Senior Consultant - Business Transformation - Business Consulting

Senior Consultant – Business Transformation (AI-enabled)\n

Location: Wellington, New Zealand

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This Senior Consultant role in the Wellington Consulting practice will focus on delivering business transformation with AI-enabled solutions for government, public sector, and private sector clients.

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• Identify high-value AI and data use cases linked to productivity, service improvement, risk reduction, workforce effectiveness, customer or citizen outcomes and cost improvement. Translate business challenges into practical transformation roadmaps and AI-enabled solutions. Develop business cases, options and recommendations for senior stakeholders.
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• Help clients move from AI ideas and experimentation through to implementation, adoption and measurable value. Work across both the technical and organisational dimensions of AI-enabled transformation.
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• Engage with senior stakeholders and explain complex AI, data and technology concepts in clear business language. Support responsible AI adoption, including governance, risk, ethics, privacy, controls and safe scaling. Contribute to a high-performing Wellington practice, including building capability, culture, quality and confidence in AI-enabled delivery.
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\nQualifications\n

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• AI literacy and curiosity, with confidence using AI tools responsibly and applying them to improve work, services and outcomes. Strong consulting foundations, including structured problem solving, communication, stakeholder engagement and evidence‑based recommendations.
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• Business transformation, operating model design, service design or strategy execution. Strong problem structuring and “so what” articulation.
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• Experience in one or more consulting areas such as strategy, operating model, service design, change, governance, data, technology, transformation or delivery.
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• Ability to translate AI, data and technology opportunities into practical business, people, process, governance and operating model implications. Understanding of responsible AI considerations, including privacy, ethics, risk, trust, adoption and safe scaling.
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• Comfort working with multidisciplinary teams across business, technology and people dimensions of change, including in government and public sector contexts.
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\nPreferred Skills\n

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• Excellent communication, inter‑personal and organisational skills, with the capacity to influence project teams towards successful delivery.
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• Proven ability to turn ambiguous problems into tangible AI use cases.
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• A pragmatic, action‑oriented approach to delivery.
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\nBenefits\n

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• Career development: World‑class learning, coaching, and career pathway support. www.ey.com/nz/careerdevelopment
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• Flexible work arrangements: Policies that empower work‑life balance.
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• Comprehensive benefits package: Wellness incentive, additional flex leave, family‑friendly policies including up to 26 weeks of gender‑neutral paid parental leave, and other benefits. www.ey.com/nz/benefits
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• Competitive salary: Negotiated based on skills and experience.
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\nDiversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I)\n

Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values. We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier‑free recruitment experience for all. If you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at [email protected].

\nInclusion, Te Tiriti and cultural capability\n

At EY Aotearoa New Zealand, we are committed to building a more inclusive working world. EY acknowledges Te Tiriti o Waitangi as the founding document of New Zealand and recognises the importance of equity and the achievement of Crown obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We are continuing to build Māori cultural capability across our firm, including through learning focused on te reo Māori, tikanga Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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Our preferred applicant will be required to undertake employment screening by EY or our external third‑party provider.