Our People Consulting business enables organizations to effectively harness their people agenda as part of an integrated business strategy. We create competitive advantage by helping organizations get the right people, with the right capabilities, in the right place, for the right cost, doing the right things.

The People Analytics and Strategic Workforce Planning team is group of both HR Professionals and technical specialists that practice the full life cycle of people data from the early stages of data scoping and capture, to its management, analysis and reporting. The nature of our work typically requires working with large datasets from disparate data sources to support decision making and innovative services for our clients covering a range of industries. This is achieved by combining deep human resources knowledge with advanced data analytics techniques such as investigative data linking, exploratory and descriptive analysis, social network analysis and predictive modeling.

The opportunity

• The rapidly growing People Analytics Team within the People Consulting department is currently seeking suitable candidates for an excellent career opportunity in Workforce Advisory
• Diverse team which deeply believes in teaming, trust and respect
• This team represents a critical component in EY’s People Consulting growth strategy and is where most of the innovative early thinking in People and HR Data Analytics takes place
• You will have a unique, career changing opportunity to play a key role in the growth and strategy of the People Consulting-Team
• Outstanding career opportunities through ambitious project work, a strong EY network as well as transparent performance-based recognition and progression system

Your key responsibilities

• Working on client engagement teams in carrying out both reactive and proactive data analysis of large volumes of structured and unstructured data involving a wide range of database management systems and information platforms
• Help clients solve complex business problems using state of the art technology and solutions
• Working with stakeholders, internal and external auditors, lawyers and executives in sensitive and sometimes time pressuring situations
• Working in our specialized technology labs and onsite, to help clients leverage knowledge from their data through the application of advanced analytics
• Supporting the development of new Use Cases and solutions, by understanding the state-of-the-art methods, customizing them to the business needs, and making them ready for production

Skills and attributes for success
To qualify for the role you must have

• Degree (Bachelor or Master) in all fields related to Computer Science
• Experience with SQL or similar database query languages
• Strong problem solving, analytical, technical, and interpersonal skills
• Consulting-oriented mindset, flexibility and “can-do” approach
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English (German is a plus)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with Python, R, Ruby scripting or other programming languages
• Experience HR IT, People Analytics or with human resources data
• Solid knowledge of IT environments, networking, server architecture and IT security
• Experience in collecting, processing and analyzing large volumes of unstructured and structured data
• Knowledge of machine learning techniques such as (un)supervised clustering, SVMs, or deep learning
• Practical experience in a similar type of work