At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.   The exceptional EY experience. It's yours to build.   EY focuses on high-ethical standards and integrity among its employees and expects all candidates to demonstrate these qualities.  

EY is a leader in serving the global financial services marketplace and the only professional services firm with a separate business unit dedicated to the financial services industry – the Financial Services Organization (FSO). Our focused model and bold ambition have put us at the center of the events that continue to reshape and redefine our industry, working side by side with a range of clients from our most venerable institutions to dynamic new entrants across Banking and Capital Markets, Wealth and Asset Management and Insurance. Our purpose is to help build a financial services industry in which financial institutions are trusted and flourish, and the global economy is healthy, growing, and secure. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve complex challenges, then come join our dynamic FSO team! 

  

Data has yet to be utilized to its fullest potential. Financial institutions are looking to build smarter and more efficient ways to operate their business, through new opportunities uncovered by their data. Our clients look to us as trusted advisors to provide insights on how to ingest, interpret, and manage their data. We specialize in business intelligence, advanced analytics, and information management. EY is transforming the way our clients use and manage their data by architecting data strategies, providing end-to-end solutions that focus on improving their data supply chain, reengineering processes, enhancing risk control, and enabling information intelligence by harnessing latest advanced technologies. 

  

The opportunity  

We provide constant room for growth through client engagements and personal development. Our practitioners develop and lead innovative data techniques and methods, supporting both business and technology leaders. This role provides the unique opportunity to build a professional network, tackle complex data issues, and drive cutting edge approaches across industry leading clients and domains. The experiences you gain here will be more valuable than anywhere else. 

  

Your key responsibilities  

You will be leading diverse teams of professionals across different geographies to deliver a wide range of data and analytics services focused on defining data and analytics strategies, performing assessments, recommending remediation strategies/solutions based on aggregated view of identified gaps, and designing/implementing future state data and analytics solutions.  You will be solving complex issues and responsible for driving growth across financial services. 

  

Skills and attributes for success 

Fostering an innovative and inclusive team-oriented work environment 

Leading and coaching diverse teams of professionals with different backgrounds  

Providing subject matter expertise in defining technical and business approaches 

Building strong relationships with the clients and cultivating business opportunities 

Initiating and building thought leadership through white papers, point of views, and proof of concepts 

Working in an entrepreneurial environment to pave your own career path 

Ability to meet deadlines and manage project delivery 

Superior communication and interpersonal skills 

Develop strategies to solve problems logically using creative methods 

Propose and drive new technologies to enhance or replace existing business processes 

Evaluate and test various alternative approaches and recommend the best path forward 

Manage cross functional teams, to ensure project task and timeline accountability 

Experience with data management, architecture, analysis and visualization 

Ability to engage and influence large teams and functional leaders 

  

 To qualify for the role you must have  

Undergraduate or Master's degree in a quantitative field (e.g. engineering, computer science, business, economics, finance, statistics, and/or analytics) 

Minimum of 8 years' experience in banking, capital markets, insurance or asset management in a Data Scientist or Business Intelligence role with at least 3 years of experience managing a team 

Superior communication (verbal and written) and presentation skills with the ability to effectively advocate technical solutions and results to technology and business audiences at all levels and disciplines within EY and client organizations 

Experience in leading teams and enterprise data programs: assessing maturity, creating strategic roadmaps and data roadmaps 

Demonstrating business value, managing data risk, leveraging data management technology 

Experience presenting analytical conclusions to senior officials in a company and other stakeholders 

Ability to lead meetings, hold workshops with executives, effectively advocate technical solutions and results to technology and business audiences 

Proven application of advanced analytical and statistical methods in the financial services space 

Experience working independently, efficiently and effectively under extreme time constraints and delivering results by critical deadlines   

Collaborate with our data scientists to map data fields to hypotheses and curate, wrangle, and prepare data for use in their advanced analytical models 

Demonstrated senior-level leadership (thought leadership or people leadership e.g. managed project teams or direct reports) in engaging with C-level executives and technical clients 

Practical experience in leading and managing teams through a product life cycle – requirements, design, development and testing 

Practical experience using latest technologies for data ingestion, storage, mining/warehousing, big data analytics, manipulation, and visualization 

Meaningful experience in multiple database technologies such as: 

Distributed Processing (Spark, Hadoop, EMR) 

Traditional RDBMS (MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL) 

MPP (AWS Redshift, Teradata), 

NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra, Neo4J, Titan) 

Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Platform, Databricks) 

Experience with client-facing activities such as requirements gathering, facilitating meetings, presentation creation, and ability to prepare client ready deliverables 

Ability to quantify improvement in business areas resulting from optimization techniques through use of business analytics and/or statistical modeling 

Ability to integrate new knowledge and adapt to change with a natural curiosity and desire to learn 

Project management and process development expertise in client serving roles 

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills 

Strong organizational and time-management skills 

Ability to understand business challenges and translate them into analytics solutions 

Excellent leadership and teaming skills 

A willingness and ability to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 60% 

  

Ideally, you'll also have  

Prior consulting experience 

Experience monitoring performance, reporting, and economics of ongoing progress for the major initiatives of the business unit you support. 

Experience working independently, efficiently and effectively under extreme time constraints and delivering results by critical deadlines 

Experience quantifying results to the business, from the front line to senior executives 

  

What we look for 
We're interested in self-motivated and passionate leaders with a strong vision and desire to stay on the cutting edge of data technology and science. We are looking for individuals who aspire to build collaborative team environments and possess effective management skills while demonstrating in-depth technical capabilities and industry knowledge. If you have a genuine drive for helping consumers achieve the full potential of their data while working towards your own development, this role is for you! 

  What we offer   We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $142,600 to $325,800. The salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $171,100 to $370,300. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography. In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options. Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year. Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.   Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next. Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way. Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs. Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.   EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis. If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.   EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.   Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.   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.   For those living in California, please click here for additional information.   EY is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, genetic information, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected basis, including arrest and conviction records, in accordance with applicable law.   EY is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities including veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and either need assistance applying online or need to request an accommodation during any part of the application process, please call 1-800-EY-HELP3, select Option 2 for candidate related inquiries, then select Option 1 for candidate queries and finally select Option 2 for candidates with an inquiry which will route you to EY’s Talent Shared Services Team (TSS) or email the TSS at ssc.customersupport@ey.com