Job Specification
UKI Risk Consulting, Risk Management (Enterprise Resilience - Business Continuity Management), Manager
General Information
Location: Island of Ireland
Visa Sponsorship: No
Business Area: Risk Consulting
Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent
Introduction to Enterprise Resilience
Enterprise Resilience is a team of experts within EY’s Risk Management practice, dedicated to helping organisations anticipate, withstand, and recover from disruption. With a clear purpose of ‘building a better working world’, we deliver exceptional results for clients across sectors including financial services, public sector, energy and utilities, and technology.
Our approach to resilience is underpinned by three defining features:
Focus on clients’ needs and priorities: partnering with organisations to assess and strengthen their resilience capabilities, ensuring continuity of critical operations.
Helping clients manage continuity and operational risks effectively, identifying vulnerabilities and implementing robust mitigation strategies.
Leveraging leading practices and assurance methodologies to design and implement frameworks that enable confidence and compliance with regulatory expectations.
Key Services
We assess, design and implement solutions that improve organisational resilience, enhance continuity planning, and increase the likelihood of successful outcomes during disruption.
The Opportunity
We are hiring a Manager in Business Continuity Management (BCM). BCM is a core capability within the Enterprise Resilience team, focused on helping clients design, implement, and assure continuity frameworks that safeguard operations against disruption.
Our BCM services include:
End-to-end BCM programme development
Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and risk assessments
Disaster recovery planning and testing
ISO 22301 compliance and assurance reviews
Crisis management exercises and operational resilience advisory
Key Responsibilities
Client Responsibilities
Build strong relationships with EY clients and develop a clear understanding of their needs, priorities, culture and ecosystem to become a trusted advisor.
Perform comprehensive BCM assessments, including BIA, risk assessment and strategy definition aligned to ISO 22301.
Design and implement BCM frameworks, policies and plans, including disaster recovery strategies.
Facilitate crisis simulation exercises and readiness testing.
Provide independent assurance over BCM programmes, reporting findings and actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders.
Lead presentations and proposals for medium to high complexity BCM engagements and contribute subject matter insight to bids and proposals.
Create innovative insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership.
Drive improvements by taking responsibility for Quality & Risk Management (QRM) initiatives, ensuring compliance with EY standards.
Internal Responsibilities
Assist in account management activities such as business development, financial management of engagements, and quality and risk management.
Build valued and supportive relationships with internal colleagues to strengthen EY’s client propositions and live our values.
Develop and support presentations and proposals for prospective and existing clients.
Communicate effectively with EY senior management and work to build, manage and motivate high‑performing teams.
Understand EY’s service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve our clients.
Support team development activities, including training, coaching and mentoring, performance reviews, and recruitment initiatives.
Skills and Attributes Required
5 – 7+ years’ experience in BCM/resilience (including disaster recovery) in consulting, industry or public sector.
Strong knowledge of BCM lifecycle and operational resilience principles.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with a track record in complex environments.
Ability to lead high‑performing teams and deliver high‑quality work products consistently.
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; comfortable presenting subject matter with minimal support.
Ideally, you will also have
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
Professional qualifications such as CBCI, ISO 22301 Lead Implementer/Lead Auditor, PRINCE2 or PMP.
Experience in programme assurance, PMO, portfolio management, benchmarking and best practice.
Experience with crisis management exercises and regulatory resilience expectations.
Developing and conducting training and awareness programs on business continuity.
Coordinating and conducting regular testing of operational resilience controls.
Inclusion & Diversity
We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging. We believe that the highest‑performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. We are an equal‑opportunity employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.
How to Apply
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. Apply now.
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