I joined EY through an Industrial Placement. I wanted to try something new, in a people-focused role where there is opportunity to influence and change businesses for the better.
Alice
Business Consulting Graduate
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 businesses and 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-enabled 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 with technology, digital and data solutions for competitive advantage.
What will you be doing?
- Working with a variety of clients from start-ups to recognisable financial services organisations
- Listening to client problems and defining strategies and solutions
- Developing proposals for EY or our clients
- Analysing trends in industries like banking, insurance or telecommunications, media and technology
- You'll also be expected to be flexible and spend large proportions of your time away from your home office
Programme length
11 month placement
Salary
Competitive pro rata salary
Businesss skills training
You’ll have access to all the learning EY has to offer. This includes our EY Badges programme, virtual, live instructor-led classes, live classroom sessions, curated and snackable content and master classes. The range of content is vast and includes courses on analytics, emerging technology and IT, as well as marketing, leadership and personal wellbeing.
How’s it structured?
Over 11 months, you’ll have access to a variety of different experiences and learning opportunities. We'll help you develop the skills to decipher how each client problem is different and to find innovative and sound ways of solving them.
If you join Financial Services (FS) you’ll work on a variety of projects for leading global FS clients and will be encouraged and expected to take responsibility for your projects. During the programme you'll get exposure to a range of sectors across FS including Wealth & Asset Management, Banking & Capital Markets and Insurance.
If you join UK & Ireland (UK&I), you’ll learn to combine your tech knowledge with business experience across entire organisations or specific areas like finance, operations or risk functions. There’s no limit to what you can get involved in and all along the way you’ll be supported by your team.
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 larger community of graduates and apprentices which is a great opportunity to build your network, participate in corporate sustainability events and develop your leadership skills.
At the end of the placement, 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?
During your placement in Business Consulting you may have the opportunity to work across one or more of our competencies:
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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