Government and Infrastructure- Service Delivery Center-Risk-Financial Risk - Associate Analyst

EY•San Antonio, TX

10d•$37,200 - $86,400

About The Position

The Associate Analyst is part of EY’s US-based Service Delivery Center (SDC) Risk team, aligned with the Financial Risk, Financial Crime & Grants team in the Government & Infrastructure practice. The SDC works with client-site consulting teams to deliver repeatable, high-quality execution for government clients according to established procedures, quality standards and service levels. The role supports government clients’ payment-integrity, fraud-prevention, financial-crime-compliance, financial-risk and grants initiatives. Work may include improper-payment testing and sampling, reviewing system-generated alerts, grants operations and recurring metrics reporting for federal, state and local programs, including Medicaid, unemployment insurance and SNAP. The Associate Analyst completes defined engagement and managed-service tasks under experienced team members’ guidance, receives training in established procedures and tools, and builds foundational knowledge and hands-on delivery experience. The role offers a delivery career path with potential progression toward Analyst, Senior Analyst and other delivery or specialized roles.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree emphasizing Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Business or Data Analytics, Public Administration, or a related field.
Up to one year of professional, internship or academic experience related to payment integrity, grants administration, compliance, claims or benefits review, financial analysis, data analysis or a related area; alternatively, demonstrated ability to learn and perform the role’s responsibilities.
United States citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a public trust clearance or higher; some engagements require Secret clearance.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to review, organize and analyze business, financial or technical information, manage assigned tasks, meet deadlines and follow up on open issues.
Flexibility and ability to work effectively with a nationally distributed team.
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint), and ability to become proficient with Tableau or Power BI and Visio.
Flexibility to travel up to 20%.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate, consistent work.
Ability to follow defined procedures, apply feedback, communicate questions or issues clearly, and exercise sound judgment with sensitive data, PII and firm-approved AI tools.
Effective collaboration with individuals from varied backgrounds and skill sets.
Foundational quantitative and data-analysis skills, including experience working with spreadsheets or structured data.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.

Nice To Haves

Coursework or exposure to fraud prevention, payment integrity, financial crime, grants administration or government programs such as Medicaid, unemployment insurance and SNAP.
Experience with analytics tools such as SQL, Python, R, SAS or Alteryx.
Interest in pursuing a relevant professional certification, such as CPA, CFE, CAMS, CGMS or CGFM.
Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn new subject matter, systems and procedures.
Foundational understanding of, or interest in learning, fraud prevention, payment integrity, financial risk and grants compliance concepts.

Responsibilities

Complete assigned engagement tasks according to established procedures, timelines, quality standards and service-level requirements.
Support improper-payment and payment-integrity testing by reviewing sampled transactions against defined attributes and documenting results using established workpaper standards.
Review system-generated alerts using defined criteria and procedures, document findings, and escalate complex, unusual or potentially suspicious cases to senior team members.
Assist with pulling, organizing, cleaning and analyzing program and payment data using established queries, rules and analytics routines to identify anomalies and trends for review.
Support grants operations, including application intake, eligibility checks, recipient and subrecipient monitoring, financial tracking and reporting in EY Grants Accelerator or client grants systems.
Compile process information, fraud risk inventories, control mappings and other documentation to support fraud risk assessments.
Help prepare and refresh recurring payment-integrity, grants and financial-risk metrics reports and dashboards.
Maintain complete and accurate evidence and documentation, and protect sensitive data and personally identifiable information in accordance with engagement and client requirements.
Use EY-approved AI and automation tools appropriately to improve the accuracy, consistency and efficiency of repeatable tasks.
Track assigned work, communicate progress, and promptly raise questions, risks or issues to senior team members and engagement leads.
Participate in training, coaching and team activities to build technical knowledge and delivery capabilities.