Senior Consultant, Transformation Delivery, Business Consulting, Belfast or Derry, Londonderry

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The Team and the opportunity

Our TD team sits within the Business Consulting pillar of EY’s Consulting practice. With a clear purpose of ‘building a better working world’, EY’s TD team is committed to delivering exceptional client services across a range of sectors, including the public sector, energy and utilities, telco, health, consumer products and transport.

In EY, our approach to delivering exceptional programme/project management and transformation services for our clients is underpinned by three defining features of our approach:

• Purpose-led Transformation: Having shifted to becoming a purpose led organisation in 2013, we, at EY, have seen the benefits of purpose-led transformation for ourselves. And we are now using this proven approach to inform our client engagements.
• Collaborative teamwork: In TD, we take a very proactive approach to ensuring that our teams are ‘more than the sum of the parts’ and that all members of the team are supported in their career development and progression.
• Delivering exceptional client service in a consistent and professional manner: EY’s Service Quality tools are designed to provide a process of continuous improvement, using a portfolio of tools and enablers designed to support the Consulting Strategy by embedding service quality into delivery of all of our engagements.

Your key responsibilities

In order to grow EY’s successful TD business we are looking for experienced Senior Consultants who will be responsible for:

• Client Responsibilities:
• Supporting consistent delivery of high-quality project deliverables on time and within budget
• Managing and monitoring project logs, including project plans, risk and issue logs, project budgets, resource plans, etc.
• Developing and updating project reports, including status reports
• Supporting development of clear, high-quality work products for clients (with guidance)
• Helping to shape creative and innovative solutions to address client business and technology issues
• Assisting in managing financial aspects of engagements by organising staffing, tracking fees and communicating issues to project leaders
• Communicating effectively with the EY engagement team, the client and internal and external stakeholders, as required
• Working confidently with clients, to support building 'trusted advisor' relationships.
• Internal Responsibilities:
• Building strong internal relationships within Consulting and across other services lines;
• Developing and maintaining your personal training and development plan to ensure you continue to update and improve your skill profile on an ongoing basis;
• Supporting collaboration and teaming activities across engagements and across the TD team;
• Building understanding of EY’s service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Over 3 years’ experience in a management consultancy or similar advisory role in industry or the public sector
• Over 3 years of Project Management experience of supporting projects, programmes and transformations, including supporting with project planning and monitoring, resource management (including project finances), benefits realisation, etc.;
• A strong academic record including a third level degree, preferably in a business, technology or project management related area
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office skills including Word, Excel, Project
• Good understanding of project governance and change management principles
• Experience of working across our focus sectors (public sector, energy and utilities, telco, health, consumer products and transport) is desirable;
• Additional professional qualifications, such as Prince2®, PMP or equivalent qualifications are desirable
• You must have full working rights to work in UK and Ireland to be considered for this role.

EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.