Consultant - EPM Business Consulting Finance

In a world that’s changing faster than ever. Our global promise: “Building a better working world” guides our more than 300,000 employees around the globe and provides the basis for the work we do every day. With our innovative services in audit, tax, transaction and management consulting, we lead our clients into the future.

In Consulting, you will be involved in management and business consulting. We provide seamless, consistent and high-quality services to our clients around the world. Our team works collaboratively with our clients to manage engagements and lead teams of data analysis resources in all aspects of design and delivery of information solutions. The needs of our clients are driven by global trends of financial consolidation, planning and reporting requirements. In order to reinforce our team, we are currently looking for Consultants with first experience in Digital Finance/Corporate Performance Management and Business Intelligence/Data analytics to support client engagement teams and to work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services.

What you can expect - enriching experiences that will last a lifetime

Become part of Business Consulting Finance and work within a young and dynamic team advising the CFO function of national and international clients in the areas of Corporate Transformation, Digital Finance, Enterprise Performance Management and Global Business Services. Your main focus would be in our growing Enterprise Performance Management team that is typically involved in the following activities:

• Support the execution of entity-wide transformation programs, from strategy development to operational implementation
• Be involved in the design Finance operating models, finance processes and next generation digital finance capabilities - specifically in the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) area
• Be actively involved in the success of projects with state-of-the-art methods of project management
• Contribute to advising the finance organization and specifically the FP&A areas on the digitization of finance processes - from strategy development, concept creation and process design to optimization and implementation
• Work in an international team on cross-functional global business transformations
• Prepare benchmark analyses to optimize group structures and evaluate target operating models as well as governance structures
• Use the insight and experience of your daily consulting practice to continuously enhance/improve our consulting approaches/ways of working and support the publication of professional articles or presentations on conferences
• Actively participate in internal teaming and employee developments and engage in shaping our culture / Be part of the change and actively engage in shaping our culture and contribute to internal team developments.
• Look forward to an interesting and international environment in which you can develop yourself and broaden your network
• Profit from our internal career programs such as the international exchange program ‘New Horizon‘ as well as our ‘Global Business Service Academy‘ or our SAP Expert Class for Graduates

What you can contribute - skills for shaping the future

• Successfully completed business-related studies with excellent results
• First practical experience through an internship/working student position in Consulting or a Finance/Project Management position within a corporate environment
• First understanding of the CFO function of an organization
• Strongly interested in digitalization of the finance as well as IT solution architecture, data modelling and implementation
• Displayed interest in data and analytics of financial figures
• Highly motivated and willing to grow within a mentor-oriented corporate culture, carrying an entrepreneurial spirit
• Excellent team player who enjoys working in an inclusive environment
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills in German and English, further languages are a plus
• Strong analytical skills and a basic understanding of business metrics
• High affinity in dealing with MS PowerPoint and Excel, as well as interest in modern tools such as MURALTM or Power BI
• Willingness to travel

Stick to your plans and realize your goals with us! Design your career with EY in a culture that promotes diversity and education.

• International multi-cultural team of highly motivated professionals
• Constant personal development with a steep learning curve - a system of trainings, mentoring, counselling and on-the-job learning
• Modern working environment and equipment, fostering mobile working flexibility
• Transparent performance-based recognition and progression system
• Acquire a fully accredited corporate MBA (EY Tech MBA) from Hult International Business School, whilst working with EY, completely free*

Your ambition is as bold as ours. As part of our high-performing teams, you’ll build the tech skillsets and growth mindsets to become the leader you want to be. The leader the world needs. Harness our scale, our tech, our teams and our culture to realize your potential. Learn from the best, surround yourself with the curious, ask better questions to seek better answers. The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

Make the next step and apply for this position online. Ref. No: ZUR001M6. For further information please contact our recruitment team (recruitment.switzerland@ey.com / +41 58 286 33 66).

* exception of EY contractors, interns and alumni.