Assistant Manager - Forensics - Rapid - Karachi

Successful organizations rely on their reputation for keeping promises, respecting laws, and acting ethically to maintain stakeholder trust. EY Forensic & Integrity Services professionals support companies and their legal counsel by investigating facts, resolving disputes, and managing regulatory challenges. By embedding integrity at the core of compliance programs, they help organizations better manage ethical and reputational risks. Embracing integrity fosters a purpose-driven culture that attracts and retains talent, strengthens partnerships with suppliers, and enhances collaboration with employees, investors, regulators, and other stakeholders. EY’s integrated approach addresses governance, controls, culture, and data insights, offering solutions from targeted improvements to full organizational design and implementation.

Key Responsibilities
As an Assistant Manager supporting the MENA Forensics team, you will manage and oversee services related to regulatory compliance, financial crime compliance (FCC), corporate governance, enterprise risk management, and internal controls for clients. You will assist clients in establishing anti-fraud units by designing governance frameworks and developing necessary policies and procedures, as well as structuring these units effectively. Collaboration with clients’ operational risk management teams is essential to develop and monitor key risk indicators and reporting mechanisms. You will synthesize project findings into clear, concise, and high-quality deliverables, acting as a subject matter expert to tailor services to client needs. Driving improvements in business processes, you will serve as a role model for quality and risk management, ensuring project teams adhere to EY’s quality and risk management guidelines.

Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field
- Minimum of three years’ experience in financial crime compliance (AML/CFT, sanctions, anti-bribery, corruption, and fraud), risk management, or compliance within banking or a public accounting firm
- Strong understanding of regulatory expectations and international bodies such as FATF
- Knowledge of the global risk and regulatory environment, particularly developments in the FCC space
- Relevant industry certifications, such as CAMS or ICA Diploma in AML

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits
- Experience working in the MENA region
- Postgraduate qualifications in AML/CFT or professional/technical qualifications in risk management
- Entrepreneurial mindset with confidence to develop and promote new strategic visions internally and externally
- Passion for innovation and motivation to shape your own career journey at EY

EY offers a competitive compensation package that rewards performance and recognizes the value you bring. You will benefit from continuous learning opportunities to develop the skills needed for future challenges. The firm supports success on your terms by providing tools and flexibility to make a meaningful impact. EY fosters transformative leadership through coaching and insights, empowering you to become the leader the world needs. The organization values diversity and inclusion, creating a culture where you are embraced for who you are and encouraged to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY exists to build a better working world by creating long-term value for clients, people, and society while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, EY’s diverse teams across more than 150 countries provide assurance and help clients grow, transform, and operate. Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax, and transactions, EY professionals ask better questions to find new answers for today’s complex challenges.