Uki Business Consulting - Capital Projects jobs at Ey in Ireland, Cork

General information

• Location: Dublin / Cork
• Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: No
• Business area: UKI Technology Consulting (SAP)
• Contract type: Permanent

General information

• Location: Dublin / Cork
• Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: No
• Business area: UKI Technology Consulting (SAP)
• Contract type: Permanent

Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent

As a Manager in Transaction Risk, you will be responsible for the delivery of high-quality work products within expected timeframes, monitoring engagement progress, managing risk and ensuring that key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes. You will foster relationships with client personnel at senior levels and manage expectations of client service delivery. When working on projects you will almost always be working as part of a wider cross service line team.

Your key responsibilities

The Manager will work closely with the Engagement Senior Manager or Director and with other service line delivery teams across the EY network. As a Manager you will have responsibility for:

• Working as part of a team on client engagements, and ensuring high quality delivery for your areas of ownership, with input into status tracking, issue and risk management, and change control
• Demonstrating in-depth technical capabilities and an ability to quickly assimilate new knowledge
• Contributing to an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment
• Monitoring and reporting on engagement economics, margin and resource trends
• Effective stakeholder engagement and accountability for client deliverables, including preparation of formal reports and presentations
• Contributing to the creation of client value through a commercial mindset and delivery of focused conclusions, recommendations and advice
• Contributing to team development, providing constructive feedback and team training, guidance and support
• Assisting in the development of client solutions and identifying new business opportunities
• Adhering to EY’s Quality and Risk Management policies, compliance requirements and supporting specific projects and initiatives
• Developing and deploying tools, methods, best practices and improvement initiatives
• Active investment in own learning and development

People responsibilities

• Develop network of contacts (internal & external)
• Seek regular feedback on individual assignments and regular guidance from counsellor
• Manage own time to budgets and communicate progress against plan to assignment manager
• Identifying issues and drawing to attention of Partner/Director and contributing to discussions

Skills and attributes for success

• Exceptional client service delivery, including high quality reports and deliverables for presentation to the client and other parties
• Ability to develop and maintain productive working relationships with client personnel
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and decision-making ability
• Flexibility to adapt to changing demands and priorities
• Relationship development, excellent verbal and written communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience in coaching engagement team members
• Teaming with diverse cultures and across the countries of operation of EY
• Growth mindset and proactive in own continuous development

To qualify for the role;

• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Business processes and controls knowledge (gained via previous experience within Governance, Risk and Controls, External Audit, Internal Audit, SOX or similar)
• Experience of client and stakeholder management, and relationship development
• Strong analytical, presentation and report writing skills
• Strong engagement management and ability to effectively manage a demanding workload with tight deadlines in a fast-paced and challenging environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, confidence in client and wider stakeholder interactions
• Mentoring and developing team members
• Be a self-starter and a pragmatic problem solver
• A passion to provide high quality service to your clients

The following will be an advantage;

• Experience working in a professional services environment, Private Equity Fund / Portfolio Company or PLC
• Transactions Advisory and Due Diligence and project management experience, including associated risk management procedures
• Knowledge of UK Corporate Governance, UK Listing Rules, Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules and Market Abuse Regulation requirements

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organisation.
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:
  
• Hybrid Working

• Pension/Discounted Health Insurance
• Web Doctor
• Purchase of Additional Annual Leave
• Free Gym Membership
• Travel Pass
• Maternity & Paternity Leave
• Bike to Work Scheme
• Referral Bonuses & Recognition Awards

• Tech MBA paid by EY

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.

Contract Type:Full-Time – Permanent

Our ambition is to become the Trusted Advisor for our clients in the procurement, construction, and operational phases of capital programmes by leveraging:

• Our people and their extensive industry experience
• Existing partnerships and relationships
• Our global EY experience across the Capital Programme Delivery (CPD) project lifecycle

Your key responsibilities

In order to continue to grow EY’s successful I&CP business, we are currently hiring Project & Programme Managers & Assistant Project Managers with an engineering, technical or construction related background.

• Working directly with EY’s infrastructure clients (across our focus sectors; energy, water, transport, gas, telecoms, housing, and healthcare) to help create innovative insights and solutions to meet their needs.
• Advising clients on the challenges relating to the delivery of capital projects and programmes
• Project set-up and mobilisation, defining the operating model and delivery strategy.
• Working as part of a team to ensure that all project deliverables are managed to time, cost and quality.
• Ensuring that project plans, project logs (E.g., Risks, assumptions issues, dependencies logs) and project budgets are managed effectively.
• Delivery of major project/programme activities throughout the entire project lifecycle.
• Integrating data to inform insights by sharing technical, sector and market knowledge in their area of expertise.
• Applying knowledge, experience and expertise to shape services to clients with limited direction, including development of high-quality work products and presentation of project outputs, as required.
• Participating in and as required, acting as the lead on small engagements or work-streams.
• Assessing the maturity of programme management and/or operations of an infrastructure or capital programme and where required implementing recommendations to improve that maturity.
• High quality business writing and ability to communicate effectively with customers and stakeholders, (including senior management team), via meetings, presentations and reports.
• Continuous development and improvement of processes and procedures within the team.

Internal Responsibilities

• Assisting in client account management activities such as recruitment for the project team, managing financial aspects of client engagements, and quality and risk management.
• Building valued relationships with clients and colleagues to assist in generating new business across EY.
• Providing a supporting role in presentations and proposals for elements of medium to high complex projects to prospective and existing clients.
• Communicating effectively with EY senior management and working to build, manage and motivate high-performing teams.
• Understanding all our service offerings and actively identifying opportunities to better serve clients.
• Building strong internal relationships within Consulting and across other service lines.
• Supporting team development activities, including:
  • Coaching, and mentoring activities.
  • Conducting performance reviews and contributing to performance feedback.
  • Contributing to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training activities.
  • Maintaining an educational programme to continually develop technical skills.
  • Understanding, following, and communicating workplace policies and procedures

To do this role effectively, we are looking for people with knowledge and experience in the following areas:

• 3rd level educational qualification in Engineering, Construction, or a related field.
• Assistant Project Manager– Approx. 3-6 years’ experience as a Project Engineer or Project Co-ordinator delivering engineering capital projects.
• Project / Programme Manager –Approx. 6 -20 years’ experience delivering large scale engineering capital projects in line with the responsibilities outlined above.
• Ideal candidates will have:
  • Experience in consulting or similar client facing role.
  • Multidisciplinary experience including project management, engineering feasibility and design, contract management and procurement.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with a track record in managing complex programmes.
  • Good understanding of project governance and change management principles
  • Additional professional qualifications, such as PRINCE2® or PMP, are desirable.

We offer a competitive remuneration package. 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:

• 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:

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 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.