Government and Public Sector - Transformation Execution - Business Consulting - Staff

About the role

EY’s Government & Public Sector practice delivers consulting and audit services to Federal, State, Local and Education clients, helping them implement new ideas to achieve mission outcomes. As a member of the Transformation Execution Team, you will support US federal, state and local agencies in improving program and project management operations.

Responsibilities

• Support and improve Program Management operations including integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk, procurement and stakeholder management
• Apply PM knowledge to meaningful and complex projects with multidisciplinary teams and industry leaders
• Participate in and lead collaborative teamwork environments on dynamic client project engagements
• Collect and analyze data to develop innovative recommendations and methodologies for organizational, process and technology improvements
• Deliver quality client services and establish enduring relationships with key stakeholders
• Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to clients’ businesses
• Advance business acumen by learning from senior resources
• Communicate improvements from and help implement EY US’ portfolio management, PM and project management methodologies
• Develop people through effective leadership, coaching and mentoring of all levels of staff
• Support people-related initiatives including recruitment, retention, training and competency development

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Understand clients’ cultures and operations to influence important decisions
• Leverage industry-leading practices and trends to provide valuable insights to clients
• Cultivate and manage business development opportunities
• Understand EY’s service lines and assess/present ways to serve clients
• Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks
• Build relationships with team members across EY practices to serve client needs

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with an emphasis in Finance, Accounting, Engineering or a business-related field
• At least two years of consulting or relevant industry experience
• At least one year of experience leading teams on engagements
• Knowledge and experience in process improvement, stakeholder and customer engagement support, performance measurement or management, and performance measures and metrics development
• Proactively identify team and client needs
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Ability to manage shifting priorities and changing needs of the client
• Ability to mentor and develop staff
• Attention to detail and commitment to excellence
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with one or more PM software packages, such as Microsoft Project or Oracle Primavera
• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint
• Willingness and ability to travel to client sites
• Ability to obtain and maintain a secret/public trust clearance or higher

The EY Government and Public Sector Practice assigns resources to projects aligned to the office within your metropolitan area; travel may be required within and/or beyond your geographic region based on client and project needs. For federal roles, flexibility to travel up to approximately 30% is preferred. For state, local and education roles, flexibility to travel up to approximately 80% is preferred.

Qualifications

• Prior consulting experience with a Big 4 firm or large global institution
• Experience supporting client service projects, business development efforts and internal growth initiatives
• Experience delivering services for project plans on medium to small projects
• Experience with federal, state or local agencies, often gained by working in a Big Four global management consulting firm or a blue-chip company focused on the government and public sector

Pay

The base salary range for this job in all US geographic locations is $69,700 to $114,800. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State and California (excluding Sacramento) is $83,500 to $130,600. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined by education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.