Technology Risk student opportunities

In our Technology Risk team, you'll help organisations identify and respond to risks resulting from advances in business technology while building you career.

 

What is Technology Risk?

We help companies understand and manage business risks related to technology in this Transformative Age. We support clients to achieve sustainable growth within the rapidly growing digital world. We assist with supporting clients’ efforts to protect clients’ business performance and by providing trusted communications focused on internal controls to investors, management, regulators, customers and other stakeholders.

We help clients:

  • See the big picture related to technology risks so that clients can make better, faster and more confident decisions
  • Create trust and confidence in financial reporting
  • Provide trusted communications and assurance against technology risk, along the value chain, to customers, alliances, strategic partners, governments and authorities
  • Identify, improve and respond to risks from advances in technology
  • Meet evolving regulatory and compliance requirements
  • Build trust in new technology products and services
  • Undertake proactive technology risk mitigation to prevent risk from occurring

What could you be doing?

  • Providing a broad range of risk assurance services to support our clients’ governance and risk needs
  • Delivering professional and highly valued technology risk services to our clients across a broad range of market sectors
  • Working with clients to analyse, evaluate and enhance information systems and to enhance their management of technology risk
  • Identifying opportunities to help deliver commercial outcomes for our clients
  • Working effectively as a collaborative team member
  • Identifying issues and commercial insights as part of high-quality deliverable reports to help clients make a difference to their business

What will you bring to the team?

  • An interest in financial services industry-based knowledge
  • Adoption of a risk-based mindset
  • Strong communication and relationship- building skills
  • Team focus and eagerness to engage with the team and to contribute to our culture
  • Proficiency in handling multiple tasks concurrently through effective workload prioritization to meet deadlines in a timely manner
  • Enthusiastic commitment to on-the-job learning, openness to feedback, and a strong desire for continuous professional development
  • A passion for emerging technologies and willingness to work within a team to advise clients on how to manage IT risks
  • Qualifications

    We are open to applicants from all degrees.

    Common degrees/majors include but are not limited to:

    • Commerce/Business
    • Information Systems
    • Information Technology
    • Computer Science

    This is a guide only and for more information, you are encouraged to speak to an EY representative at an upcoming event.

  • Where could you be working?

    Auckland and Wellington offices. Flexible working solutions are also available.

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Your career journey in Technology Risk

As a graduate, you’ll be part of our 12-month graduate development programme that has been developed for graduates in all service lines, and is focused on connection, learning and celebration.

The programme will provide you with the opportunity to network with your peers from other service lines and geographies. Running in parallel to your technical learning, you will develop leadership skills to become a successful graduate, and as you grow as a transformative leader.

As an intern, after our company induction, you’ll start developing an understanding of how our Technology Risk teams work and will be ready to work alongside teams on real client projects. You’ll meet other new interns from your office.

Your buddy and your counsellor will help you learn your way around the organisation, set your goals and plan your development while you’re here. You'll be well looked after with ongoing learning throughout the Intern Programme with sessions facilitated by our Learning and Development team, Campus Recruitment team and service line specific training. The Intern Programme is a great way to gain valuable experience, skills and networks to start building your career.

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