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FS Business Consulting – Strategy and Operations Transformation – Senior Consultant - Dublin

General Information

Location: Dublin

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: NO

Business Area: Customer & Business Transformation

Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent

The Team and the opportunity

EY is in a great place today. We’re helping more clients, in more places, tackle more of their toughest challenges than ever before. The exceptional career experience you’ll have at EY will be unlike any other because of our exceptional and diverse people. We empower our people by offering the culture, the tech, the teams, the scale, the challenges, the learning and the relationships for you to personalize and build your career.

We offer a broad range of experiences that enable our people to grow professionally in a personalised way, while fostering a culture of global teaming and integration. We offer a range of leadership development programs, nurturing transformative leaders and behaviour that helps our people lead and inspire at EY and beyond. We are re-defining traditional career journeys and offering a range of diverse options for EY people to achieve success as defined by them and building strong foundations for future endeavours.

Do you have a passion for helping organisations maximise operational efficiency, cover the digital agenda and create great customer and employee experiences? Do you have prior experience in a strategy, operations, customer or change delivery role within consulting or the Financial Services industry? Are you looking for strong career development, with an opportunity to learn from highly talented people and want to benefit from the support of a global organisation and network?

At EY, our Business Transformation Consulting team works with financial services clients to reimagine and redesign the inner workings of their operations, enabling them to deliver on their corporate strategy, achieve cost and performance efficiencies and identify and capture growth opportunities for the future. We are currently seeking to hire into our Business Transformation Customer Team at Senior Consultant.

Your key responsibilities

• Lead strategic business transformation initiatives across Financial Services, focusing on customer strategy, operating model design, digital enablement, customer experience, lean process improvement, and organisational design.
• Drive innovation through emerging technologies and AI, leveraging data-driven insights and AI-powered solutions to optimise processes and enhance customer experience.
• Partner with clients to shape business objectives, analyse pain points, and translate them into actionable strategies and functional requirements. Facilitate workshops and interviews to capture process flows and user stories.
• Solve complex business challenges using design thinking, combining logical reasoning and creative approaches to deliver impactful solutions.
• Manage stakeholders and build trusted relationships, collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams to ensure alignment and achieve project objectives.
• Deliver actionable insights through data visualisation and technology implementation, enabling informed decision-making and measurable outcomes.
• Communicate complex ideas clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing, to influence senior stakeholders.
• Organise and prioritise effectively, ensuring high-quality deliverables within tight deadlines.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Degree-qualified professional with proven experience in business transformation; prior involvement in large-scale change programmes is highly desirable.
• Minimum 3 years’ track record in delivering complex change initiatives within Financial Services.
• Expertise across the full project lifecycle, from initiation and design through to implementation and delivery.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and complexity, rapidly diagnosing business challenges and shaping practical, innovative solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and resilience, with the capability to overcome barriers and establish credibility quickly.
• High personal impact and influencing skills, able to secure stakeholder buy-in for major decisions and transformation initiatives.
• Exceptional communication skills, including experience presenting to senior executives and crafting clear, persuasive narratives.

Ideally, you will also have

• Consulting experience or relevant industry expertise within a leading Financial Institution.
• Strong academic background with a relevant third-level qualification.
• Advanced analytical capability and proven proficiency in facilitating workshops and stakeholder sessions.
• High-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analytics and PowerPoint for creating structured, executive-level presentations.
• Professional certifications such as:
• • Lean Six Sigma
  • Project Management and/or Agile
  • Design Thinking

What we look for

• Someone who is passionate about reaching their full potential and excelling in their career.
• Someone with energy, enthusiasm and courage who enjoys solving complex problems and variety in their day-to-day working life.
• Someone who enjoys working as part of a community which values integrity, respect, teaming, and inclusiveness.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive benefits package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs: covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around.

• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.

• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.

All our employees are given a benefits package which they can tailor to suit their individual preferences. Our range of benefits include:

• Pension
• Discounted health insurance
• Web Doctor – Free unlimited online GP consultations for you and your family
• The purchase of additional annual leave
• Hybrid Working
• Free Gym membership
• Travel Pass
• Maternity & Paternity leave
• Bike to work Scheme
• Recognition Awards
• Cash incentives for referrals
• Work Mobile
• Tech MBA paid by EY
• Wellness rooms available in some offices

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

Career Progression

• When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.

• Continuous learning, where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

• As you grow and develop here, you’ll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it’s as unique as you are - success is defined by you, we will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

• Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture, you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.

Inclusion & Diversity

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is fundamental to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.

We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

IMPORTANT: Where Agency assistance is required, our Talent Team will engage directly with suppliers. CVs / Profiles should not be shared directly with Hiring Managers. Unsolicited CVs / Profiles supplied to EY by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.