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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.22 - Business and other management consultancy activities
816 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
21 September 2021
Employment effect (start)
21 September 2021
Foreseen end date
20 September 2022
Description
The largest global consulting company Ernst and Young (EY) has announced that it will create 816 new jobs worldwide within the next year. The business expansion applies to six offices in Ireland and one in the UK. Over half of the positions will be offered to experienced specialists, with the remainder destined for new graduates. A quarter of the new jobs will be in Waterford, Limerick, Galway, Cork and Belfast (Northern Ireland, UK); while three quarters will be in Dublin. The new employees will be sourced from fields such as sustainability, economics, audit, tax, cyber security, technology and law.
EY provides auditing services, tax consultancy, business consulting and transaction advisory. EY employs over 312,250 employees worldwide and has over 700 offices in more than 150 countries.
Sources
21 September 2021: Ernst and Young (press release) (www.ey.com)
Eurofound (2021), Ernst & Young, Business expansion in World, factsheet number 105390, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105390.
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