EY’s Advisory Consultant Program (ACP) is a great way to start your professional journey if you are interested in a career as a consultant. As part of the ACP, the Technology Advisor Program (TAP) is a 2-3 year development program offering participants the opportunity to serve diverse clients, while engaging in learning, experiences, and coaching to develop core business consulting skills. Once you have developed a strong foundation, we will work with you to determine a more specific area of concentration for the next phase of your career journey.

What to expect

At EY we solve big, complex issues that help deliver better working outcomes that grow, optimize and protect businesses, now and in the future. Technology is at the center of business transformation and provides opportunities to improve performance, manage risks, and drive innovation. Our TAP professionals help our clients to better understand specific areas and issues such as mobile payments, cybersecurity, data analytics, robotic process automation, systems implementation, cloud computing, and IT transformation.

We focus on a variety of industries including, but not limited to: automotive, government and public sector, consumer products, media and entertainment, oil and gas, power and utilities, and technology clients. Additionally, we have built a dominant position and focus on financial services through our Financial Services Organization (FSO). Candidates electing to join the FSO will focus exclusively in financial services and will have opportunities to serve leading investment banks, retail and commercial banks, insurers, and investment managers. Whether you choose to join the FSO or pursue broader industry focus, you’ll build fundamental consulting skills that will provide the foundation for a long career.

Your key responsibilities may include:

• Growing lasting relationships with our clients, understanding their needs, and consistently delivering quality client services
• Helping clients drive business-led and technology-enabled transformation across a broad range of business issues
• Understanding and documenting clients’ business processes and requirements, performing root cause analyses, developing business cases, and gathering information
• Monitoring progress, managing risks and ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes
• Developing specific skills with software packages from leading enterprise application vendors
• Taking full responsibility for tasks including consistent self-review of work to identify and improve an approach for producing high quality work products, while working under supervision
• Constantly updating your understanding of current business and industry trends.

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant business or technology discipline, i.e. MIS, Computer Science, Statistics, Math, IT Security, Operations Research, Accounting or Finance (with a specific concentration in MIS), Information Systems, Information Technology, Technology Risk, Computer or other related Engineering
• Desire to work in consulting demonstrated by relevant course work, interest or internship experience
• The flexibility and willingness to travel as well as work in excess of standard hours when necessary
• The understanding that travel is an essential function of the job and is estimated at 80%
• Proficiency with MS Office, including MS Excel, MS Word and MS PowerPoint
• Willingness and ability to learn and work independently with minimal supervision
• Demonstrated project management, teaming, organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Effective organization and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines
• Integrity within a professional environment
• A driver’s license valid in the U.S.
• Candidates interested in the Government & Public Sector focus must have sole U.S. citizenship and be able to obtain and maintain a secret clearance or higher, within the designated time frame, which will be determined by the engagement requirements for a security clearance.

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, both pension and 401(k) plans, a minimum of three weeks of vacation plus ten observed holidays and three paid personal days, and a range of programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social wellbeing.

Plus, we offer

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• A rewards package tailored to your unique needs

At EY, you will work with entrepreneurs, the biggest companies and entire countries to solve their most pressing challenges. We promise you an exceptional experience that is yours to build — using our opportunities, scale, technology, learning, and diverse and inclusive culture.

And what you do here matters, guided by our purpose of building a better working world — for our people, for our clients and for our communities. We help digital pioneers fight data piracy, guide governments through cash flow crises, unlock new medical treatments with data analytics, and pursue high-quality audits to build trust in financial markets and business.

With over 400,000 people in more than 150 countries, we’re one of the world’s leading professional services organizations, with four integrated service lines: Assurance, Consulting, Strategy and Transactions, and Tax. Our global reach, skills and ability to learn from different perspectives help us create positive change on a massive scale.