Business Transformation Manager - Cape Town at Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY)

The Role Description

•  As a manager in our Strategy & Transformation team you will work across Business Consulting and EY Parthenon Strategy to define and lead end to end transformation engagements.
•  You will work with client executive teams to design, define and establish large scale agile transformation programs that drive growth and deliver long term value. You will support business development, creating proposals and participating in solution development and helping delivering market leading ideas and proposals to clients.
•  You will manage high performing teams, coach junior team members and develop the careers of colleagues.

 Your Key Responsibilities

• Assist leading organisations develop corporate or divisional strategies that accelerate growth and deliver long term value.
• Define the roadmaps and strategic plans that will implement strategy.
• Design, reinvent and innovate business models that will create long term value and disrupt markets.
• Design and build operating models.
• Define and advise on the business model portfolios in which organisations should invest to create sustainable, long term value.
• Design, establish and operate innovation programs, including agile or lean approaches to developing new innovations in products, service, experiences or business models.
• Lead and manage large scale cross functional projects and strategic transformations.
• Analyze data and provide recommendations to client executives on strategic initiatives and transformations.
• Enable the implementation of concepts, solutions and systems that have been defined through research, strategy, ideation and innovation.
• Drive business development, build and grow the pipeline.
• Build client relationships and establish the team as a trusted advisor in the market place.
• Collaborate across EY service lines to increase value for our clients, contributing to building a better working world.

 Skills And Attributes For Success

• A passion for people — our people are our greatest asset. We need you to be able to lead project teams to bring out the best in our people and help them to develop and grow.
• Ability to build exceptional client relationships — our clients are at the centre of what we do. Through the delivery of engagements, you will be responsible for managing key client relationships to make sure that we deliver quality and value.
• Ability to think strategically and to solve complex problems. You will demonstrate strong critical thinking skills focused on developing solutions, creating logical arguments or analysis, assimilating complex information, identifying or anticipating issues or challenges.
• Ability to communicate, making complex systems and situations simple to understand. You’ll communicate visually, verbally and in written reports.
• Ability to manage projects –we help our client solve their complex business challenges. Experience in managing transformation or innovation programs.
• Ability to learn new ideas and capabilities rapidly through self–driven learning and research. You’ll need to be able to assimilate new ideas and information rapidly, making sense of the world around you and at clients.

 Ideally, you’ll also have

• Leadership capabilities that accept responsibility, build high performing teams, scale through appropriate delegation and teamwork, share clear direction, gain support and commitment from others, provide feedback openly and learn from feedback from others whilst admitting mistakes in order to learn.
• Knowledge of leading innovation, transformation and strategy frameworks or methods with practical experience in having developed or implemented projects using these frameworks.
• Strong commercial awareness and proven ability to present technical information in a meaningful manner to executive stakeholders.
• Experience in strategy, innovation or transformation consulting.
• Experience working across multiple functions in an organisation or at clients to better understand the inter-related nature of solving complex challenges in an organisation.
• Intellectual curiosity and passionate about solving complex problems. We are looking for people who are purpose driven and ask better questions to seek better answers
• An entrepreneurial and growth-oriented mindset. What you know matters. We are looking for people who are innovative and can contribute to developing EY’s position and our team in the market
• Enthusiasm and ability to collaborate well in teams. We are looking for inclusive people who value differences and have a real desire to both learn and coach others
• Relevant certification from recognised institutions in project or program management, such as PMP, PgMP and Prince II is beneficial but not a pre-requisite.