The opportunity

Being part of a dynamic, growing organization offers an exciting career path full of opportunity. EY's Consulting Services is a $4+ billion global practice, with 18,000+ professionals. Our Consulting team takes a strategic approach to helping clients define, transform and sustain leading performance.

Within Consulting, our team works with senior executives on their most pressing challenges to deliver tangible results, build compelling strategic visions and plans to drive growth and transformation in their organizations.

We are looking for accomplished, experienced, creative individuals who bring rigor, passion and practicality to our growing team across our Power & Utilities practice.

• Helping P&U clients conceive of and drive meaningful strategic vision and transformation across their organizations, leading with industry expertise and the full breadth of strategy development capabilities and approaches
• Lead large, complex, programs that require specialized discipline and expertise

We currently are seeking Managers and Senior Managers in our Business Consulting, Power & Utilities practice in Toronto, specializing in Strategy Transformation. Our team is focused on helping clients develop strategic plans leveraging a variety of methodologies including scenario planning to grow and sustain their businesses.

Our teams help clients by assessing their current strategic direction, bringing in depth research and environmental scans and jurisdictional examples to collaborate and work with their clients to develop fit for purpose support across the full spectrum of the business including strategic direction, customer and advisor engagement, operations, technology enablement, people and organization change, and program management and execution.

Your key responsibilities

• As a Manager and Senior Manager an important part of your role will be to actively establish, maintain, and strengthen internal and external relationships.
• Demonstrate thorough understanding of complex strategy concepts.
• Deliver quality services. Value and model excellent client service by establishing goals and implementation plans to achieve high quality deliverables and within expected timeframes. Monitor progress, manage risk and confirm key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Develop and maintain productive relationships with client management. Focus on deliverables and client business priorities. Manage expectations of service. Understand the client's industry and recognize key performance drivers and business trends.
• Develop people (Manager). Provide constructive on-the-job feedback/training. Foster an innovative and team-oriented work environment.
• Demonstrate high levels of technical and professional knowledge and quickly assimilate new knowledge. Keep up to date with current developments and trends in consulting services capabilities and industry knowledge.
• Generate new business opportunities. Understand Ernst & Young and its service lines and actively assess/present ways to serve clients. Develop long-term client relationships and networks. Develop relationships with other Ernst & Young team members across all practices to serve client needs.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills
• Strong analytical mindset in terms of taking abstract questions and issues and structuring them into manageable, specific work streams
• Demonstrated consistency in values, principles, and work ethic
• Strong project management skills

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering or relevant field
• Preferably a post graduate degree or relevant professional designation (MBA or MSC are preferred)
• At the Manager level, a minimum of 5+ years of relevant consulting experience
• At the Senior Manager level, a minimum of 10+ years of relevant consulting or industry experience
• Experience in providing growth strategy; strategy, value creating strategy, the strategic planning process; scenario planning; operating model design; strategic investment analysis; and options assessment
• Not require, but additional experience leading complex projects, long term strategic planning, scenario planning, and transformation would be nice to have
• Strategy consulting experience or Utility experience with a depth of understanding in the P&U sector

What we look for

We are looking for passionate leaders with strong vision to lend subject matter expertise to the design the strategic builds for our clients. If you have a genuine desire to help businesses achieve their full potential, this role is for you.

What we offer

At EY, our Total Rewards package supports our commitment to creating a leading people culture - built on high-performance teaming - where everyone can achieve their potential and contribute to building a better working world for our people, our clients and our communities. It's one of the many reasons we repeatedly win awards for being a great place to work.

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 allows you decide which benefits are right for you and which ones help you create a solid foundation for your future. Our Total Rewards package includes a comprehensive medical, prescription drug and dental coverage, a defined contribution pension plan, a great vacation policy plus firm paid days that allow you to enjoy longer long weekends throughout the year, statutory holidays and paid personal days (based on province of residence), and a range of exciting programs and benefits designed to support your physical, financial and social well-being. Plus, we offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues in the industry
• Learning 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

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