Technology Consulting – Sustainability Solution Architect, Senior Manager

General information 

• Location: Dublin
• Available for Work Visa Sponsorship: Yes
• Business area: Technology Consulting (Sustainability)
• Contract type: Permanent

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, we are counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. 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.

EY have a number of career opportunities available, and we are interested in meeting candidates who are looking for a new challenge, one where you can develop your range of skills significantly. Be that a move out of industry into practice, or from within practice into advisory services. We are looking for future leaders with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. Our opportunities will allow you to apply your expertise to a variety of projects whilst offering you excellent career progression opportunities.

The team and the opportunity

As part of our ambition to become the Sustainability digital transformation go-to partner, EY have established a Sustainability Technology business within Consulting. This is a home for our talent and will be a differentiator in the marketplace.

Our clients are facing a future of massive disruption driven by climate change, regulatory reporting, stakeholder expectations, new competition, and technology innovation. By bringing our brand, content, and technology together, EY can become our clients reliable and chosen transformation partner. Our approach and solutions combine the breadth and scale of EY’s leading advisory and technology practices, capabilities and insight to drive real transformation, real change, real outcomes and we are expanding its Technology Consulting team to help these companies navigate this disruption and take advantage of new opportunities

You will join the EY’s Sustainability Technology team within Technology Consulting, working closely with communities of sustainability and technology focused professionals who work together to deliver this change, sharing modern engineering enablement and smart automation to optimise delivery and speed to outcome. We embed digital sustainability across people, process, and technology to enable more effective governance and efficient business operations. Our solution provides clients with sustainability digital services across ESG, EHS and Sustainability in collaboration with our EY Partner Ecosystem. 

These teams have deep functional knowledge and experience across our client’s core business functions, combined with deep technical skills to lead and deliver business outcome led high quality client solutions. Our management consultants and our technology consultants are the same – client focused, functional advice combined with technology enablement, one team, one dialogue, driving change and outcomes.

The role as Senior Manager is a fantastic opportunity to lead the translation of clients’ Sustainability and ESG challenges, leveraging strong technical expertise, into key business and functional requirements, to build digital solutions that drive value for their customers and employees. You will play a key role in supporting the development and strengthen existing client relationships and help our clients navigate the complex Sustainability issues facing their business. As part of this growing team, you will also get to help shape the innovative culture that makes EY such a great place to work.

Your key responsibilities

Market / Client Centricity:

Your role will be to focus on EY’s clients across various sectors, Manufacturing, Food, Materials, Logistics and Public Sector (Infrastructure, Government and Health) to drive opportunities, relationships and profitable revenue from Sustainability-led digital transformation service proposition. You will work to develop your own network and relationships at the client, gauge their issues and, from that, develop service line solutions and drive incremental profitable revenue. You will work closely with Lead Partners, Sector Leads, other Business Development leads and the EY alliance partner network.

• Identify and gather information on new client and sector issues through meetings and share this effectively within Tech Consulting.
• Facilitate expansion of points of contact between EY and the client. Create, maintain and drive the execution of the relationship map and plan to develop many to many contacts.
• Personally lead development of those relationships where EY has no existing relationship, introducing and supporting connections for specialists to then win work.
• Develop peer relationships with client senior management, and together with the Sustainability Lead Partner, build Board and ExCo level connection.
• Co-ordinate client relationship events and ensure return on investment is measured through deepened relationships and increased opportunity for EY to work with the client.
• Lead the origination of client’s solutions to their digital-related challenges in sales and/or service functions.
• Lead the bidding, winning and delivering of customer and digital transformation engagements of significant size and scope.
• Focus on current issues to ensure that relevant time sensitive solutions and ideas are communicated to clients using internal network to identify EY’s angle and develop a proposition to take to the client.
• Identify white space at the client/sector and individuals to target. Lead on developing and driving plans.
• Boost sales conversion through deploying rigorous sales processes, pricing, contracting and negotiation, to win work across multiple channels.
• Ensure all sales activities are consistent with EY account plan sales process, client service meetings, client service reviews etc.
• Act as a focal point for selling new propositions, working closely with the Sector Lead to drive specific topics across the Sector.
• Actively seek opportunities to add more value to the client, through cross-functional solutions.
• Provide visibility of sales pipeline by ensuring opportunity management systems are kept up to date.

