver.
• Energy and ambition to identify and manage business development opportunities.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• 6+ years of experience in an SAP Security and GRC lead role
• A bachelor's or master’s degree in computer science, Information security, Information management systems, or related field is preferred.
• Extensive hands‑on experience with Design, Build, Test and Deploy Application security framework across various SAP applications i.e. SAP S/4, FIORI, ECC, ARIBA, HCM and Success Factors is required.
• SAP HANA DB security is preferred.
• Strong SAP GRC Access Control implementation experience (version 12.0 or other GRC AC technologies) with Integration knowledge of IAM tools (Saviynt, SailPoint, SAP IAG etc..) is required.
• Experience designing process to support review of Segregation of Duties (SOD)s and Critical Actions (CA); temporary emergency management, and user provisioning.
• Working experience of risk framework/ruleset design to comply with Segregation of Duties (SOD)s and Critical Actions (CA) for various business processes.
• An understanding how to assess, define and align SAP application security to the risk and controls framework.
• Experience with ticketing tools like Service Now (SNOW), HP ALM etc.. Is an added advantage.
• Ability to support multiple projects, shifting priorities, and changing environments/ landscapes is required.
• Strong skills in project management, team management, and client service
• Strong analytical, interpersonal and communication skills
• A willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 80%. A valid driver’s license in the US and a valid passport is required.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Industry related certification required (e.g., CISA, PMP, CIA, RICS); non-certified hires are required to become certified within 1 year from the date of hire.
• SAP Application Security and GRC AC certification.
• Knowledge about SAC, BTP, AI and RPA is added advantage
• Knowledge about SAP audit processes and regulatory/compliance frameworks like GDPR, JSOX, KSOX etc.

What We Offer You

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment, and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams. Learn more.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $142,600 to $261,500. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $171,200 to $297,200. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

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