Ernst & Young AG

(Senior) Consultant - Consulting - Technology Strategy and Transformation

📍 8005 Zurich

Role and responsibilities

Contribute to engagement teams to realize clients’ strategy, process, people, and technology transformations. Participate in transformational technology consulting engagements: Technology Strategy & Assessment, Business/technology/solution architecture, Business and IT Requirements definition, IT process design, Transformational technology program management, Design and improvement of IT operating models, ServiceNow and Microsoft technologies advisory. Work effectively and independently as a team member, sharing responsibility, providing support, maintaining communication, and updating senior team members on progress. Leverage data and technology to assist senior team members in providing innovative solutions to clients’ challenges. Assist in preparing high quality work products for clients and other related parties in timely manner. Anticipate and identify risks within engagements and raise any issues with senior members of the team. Develop and maintain productive working relationships with clients’ personnel. Build strong internal relationships within EY Consulting and with other services across the organization. Follow our educational program to continually develop personal skills and capabilities. Contribute to people-related initiatives including recruiting and retaining consulting professionals.

Team / description

As part of our high-performing Technology Strategy & Transformation Team, you will deliver exceptional client service — consulting clients on technology strategies, providing advice on how technology enablement, digital transformation and enterprise intelligence will enable their business strategies. You will work with clients on their strategic technology solutions, and support clients transforming IT organizations, operating models and capabilities. Plus, you'll have fun while doing it, collaborating with a dynamic team that values creativity and innovation! The experiences you gain here will be more valuable than anywhere else, so, whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Qualifications and Skills

  • Master’s degree from a reputable University with excellent academic records

  • 1-3 years for Consultant and 3-6 years for a Senior Consultant of experience in Big4 consultancies, Strategy Houses or similar department within industry organizations or niche consultancies

  • Customer-centricity, strong interpersonal skills – a Team Player!

  • Strong analytical thinking, problem solving skills, presentation and communication skills

  • Excellent analytical skills for both business and technology solutions to enable the development of business process and/or technical solutions, including analyzing business and technology problems in a clear concise manner

  • Before all, you have a keen interest in Technology. We hire for the mindset in priority, not the skill set.

  • Excellent skills in both written and verbal English and German

  • ITIL certification

  • Project Management Certification (SCRUM, PMI, PRINCE2 etc.)

  • Understanding of Technology Strategy and Transformation disciplines including IT Strategy, Digital, Infrastructure and Cloud Strategy, Service Resiliency, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Technology Sourcing and IT service management

  • Knowledge of Enterprise Applications and technologies like ServiceNow, Microsoft (Office 365, Dynamics, Azure, etc.) AWS, Google Cloud, SAP, Oracle, Veeva, IQVIA, Salesforce, Pega

  • Knowledge of emerging technologies and trends, including artificial intelligence, deep learning, advanced predictive modelling, etc.

  • Exposure to programming or scripting languages: for instance, C++, Java, Python.