Consultant - Financial Services Business Consulting - Transformation Execution Practice

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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 navigate the changing market and customer needs.

As a Consultant in our Transformation Execution Practice, you will support challenging transformation initiatives in WAM, BCM, and insurance, 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 various transformation goals
• Developing your skills through on-the-job client experience and internal training opportunities
• Facilitating internal and external topic round tables 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 work in the financial services sector
• Experience in team-based projects (university or internships)
• A curious mind with the ability to structure problems systematically and organized
• Strong presentation skills and a highly client-oriented attitude
• Strong team player, proactively supporting solutions within diverse teams across functions and geographies
• Fluency in English and German is mandatory;
  Swiss German and other languages are a plus.

Ideally, you will also have:

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

We offer attractive benefits, including:

• Further education opportunities, such as accredited Masters in Sustainability, Business Analytics, or an MBA (EY Tech MBA) from Hult International Business School, free of charge
• Ad-hoc courses through online partners and EY knowledge sharing sessions
• Hybrid working model with flexible options
• Work-life balance with 5 weeks of holidays and overtime compensation
• Social contributions including pension plans and accident insurance coverage
• Parents@EY benefits for work-life integration
• Mentoring programs with leadership support
• Social responsibility initiatives via EY Ripples
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I)
• Fair-ON-Pay certified salary structures

Interested? Please submit your application with:

• CV (max. 2 pages),
• Cover letter,
• University certificates and transcript of grades

Additional relevant documents are welcome. For more information, contact r or .

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