The opportunity
Join EY FS Ireland you will be working with the best people on the most complex financial service issues, helping to shape the future of financial services.
By joining the Technology Consulting team, you will work in high-performing teams that deliver exceptional client service, enabling organizations to grow, innovate, protect and optimise their business performance – playing your part in building a better working world.
Your key responsibilities
1. Takes end to end responsibility for the mobilisation, delivery and benefits of large scale complex strategic programmes in accordance the Project Management Methodology.
2. Plans, directs, and co-ordinates activities to manage and implement a change programme roadmap from mobilisation through to implementation leading, directing and overseeing a large team of programme resources.
3. Maintains focus so that programmes are managed to realise business benefits.
4. Identifies and make decisions that have a significant programme impact and escalate decisions that cannot be resolved to the agreed governance forums.
Skills and attributes for success
Client responsibilities
5. Identifies, drives and leads problem solving and issue management for the programme deliverables
6. Conducts regular and ad-hoc program reviews with project managers, team and clients
7. Responsible for checking that all projects within programme adhere to Client project methodology and makes appropriate changes so that any deviations are addressed.
8. Establishes project management processes and risk and control processes
9. Influences Client Project Management methodology and policy improvements.
10. Possess the poise and maturity to handle difficult client situations
11. Influences and negotiates programme outcomes, often across multiple functions. Prepares and presents analysis, insights and recommendation to assist agreed governance forums and senior stakeholders with decision making.
12. Manage financial aspects of client engagements and communicate significant issues, fees, and estimates to complete to vendors and clients
13. Analyse business requirements from key stakeholders and assesses relevant solutions
People responsibilities
14. Coaches colleagues in the development of compelling business cases
15. Proactively manages any potential risks or issues
To qualify for the role, you must have
16. 12+ years senior level experience in delivery of large-scale complex change programmes ideally in a financial services environment. Candidate programme managers should have credible experience operating at this level.
17. Must possess experience within the Payments industry.
18. Experience in a matrix managed organisation
19. Experience in the establishment, training and managing teams comprised of both staff, contractor and strategic partners.
20. Strong financial background including experience of business case development and financial governance
21. Excellent communication skills – tailoring communications to suit a mix of audiences
22. Deep Functional expertise coupled with a relevant accreditation in their allocated programme/Domain Credit, Risk, Finance etc
23. Have a track record of delivery within several large-scale IT transformation programme
24. Have experience in seeking the alignment of business and IT, operating across organisational and technology silos to drive common approaches, delivering sustainable, agile and re-usable solutions
25. Have a proven ability to be able to take a ‘big picture’ delivery and project management view as well as being able to work at a detailed level across a broad range of contract types and engagement approaches
26. Address any deficiencies in the existing system development lifecycle with specific proposals for improvement
27. Be able to Influence and negotiate programme outcomes, often across multiple functions. Prepare and present analysis, insights and recommendation to assist agreed governance forums and senior stakeholders with decision making.
28. Accreditation and practitioner experience of a range of Project Management approaches including PRINCE II, PMI, Agile, etc.
Ideally, you’ll also
29. Have a Project Management track record with a blue-chip consulting or systems integration firm or as an IT Project Manager within a leading Enterprise/Organisation
30. Be comfortable working with client executives and senior management
31. Strong Relationship-building/influencing/decision making skills are imperative, as they will have to effectively work with senior leaders in cross-functional areas.
32. Have excellent communication skills – ability to translate strategy into measurable business benefits and vice versa with senior business stakeholders
33. Have experience in one or more of the following specialisms: Service Management, Cloud, Integration, Data Management, Test and QA.
34. Have experience working with directors to generate new business opportunities and build client networks and relationships
35. Understand all our service offerings and actively identify opportunities to better serve clients
36. Be able to build relationships with clients, acting as the primary point-of-contact for select clients/client personnel
37. Present business cases for recommended solutions, defining potential benefits, costs, options, risks and impact
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:
38. Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
39. Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
40. The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you
Additionally, EY is now one of the first global companies to offer our employees access to an externally accredited Technology MBA – a truly unique opportunity to develop yourself and others.
About EY
As a global leader in assurance, Tax, Strategy & Transactions and Consulting services, we are using the finance products, expertise and systems we have developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2023 a reality.