Business Consultant – Technology Risk
- Information about the organization (e.g., type, size, location, specific division/department in which you will be employed)
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- The company I will be working for will be Ernst & Young in their Philadelphia office, commonly known as EY. EY is a very large company and is one of the BIG 4 professional services firms. I\’ve very excited to return to EY as having been an intern last summer I had a great experience!
- Job function (e.g., overall role, assigned tasks)
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- I will be working at EY as Business Consultant in their Technology Risk practice. As a consultant, I\’ll be tasked with attending client discussions and interviews, monitoring and managing project progress and risks, and ensuring that key stakeholders are informed about the expected outcome. Additionally, I\’ll be tasked with performing third-party risk assessments, IT risk, and control framework design assessments, and developing executive presentations on project status.
- How the job relates to your major (describe how you will apply course work to the job or which course(s) helped you get this job).
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- This role relates greatly to what I\’ve learned within the MIS curriculum as now I can utilize my knowledge regarding information system infrastructure, paired with my awareness of risk management and lessons from my core business classes, I feel prepared to speak confidently to key stakeholders and have a better understanding and insight to IT environments and processes.