Consultant - Financial Services Business Consulting - Transformation Execution Practice (80%-100%)

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

The opportunity

The EY Business Consulting team offers a broad range of functional and cross-country services dedicated to providing trusted advice to clients in the Financial Services industry across Wealth & Asset Management (WAM), Banking and Capital Markets (BCM)  and Insurance sectors. The Financial Services industry is experiencing tremendous change and new challenges. This is an exciting time to join an evolving team and help our clients to navigate the changing market and customer needs. As a Consultant in our Transformation Execution Practice, you will help and support challenging transformation in WAM, BCM and insurance initiatives and design, plan and deliver solutions for our clients.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Pursuing exciting business-led, tech-enabled transformation initiatives across the Financial Services sector
• Collaborating with key stakeholders, business partners, and multi-disciplinary teams to help shape ideas, design solutions and deliver measurable, sustainable improvements in business performance
• Applying storytelling skills and presenting recommendations to our clients in a clear and analytical manner
• Leveraging and further developing our global EY methodologies, frameworks, tools, accelerators, and enablers for a range of transformation goals
• Developing your skills, through on-the-job client experience as well as internal training opportunities
• Facilitating internal- and external topic roundtables and thought leadership sessions
• Supporting go-to-market and business development initiatives to continuously provide valuable solutions for our clients

Skills And Attributes For Success

• Excellent academic record from a leading university or university of applied sciences
• Strong motivation to join a dynamic consulting environment and to work in the financial services sector
• Experience in team-based projects (either at university or internships)
• A curious mind with the ability to structure problems in a systematic and organized fashion
• Strong presentation skills and a highly client-oriented attitude
• Strong team player, willing to proactively support solutions within highly motivated and diverse teams across functions and geographies
• Fluency in English and German is mandatory, Swiss German and any other language is a plus.

Ideally you will also have:

• Initial work experience in consulting and / or Financial Services (e.g., internships, working student, entry-level position)
• Experience and /or interest in TOM (target operating model) design and process improvements
• Experience and /or interest in Agile and Design Thinking methodologies

• Experience and /or interest in ESG

Furthermore, we offer attractive benefits to our employees, included but not limited to the following:

• Further education: At EY, you have the possibility to earn an accredited Masters in Sustainability, an accredited Masters in Business Analytics or an accredited MBA (EY Tech MBA) from the Hult International Business School, free of charge*. Additionally, you can also choose ad-hoc courses in one of our online education partners (e.g., Udemy) and join EY-specific knowledge sharing sessions & trainings.
• Hybrid working model: We offer working from home and flexible working options for our employees.
• Work-life balance: Take 5 weeks of holidays per year as a standard and compensate your overtime at will.
• Social contributions: Opt for one of our generous pension fund plans and do not worry about the accident insurance as we fully cover it for you.
• Parents@EY: Our benefits specially designed for parents at EY will help you focus on Work-Life integration.
• Mentoring Program: in addition to career counselling within your team, you will have the chance to choose one of our leaders as your mentor, to support and help you in your career goals and growth path.
• Social Responsibility: at EY, you will have the chance to make a positive impact by joining one of our EY Ripples programs, designed specifically to support different social initiatives within Switzerland and abroad.
• Social Equity: ​EY has a commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusiveness (DE&I) and driving sustainable change for greater social equity. We recognize that people have different starting points, circumstances, backgrounds and identities, experiences and needs, which we all need to better understand. Social equity is about clearing obstacles, building more inclusive environments and enabling access to resources and opportunities so that everyone can thrive.
• Fair-ON-Pay certified: As everyone deserves a fair pay, our salary grids and guidelines ensure the equal treatment we aim for. **

Have we sparked your interest? We look forward to receiving your complete application with the following mandatory documents:

• CV (max. 2 pages),
• cover letter,
• university certificates and transcript of grades

Any other document / job confirmation that you deem relevant for your candidature is welcome.

For more information, please contact our recruitment team (recruitment.switzerland@ey.com / +41 58 286 33 66).

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** Depending on the rank

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