Associate - Resource Management Support - Core Business Services

The opportunity

Kick-start a purposeful career and join our unique Resource Management Team to help solve exciting problems on a daily basis!

Your contribution will be pivotal to being part of a successful function, using your Resource- and Stakeholder Management expertise to become an integral part of Consulting Business Management team in the Financial Services Organization.

Key responsibilities

• Delivering end to end deployment solutions to the client facing business (e.g., Pursuits, new/existing engagements)

• First point of contact and managing deployment issues accordingly within their designated client serving team

• Monitor and escalate availability of resources and work proactively with colleagues from within the market and across EMEIA FSO Consulting markets to ensure utilisation is maximised

• Work with client facing staff to understand their skills and experiences for appropriate alignment to engagements

• Liaise with the business, counsellors and HR to keep abreast of the development needs of all individuals in the group to ensure planning is aligned

• Work with different Leaders to help deliver on the defined objectives in the country

• Provide insights on business performance and discuss trends, interventions and actions to improve results

• Forecast financial performance and utilisation levels on a regular basis using Retain (Resource Management tool) and EY Financial Reporting tools

• Required to prepare, analyse and present Management Information to senior stakeholders

• Understand and communicate key business developments

Skills and attributes for success

• Proven experience within Project Management, Resource Management, Operational, HR or Recruitment background, ideally within a professional services environment and/or Financial Services sector

• A proactive team player who is self-motivated, self-reliant and results orientated

• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English, German preferred

• Ability work under pressure to meet competing demands

• Confident and resilient to deal with challenges from the business and client facing individuals

• Strong stakeholder management capability to effectively influence Engagement Partners, Directors and Managers on deployment solutions

• Understanding the business to challenge decisions and demonstrate wider cross Service Line perspective to deliver results

• Problem solving and analytical mindset to understand and resolve complex challenges

What we offer

EY Switzerland offers you to work in a diverse and inclusive environment with around 3,000 employees from 64 different countries. You will collaborate with the best, learn from the best and continually grow, as we invest a significant portion of our annual turnover in the personal development and training of our employees.

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Have we sparked your interest? We look forward to receiving your complete application with CV, cover letter, certificates, and transcript of grades.

For more information, please contact our recruitment team (recruitment.switzerland@ey.com / +41 58 286 33 66).

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