Location: Belfast
Other locations: Primary Location Only
Date: Sep 22, 2024
Requisition ID: 1516599
General Information
Location: Belfast
Business Area: EY Data, Analytics & AI Ireland
Contract Type: Full-Time – Permanent
EY exists to build a better working world. We empower our people by offering the culture, tech, teams, scale, challenges, learning, and relationships for you to personalize and build your career, helping to create long-term value for clients, people, and society and build trust in the capital markets.
This role can be located in our offices across the Republic of Ireland, working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax, and transactions. EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.
The Team and the Opportunity
As part of our Data Analytics and AI team, the Data Strategy role is pivotal in enabling our clients to derive significant value from their information assets. Through collaboration and domain expertise, our team embeds innovative data analytics solutions into existing business areas, transforming data into strategic assets. We are looking for a Data Strategist who is passionate about leveraging data to solve complex problems and drive business outcomes.
You will play a key role in driving growth by developing new and existing client relationships and delivering first-class customer experience on high-profile engagements.
The Data Analytics and AI team serve as trusted advisors to embed innovative data analytics solutions into existing business areas and transforming data into strategic assets.
Working across all industries, you’ll develop your career by communicating creative, strategic goals both internally and externally. As a manager, the opportunity to assess and improve our clients’ reporting policies and corporate governance processes will impact these ever-challenging areas during transformational and regulatory changes.
Your Key Responsibilities
* Assist organizations define their vision and strategy for Data and AI and support them to execute this strategy effectively.
* Support organizations as they scale their analytics capabilities, providing insights into the skills, capabilities, ways of working and approach required to achieve success.
* Help organizations to develop and refine their operating model for data and AI.
* Lead the establishment and evolution of the Data Analytics capability within organizations, ensuring alignment with business goals and industry trends.
* Stay abreast of general industry trends and industry best practices to ensure the organization's data strategy remains cutting-edge and effective.
* Conduct capability assessments to evaluate the current state of data management and identify areas for improvement.
* Understand key business drivers within an organization and help to articulate and quantify the value that data and AI can deliver.
* Lead the rollout and scaling of data assets and products, ensuring they deliver value and support the organization's strategic objectives.
To qualify for the role, you must have:
* Minimum of 5 years of experience in data analysis and strategy, with a proven track record of creating impactful visual stories from complex datasets.
* A completed degree (bachelors, masters, or PhD).
* Proven experience in setting up and leading a Data Analytics capability in a complex business environment.
* Broad knowledge of all areas of data across Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Data Science, Data Visualization, Data Governance, and Data Operations.
* Excellent leadership and organizational skills, with a track record of developing and leading high-performing teams.
* Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business needs into effective data strategies and actionable plans.
* Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence at all levels of the organization.
Ideally, you will also have:
* The ability to demonstrate keeping pace with industry trends and apply best practices to data strategy and operations.
* Strong experience in consulting, with the ability to provide strategic advice and practical solutions to business challenges.
What we look for:
* Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business needs into effective data strategies and actionable plans.
* Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage and influence at all levels of the organization.
What working at EY offers:
We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development. 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:
* Pension
* Maternity & Paternity leave
* Discounted health insurance
* Bike to work Scheme
* Web Doctor - Free unlimited online GP consultations for you and your family
* Recognition Awards
* The purchase of additional annual leave
* Cash incentives for referrals
* Hybrid Working
* Free Gym membership
* TECH MBA paid by EY
* Travel Pass
* Wellness rooms Available in some offices
EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities.
If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
Join us in building a better working world. That’s Why, EY.
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