Solution Architecture:

• Work with clients to shape and develop their Sustainability technology transformation roadmap and change portfolio with EY’s alliance partner solutions and other emerging platforms.
• Adopt and adapt appropriate systems design methods, tools and techniques selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches, and ensure they are applied effectively.
• Undertake impact analysis on major design options and trade-off during client engagements.
• Review others’ systems designs to ensure selection of appropriate technology, efficient use of resources, and integration of multiple systems and technology.
• Ensure that the system design balances functional and non-functional requirements.
• Contribute to development of systems design policies and standards and selection of architecture components.
• Have a strong, working knowledge of Design initiatives and how to integrate these into a transformation project.
• Lead the development of solution architectures for specific client proposals, EY assets and selected business domains (Sales, Service, Marketing, Commerce etc).

People Leadership:

• Line management of Senior Managers and Managers within the team, coaching, guiding and helping them grow to their full potential.
• Focus on own development.
• Continuous meaningful career development and performance review conversation with direct reports.
• Lead, manage and maximise the performance of project teams when acting as the Engagement/Delivery Lead.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Experience in Sustainability digital transformation leveraging leading technology platforms, ecosystems, and other emerging technologies.
• Experience in managing digital transformation projects across carbon accounting, net zero, EHS compliance and transformation, ESG reporting, supply chain, human rights, circular economy, and biodiversity.
• Experience in providing solutions in the Microsoft ecosystem – including the Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft sustainability Cloud, Microsoft sustainability Manager, Microsoft Fabric and Power Platform.
• Experience of developing solution architecture for ‘connected consulting’ programmes – overseeing teams outside of Front Office and Digital to deliver a wider transformation programme.
• Leading bid teams, including examples of scoping and shaping winning proposals.
• Articulate the value of Sustainability Technology and emerging technologies in business to a non-technical audience in a clear and compelling fashion.
• Prior experience (min 5-8 years) of being a Pre-sales Engineer/Solution/Technical Architect.
• Facilitate requirements gathering workshops with clients to identify pain points and translate functional requirements to technical solutions.
• Solid knowledge of the design thinking ethos of human centre design and ability to apply it to solve client issues.
• Strong understanding of the application of agile methodology in both product development and organizational structure.
• Creative problem-solving ability, curious mind-set, comfortable with working in ambiguous situations.
• Strong people management skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills.
• Ability to rapidly identify issues and propose solutions.
• Ability to work independently with limited oversight.
• Ability to grow and develop people working for them.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Microsoft 365 Dynamics
• Service Cloud Consultant
• Experience Cloud Consultant
• B2B Solution Architect
• B2C Solution Architect

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. 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
• Work Mobile
• 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. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance. 

Career Progression

• When you join EY, you will be supported to ensure that you are enhancing your skills from day one.
• Continuous learning, where you can develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• As you grow and develop here, you’ll discover opportunities to help customise your career journey, so that it’s as unique as you are – success is defined by you, we will provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership, we will give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture, you will be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
• We have embraced Hybrid working at EY adding greater flexibility and autonomy to the roles of our employees.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Inclusion & Diversity

We hold a collective commitment to foster an environment where all differences are valued and respected, practices are equitable and everyone experiences a sense of belonging: Inclusion, diversity, and equity are part of who we are at EY. We believe that the highest-performing teams maximize the power of different perspectives and backgrounds. These teams are both diverse and inclusive and are willing to invite and learn from other perspectives. Our ability to include various viewpoints into our mindsets, behaviours and operations is central to driving innovation, building strong relationships, and delivering the best solutions for our clients.

We recognise the strength that comes from having a diverse workforce and building a culture where we support all our people to achieve their potential. You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Reasonable accommodations are offered at every stage of our recruitment process.

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. 

Apply now.

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