Senior Consultant - London, United Kingdom - EY

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Programme Management team sits at the heart of EYs Financial Services Transformation Execution practice. The team leads multi-million pound transformation engagements for our clients.

We bring together other disciplines across EY Consulting and the wider firm to deliver outcome focussed transformational change for our clients.

We are experiencing high demand for people with Agile and Digital transformation skills and are keen to meet people with experience in these areas and the following sectors:

Insurance
Wealth and Asset Management
Capital Markets (with the flexibility to work across other banking sectors)

The opportunity

Our Programme Management team consists of deeply experienced and proven Financial Services professionals, who draw on their knowledge to help clients initiate, recover and manage large-scale programmes.

The team specialises in leading business-critical change, whether it be business transformation, IT led or regulatory programmes.

Working closely with our clients in large organisations; we understand what is really important, offering points of view and advice, supporting them, building confidence and ultimately ensuring efficient delivery.

Your key responsibilities

Client responsibilities

As part of programme leadership teams, deliver transformational outcomes for our clients
Manage multiple stakeholder communities at varying, levels of experience and agenda's and be responsible for overseeing the relationship
Ensure client deliverables are quality focused and delivered on a timely basis
Ensure effective execution through various delivery methodologies
Utilise existing relationships to develop business opportunities
Endeavour to become the trusted advisor of clients be seen in the marketplace and be recognised as a firstchoice solutions provider

People responsibilities

Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring staff
Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for staff
Contribute to people initiatives, including recruiting, retaining and training
Maintain an educational program to continually develop personal skills

Skills and attributes for success

Team player with exceptional interpersonal skills who can build rapport with the client and prove credibility
Highly flexible with a willingness to 'get their hands dirty' as well as providing strategic direction and leadership
Bring FS knowledge, delivery leadership skills and experience to the client which they may not have access to internally
Excellent presentation and facilitation skills
Motivated and shows willingness to move career forward quickly through a variety of client interactions and assignments that will push and challenge you on a daily basis

To qualify for the role, you must have

Professional delivery certification i.e. PMP, Prince 2 or relevant Agile certification such as PSM I, PSPO I, PSL I
Significant delivery experience, in leadership roles, with Agile exposure a must, together with the flexibility to work across delivery methodologies; could include working as a Scrum Master, a Product Owner, or an Agile Coach
Evidence of performing in role in a full endtoend project lifecycle for at least 2 initiatives with a budget of over £500k
Experience of project and programme delivery and of providing consulting services
Direct experience of Financial Services, either in a tier one consulting organisation or large financial services organisation

Ideally, you'll also have

Experience of Agile at Scale i.e. Agile being used to deliver across multiple teams, business and IT
Designing and operating the governance for large multidisciplinary programme
Exposure to both Business and Technology Transformation

What we look for
As a Senior Consultant, delivery excellence comes as standard.

You will find yourself leading projects and key workstreams for clients and using your experience and Financial Services knowledge to shape initiation, advise on governance structures and mentor their staff through the programme lifecycle.

In support of this we expect a strong background of successful end-to-end project delivery in blue-chip FS clients and a demonstrable passion for excellence.

We expect our recruits to be ambitious and provide the opportunity for rapid career growth and promotion

What working at EY offers
We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual and team performance.

Our comprehensive Total Rewards 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: