Technology Risk Summer Internship

Computer Science, IT, Software, Data Science.

About Us

We’re a professional services organisation that helps companies make better decisions about business, finance and technology. We’re a group of over 365,000 talented people spanning the globe in more than 150 countries.

The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.
We provide the culture, the technology, the teams, the scale, the challenges, the learning and the relationships for you to personalise your career as part of a truly transformative organisation. The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.

Our four main business areas — Assurance, Consulting, Strategy and Transactions, and Tax — transform how businesses work by providing innovative solutions and future-forward ideas.

About the programme 

Our Summer Internship Programme provides you with hands-on experience of what it means to work in Technology Risk and gain skills to develop a career in professional services. Modern organisations rely heavily on IT and data to support their business, however with this comes a range of potential risks. Our teams work alongside Assurance colleagues, to help organisations identify and manage the risks within their IT environments.

What will you be doing? 

  • Learning about EY, our clients and their businesses
  • Helping your team to understand the IT landscape of some of our biggest clients
  • Work on client projects and attend client meetings to identify risks, test controls and provide an opinion on the security of the client’s IT environment
  • Analysing data, liaising with clients and presenting your work
  • Assist in the project management of client engagements
  • Work closely with Assurance colleagues to identify and communicate risks affecting the financial audit
  • Get involved with industry research and client thought leadership
  • Support business development initiatives to help EY grow our client portfolio

Are you eligible to apply?

If you’re in your penultimate year at university, or if you’re already in your final year but will be doing a one-year Master’s degree, or taking a gap year, this internship is for you. We operate an open access policy, meaning we don’t screen out applications on your academic performance alone.

You will, however, need to be working towards an honour’s degree in any subject, have a minimum of grade 4/C GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language and Maths and three A-levels/Five Highers (or equivalent).

We welcome applications from all academic backgrounds and are looking for people who will succeed at EY today and tomorrow. That’s why, through our recruitment process, your academic performance will be considered against your online assessment scores to determine your suitability for an EY role. We’re also proud to partner with RARE recruitment, so that your application can be processed in the context of your socio-economic background.

EY recognises that it has clear obligations towards all its people and the community at large to ensure that partners, employees and job applicants are afforded equal opportunities to enter employment and progress within the firm.

As an employer committed to establishing an inclusive environment free from unlawful discrimination, the firm promotes the fair treatment of staff members and job applicants regardless of their sex, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, race, ethnic or national origin, disability, religion, sexual orientation, age or pregnancy/maternity status.

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  • Deadline
    Ongoing
  • Salary
    Competitive + benefits
  • Degree required
    All grades
  • Duration
    4 weeks
  • Location
    Edinburgh
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Preferred Disciplines...
  • Analytics
  • Computer Science
  • Data Science
  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • Systems
Also Accepting...
  • All STEM disciplines
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