Zurich
3 quarters ago
Consultant - Financial Services - EY Parthenon - Strategy & Execution (Graduate)
- 29 August 2025
- 100%
- Zurich
Job summary
Join EY, a global leader in financial services consulting. Shape your future with confidence!
Tasks
- Collaborate with C-level executives on strategic challenges.
- Drive agile transformation processes across sectors.
- Provide strategic support throughout the M&A lifecycle.
Skills
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Finance or related fields.
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities.
- Fluent in German and English, other languages a plus.
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About the job
At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.
We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.
Join EY and help to build a better working world.
The opportunity: Your next adventure awaits
We help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams – and bring you in your career exactly where you want to go.
You are fascinated by the financial industry and would like to get to know different sectors and companies within the framework of exciting, strategic projects?
Then become part of EY and help create a better working world.
You work in the area of Financial Services in our EY-Parthenon (EY-P) practice.
Within EY-P, our Strategy & Transaction Execution Team offers a comprehensive portfolio of strategic consulting services – including corporate strategy, business model and target operating model design, M&A integrations, separations, and transformations. Our team works cross-functionally and supports our clients throughout the entire strategy and transaction cycle. Our clients include renowned companies from the banking, wealth & asset management as well as the insurance industry.
At EY-P, it is about more than just a job. Through our work, we enable our clients to be sustainably successful. Start your meaningful career now and become part of our unique EY-P Strategy & Transaction Execution Team to solve exciting strategic challenges every day!
Your main tasks
As part of our fast-growing EY-Parthenon Strategy & Transaction Execution Team focusing on Financial Services clients, you work closely with C-level executives in the financial industry to master strategic challenges, drive agile transformation processes, and provide strategic support throughout the entire M&A lifecycle.
In doing so, you take on diverse and exciting tasks:
- Structuring and analyzing complex business problems
- Conducting primary and secondary research
- Creating financial models to assess strategic impacts
- Communicating and presenting solutions to internal and external stakeholders
- Actively participating in project acquisitions and publications
- Contributing to team and community building
What we are looking for
- Bachelor, Master or PhD in Banking, Finance, Management, Economics or Natural Sciences
- Excellent academic achievements and relevant professional experience
- Strong analytical skills and problem-solving competence
- Clear and convincing communication style
- Entrepreneurial and performance-oriented mindset
- Fluent German and English skills – additional languages are an advantage
Aiming high? Pursue your goals with us!
Shape your career at EY:
- In a culture that promotes diversity and continuing education
- In a work environment that always opens new doors for you through knowledge sharing, flexibility, and recognition – including a modern workplace with the necessary freedoms
- In an open and cooperative work culture based on honesty, integrity, and mutual respect
- With the opportunity to earn a recognized, company-sponsored, and free EY Tech MBA at the Hult International Business School during your employment*
Are you as ambitious as we are?
As a member of our high-performing teams, you develop the skills and mindset to become the leader the world needs.
Use our global reach, our technologies, our teams, and our culture to unlock your full potential – and change the world.
Learn from the best, work with the brightest minds, and ask better questions to get even better answers. The unique experiences you gain at EY will accompany you for a lifetime.
It is in your hands. It’s yours to build.
Take the next step now and apply online for your new challenge. For more information, please contact our Recruitment Team (recruitment.switzerland@ey.com/ +41 58 286 33 66).
What’s in it for you
Here at EY, you have the chance to have a truly extraordinary experience. We equip you with the latest technology and surround you with high-performing teams. Through our coaching and training programs, you develop the necessary skills while building a network of colleagues, mentors, and leaders who support you on your journey at EY and beyond.
Inclusion is a central part of our actions. We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities. If you need accommodations during the recruitment process, we are happy to support you.
Click here to learn more about our benefits and social responsibility.
Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.
Take the next step now and apply online for your new challenge. For more information, please contact our Recruitment Team (recruitment.switzerland@ey.com/ +41 58 286 33 66).
* Excluding EY contractors, interns, and alumni
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