EY Senior Consultant HR & Restructuring - People Consulting 

Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam 

965979704

Responsibilities – How can you make a lasting impact in a rapidly changing world?

• Demonstrate technical skills in HR M&A
• Work alongside clients and lead project workstreams, from planning through implementation together with your team
• Support during the sales process by brainstorming with the team on the client’s request and drive the development of solutions

• Prepare client workshops and assist in facilitating workshops

• Contribute to generate profitable revenue by identifying additional engagement opportunities and building lasting relationships with clients

• Influence and persuade clients and stakeholders to gain support for project related initiatives and/or decisions

Skills and Attributes for success

• Team player with the ability to integrate with new teams quickly and effectively

• Collaborative and good at building relationships

• Ability to manage projects, analyze problems and to provide input to insightful, practical and sustainable solutions

• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills and data manipulation and presentation, such as through MS Excel tools and Power BI

• Able to manage stakeholders and client relationships in a fast paced and complex environment

• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience of producing high quality reports, papers, presentations with excellent attention to detail

• Ability to bring ideas and insights to clients that provide value, help address risk and assist in the driving solutions

• You demonstrate resilience in stressful situations and excel in performing under time pressure

• You are familiar with fast-paced dynamics and are able to navigate them effectively

General job requirements – Where do you start if you want to change the world?

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A relevant master’s degree, e.g. in Business Administration, HR, Finance

• Relevant working experience of 3 to 5 years within industry or consulting related roles with strong affinity for the people agenda

• Ability to analyze problems and to provide input to insightful, practical, and sustainable solutions

• Strong understanding of people related processes related to M&A
• Strong oral and written skills in English and Dutch is required.

Additionally, we are looking for candidates who…

• Strong understanding of financial acumen and how people can leverage financial benefits in M&A or restructurings

• A background in HR M&A deal and restructurings and driving the people agenda in the deal life cycle, experience with total rewards is a plus

• Experience working with organisation design & talent planning, HR operations, works councils and/or unions

• A large amount of eagerness to get started and get trained with our extensive learning curriculum

What we offer – Is everything that counts being counted?

• Vitality: the choice is yours. An online session with an external vitality coach, practical tips on topics such as nutrition, energy, sleep, and mindset and/or a voucher card to rent a padel court.

• Flexible working: you decide where and when you work in consultation with your team. At home, at the office, at the client or from another European country (up to 20 working days per year).

• Home office arrangement: to optimally set up your home office, EY has the following resources available for you: office chair, sit/stand desk, external monitor, desk lamp, (Bluetooth) headset and a large external keyboard.

• Laptop and smartphone: you are entitled to a laptop and smartphone with a business subscription.

• Salary: in addition to your fixed salary, depending on EY's financial performance, you may be eligible for a bonus. You are also entitled to an expense allowance (depending on the function) and an internet allowance of €40 net per month.

• Time off: you are entitled to 29 vacation days per year when full-time employed.

• Sabbatical: the option to take unpaid leave after consultation.

• Birth leave: EY will pay 100% of the birth leave, in case of an additional birth leave EY will pay 70% of the salary.

• Training and education: EY believes it's important for everyone to always have the opportunity to further develop yourself. We therefore offer you the opportunity to take part in various soft & hard skills training, external courses and/or sign up for an additional education. For example, obtaining an MBA to broaden your skills in Leadership, Business and Tech.

• Mobility: Contribute directly to our ambition to reduce EY's carbon footprint to zero by 2025. With the new scheme you choose the most diverse sustainable options via the EY My Daily Travel app or online environment. Think of the use of lease bicycles, electric shared scooters, electric shared cars, flexible lease cars and various subscriptions for public transport. You can also view your CO2 footprint via the app.

• Bicycle arrangement: finance the purchase cost of your new bicycle from your gross monthly salary (purchase cost amount divided over 12 months) or from your non-statutory holiday entitlement.

• Pension scheme: you will build up a pension capital directly after your start at EY. Each month the available premium amount is transferred for you in an investment account at our pension provider. You will also have the option to build up additional pension capital on a voluntary basis.

For more information about our employment terms, visit our page

The office

An (online) assessment an pre-employment screening will also be part of the process.

Pre-employment screening
Due to laws and regulations, and because EY (and in some cases its clients) has high demands on the reliability and integrity of its employees, every new employee will be screened. Depending on your rank the pre employment screening could contain the following: Certificate of Conduct (in Dutch: VOG) or - if requesting a Dutch VOG is not possible - Criminal Background Check of the country you are currently living or have lived during the last five years,  integrity questionnaire, verification of ID, diploma’s and/or work experience and consultation of the Dutch insolvency registry.