Ernst & Young AG

Senior Consultant - EY Parthenon - Strategy & Execution

📍 8005 Zurich

Role and responsibilities

In your role as Senior Consultant, you will work on integrations, carve-outs, corporate restructuring and other types of M&A; transactional engagements in project teams directly with our clients. You will be exposed to a variety of industries (e.g. lifescience, consumer products and retail, industrial products, etc.) and functional areas (e.g. finance, supply chain, HR, IT, legal, etc.). A wide range of strategy and M&A; transactional topics will be under your responsibilities (e.g. IT / operational due diligence, operating model design, integration/separation blueprint design, exit readiness, day 1/100 readiness, synergy assessment, transitional service agreement (TSA) etc.). A key role of your position will be in gathering / analyzing information and communicating recommendations to a member of the team or a client. You will be working alongside the client on planning and executing any topics of an M&A; deal life cycle and in collaboration with the wider project team. You will help build an open and inclusive work environment and support to maintain professional relationships with our clients.

Team / description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. In our EY Parthenon (EY-P) practice, we help our clients look beyond and position themselves to fulfill their growth objectives through corporate strategy, capital allocation and M&A; transactions. We help our clients navigate through complexity to reimagine their eco-systems, reshape their portfolios, stabilize their businesses, manage downturn scenarios and reinvent themselves for a better future. We support our clients to make well-founded, strategic decisions for their businesses. Within EY-P, our Strategy&Execution; group provides a full range of strategic consulting services including corporate and growth strategy, M&A; integrations, separations, transformations, Private Equity value creation, Operational/HR/IT Due Diligence, and Operational Restructuring. Our Strategy&Execution; team works cross-functionally and across the entire transaction lifecycle. Kick-start a purposeful career and join our unique Strategy&Execution; team to help solve exciting problems on a daily basis!

Qualifications and Skills

  • A completed business or STEM degree

  • At least 3 years of applicable industry and/or consulting full-time professional experience post-university studies, ideally within the M&A; deal lifecycle (Operations, Supply Chain, Finance function, IT, HR and/or performance improvement) space

  • Strong record of leadership, sharp analytical thinking and exceptional problem-solving skills in an academic, professional or extracurricular setting

  • Outstanding communication and presentation skills, both verbally and in writing, in English. Additional fluency in German, French and/or Italian preferred

  • Solid project management skills, client-oriented attitude and ability and willingness to travel to the client site

  • Readiness to learn and develop new skills

  • Familiarity with GenAI and Agentic AI models and their use on research and data analysis

  • Strong team player mentality to proactively drive solutions within highly motivated and diverse teams across functions, countries and regions.