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Business Consulting Industrial Placement - Northern Ireland

Help organisation navigate disruption and transform their businesses.

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    Business Consulting

    Business Consulting can help to solve complex challenges and issues that are prevalent as businesses seek to transform themselves in the digital age. Our teams reimagine and transform business models by creating growth, managing cost and efficiency, responding to market pressures and regulations and resolving operational challenges.

    Technology in Business Consulting

    We’re building a better working world by transforming businesses through the power of people, technology and innovation. We deliver technology- enable transformation to our clients to help generate long-term value. We team closely with our Technology Consulting practice to support our clients through their transformation journey. Our teams fuse business insight technology, digital and data solutions for competitive advantage. 

    What will you be doing?

    • Working with a variety of clients from start-ups, recognisable organisations and the public sector
    • Listening to client problems and defining strategies and solutions
    • Developing proposals for EY or our clients
    • Analysing trends in industries like banking, insurance, telecommunications, media, technology and the public sector
    • You’ll also be expected to be flexible and spend proportions of your time on client site 

    Are you eligible to apply?

    If you’re in your penultimate year of university and studying for an honours degree (in any subject) that includes a one-year placement, this programme is for you. You’ll also need a minimum of Level 2/GCSE (or equivalent) in English Language & Maths, and three A-levels, 5 Highers or equivalent.

    Programme length

    One year

    Salary

    Competitive 

    How’s it structured?

    Over the course of a year, you’ll have access to many different experiences and learning opportunities across a diverse range of clients, industries, and projects. We'll help you develop the skills to decipher how each client problem is different and to find innovative ways of solving them.

    You'll attend training courses alongside our graduates and have access to learning and development resources as well as a supportive team to lend a hand. Since no two projects will be the same, we’ll coach and mentor you in a way that will prepare you for anything. You'll also be part of a large community with both our graduates and the wider Business Consulting team which is a great opportunity to build your network, participate in corporate sustainability events and develop your leadership skills.

    At the end of the year, if you’re great at your job, you could be asked to join one of our graduate programmes once you’ve finished university.

    What type of work will I be doing?

    As a graduate on the Business Consulting programme, you may have the opportunity to work across one or more of our competencies:

    • Business Transformation

      We’re living in a time of great uncertainty, and the pace and scale of change means it is an exciting time to work in Consulting. Organisations are continually adapting and responding to an evolving environment, and successful transformation journeys will be critical to leading businesses into a better future.

      EY Northern Ireland’s Business Transformation team helps clients solve complex issues by creating strategic plans, redesigning organisations, transforming their operations and processes, and improving business performance.

      We are a multidisciplinary team who deliver large-scale, multi-year transformation programmes for our clients, underpinned by three key value drivers:

      • Humans@centre  - Putting customers at the centre and prioritising deeper employee engagement and commitment.
      • Technology@speed  - Leveraging emerging and cloud technologies to enhance customer and employee experiences and to transform business models.
      • Innovation@scale  - Challenging sector boundaries, and being far more nimble in ideating, piloting and implementing leading-edge changes to existing business models.

    • Finance

      The world of business is constantly changing. For our clients, this can create better ways of doing business but it may also involve more risks. Within Business Consulting, you'll focus on Finance Transformation, working as part of a great team designing, leading and delivering end-to-end transformational change within the finance capability of our clients. This is often the catalyst for wider transformation within on organisation and to be able to lead the way is truly exciting.

    • Technology Risk

      Technology is at the heart of most modern organisations. As well as opening a world of opportunities, technology exposes organisations to a variety of risks. Our Technology Risk teams combine digital know-how with advanced technology to help clients understand and transform their businesses. Our experience helps clients grow, manage, protect and, when necessary, transform their businesses. Together, we shape entire industries by applying the right technological solutions to real-world problems. Your diversity of thought will only strengthen our work within this incredibly varied business area.

      We have a number of work streams for you to experience which help EY clients on matters including improving their processes/governance policies and establishing future-focused strategies. Across all of the work streams, you will be given the opportunity as you grow in your career to lead meetings, identify issues and propose solutions. You will work with, and get to know, senior stakeholders at EY clients up to board level.

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    Rewards and benefits

    You want a career that counts. An experience that challenges you. That rewards performance and ultimately defines your future. That's what's on offer at EY. After all, our success is founded on yours.

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    Adjustments

    All candidates should be given the opportunity to be their best selves throughout the process. We have adjustments in place to make all individual applications accessible.

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