Senior Consultant - Technology Consulting Ernst & Young AE

The opportunity

As part of the EY Insurance Technology Consulting practice, you will have the opportunity to work across a portfolio of engagements that will challenge you in areas such as Core Insurance Solution implementations, CRM, ERP, digital implementation, data/analytics, artificial intelligence and cloud. Our team has a footprint that spans several countries across the MENA region, and our practice and team has grown year-on-year.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals with an agile mindset, business problem solving skills, insurance industry knowledge and/or Management and Technology Consulting experience, to supplement our strong capabilities and contribute towards our continued growth.

Your key responsibilities

• Work closely with clients to understand their business challenges and bring our experience of Insurance and Technology to enable them to develop solutions that transform their business
• Bringing insight, perspective and your experience to clients in the insurance sector
• Contribute to business development and provide support with proposals and RFP responses,
• Use data analytics and artificial intelligence techniques to tackle business problems
• Create and deliver presentations to senior client stakeholders and internal leadership teams
• Gathering and interpreting business requirements, analysis of business processes, and re-engineering of processes to improve efficiency and quality.

Skills and attributes for success

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, IT or a related field with 4+ years experience working directly with customers or key internal stakeholders
• Experience with software development lifecycle, Agile preferred and using a software defect tracking system (e.g. JIRA, Confluence etc)
• Have knowledge of the insurance technology landscape including key players but also digital global players
• Strong understanding of the insurance value chain or a part of it (from distribution and customer management through to policy administration, servicing, underwriting, claims management and reinsurance)
• Experience in Insurance gained through a top tier consultancy, a specialist financial services consultancy and/or a top tier insurer
• Proven ability to work within a diverse team of individuals with different backgrounds and skill sets, dispersed across different countries

Ideally, you ll also have

• Good appreciation of current market trends and how these are likely to impact key industry players
• Technical grounding and proven experience developing technical requirements and specifications, including knowledge of software engineering methodologies, reporting tools, modelling and testing
• A passion for using technology and data to solve business problems
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency in Arabic language is desirable, but not essential

What we look for

Highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator and a confident team player that collaborates with people from various teams while looking to develop your career in a dynamic organization.