M&A Consultant for Data & AI | ErnstYoung Job

Job Description

Location: Katowice/Wroclaw, 2 days office/3 days remote

M&A Senior Consultant for Data & AI

Let us introduce you the job offer by EY GDS Poland – a member of the global integrated service delivery center network by EY.

We are looking for a M&A Senior Consultant for Data & AI to support complex transformation and separation programs, including large-scale divestitures, acting as a trusted advisor to clients throughout the full lifecycle of data and technology initiatives. In this role, you will primarily focus on defining data strategy and migration approaches, shaping practical AI-enabled solutions, and guiding execution. You will help clients understand required changes across their data landscape, business processes, and operating models, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.

The opportunity

Our team is one of largest M&A groups of advisors, focusing on transformation advice for private and public clients. Our deep sector knowledge, our global network with local market experts, enable us to add real value to our client’s projects.

Your key responsibilities

• Support end-to-end data and AI workstreams in strategic and complex transformations, or M&A transactions such as Day 1 readiness, integration / separation approach, etc.
• Contribute to data strategy, governance, architecture, and migration discussions, including data separation, integration, quality, and optimization
• Identify valuable data and AI use cases in client environments, assess feasibility and risks, and proactively bring improvement ideas
• Assess data landscapes and AI capabilities, identifying business-critical dependencies, operating model improvements, risks, opportunities, and investment requirements
• Coordinate complex data migration, separation, consolidation, and rationalization initiatives and manage relations with client stakeholders, including C-level
• Develop high-quality client deliverables (presentations, assessments, migration strategies, business cases) with a strong storyline and executive focus
• Translate business needs into scalable, data-driven and AI-enabled solutions across business and technology domains
• Apply Microsoft Copilot Studio and other approved AI tools in day-to-day work to accelerate research, analysis, content creation, solution design and prototyping
• Design and configure practical AI solutions, including copilots, agents, prompts, and simple low-code automations

To qualify for the role, you must have

• At least 6 years of experience in data transformation, technology project management, or IT consulting, including data strategy, migration, integration, separation, or consolidation
• Strong understanding of enterprise data landscapes, data flows, dependencies, data quality, and governance principles
• Hands-on experience defining and coordinating data migration approaches, including scope, roadmaps, waves, reconciliation, cutover, and stabilization
• Ability to translate business objectives into clear data capabilities, priorities, and practical data and AI initiatives
• Minimum 2 years of practical experience using Microsoft Copilot Studio or comparable enterprise AI tools, including configuring agents, reusable prompts, knowledge sources, or low-code workflows
• Strong understanding of generative AI, including large language models, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agents, and integration with enterprise applications and data
• Understanding of responsible AI, data privacy, security, access control, and human oversight in enterprise use cases
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills, including risks, issues, dependencies, resource planning, and communication with senior stakeholders
• Ability to develop decision-ready recommendations, business cases, cost estimates, and value cases, and to travel across the EU up to 20% annually

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in M&A transactions, including data separation, integration, migration, or transformation
• Experience applying AI to M&A projects, e.g. integrations, carve-outs, or post-deal value creation
• Experience assessing data landscapes, migration readiness, critical data objects, dependencies, quality, and ownership
• Understanding of data governance, metadata, master data, reporting, analytics, and cloud data platforms
• Practical experience with Power Platform, or comparable low-code AI tools
• University degree in a field related to business, data, technology, or analytics
• Already gained experience in an international environment
• Relevant AI solutions, cloud or data certifications

What we look for 

As we are a dynamic team of passionate specialists, and we work in international teams all over the world, we will look for the same business acumen. Facing customers, we are "out of box thinking" professionals.  Our top performers have a team player attitude, and they cope with challenges on the daily basis. If it all sounds familiar to you - we are looking forward to seeing you on board.

What we offer

EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) is a dynamic and truly global delivery network. We work across nine locations – Argentina, Hungary, India, the Philippines, Poland, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom – and with teams from all EY service lines, geographies and sectors, playing a vital role in the delivery of the EY growth strategy. From accountants to coders to advisory consultants, we offer a wide variety of fulfilling career opportunities that span all business disciplines. In GDS, you will collaborate with EY teams on exciting projects and work with well-known brands from across the globe. We’ll introduce you to an ever-expanding ecosystem of people, learning, skills and insights that will stay with you throughout your career.

Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.

Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

About EY

EY | Building a better working world

 EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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