Ernst & Young

The company:

Ernst & Young is a leading provider of professional services and is the Swiss arm of Ernst & Young Global, employing approx. 1'800 people. The approx.114'000 Ernst & Young employees in more than 140 countries support their clients, acting as trusted advisors. The service offering includes auditing, risk management consulting, tax and legal consulting, transaction support and accounting services.
Ernst & Young follows a �people first� strategy. Teamwork and mutual respect are the foundations of our corporate culture. We support graduates in their professional and personal development and offer them the opportunity to gain international experience. We want our professionals not only to have the right technical and social skills but also enjoy their daily work.
�Quality in Everything We Do� is our motto, our motivation, and our success.

Training concentrates on people skills

Our clients expect us to be able to grasp their questions immediately and respond with proactive, comprehensive solutions. We foster the skills this requires by means of systematic, on-the-job coaching. Our recruitment drives target high-performing and very well qualified young people. In the financial year 2005/2006, we took on over 200 new graduates. We train these highly motivated employees in projects and external training sessions, opening up exciting prospects for them.
In fall 2006, 45 employees became Swisscertified auditors and 15 certified tax experts.We expect a lot of dedication, but we give a great deal back too, investing around 10% of our revenues in training and development.We are quick to reward able people with responsibility.We therefore begin leadership training at an early stage and are expanding the possibilities for bringing people along internally, especially in continental Europe.

Core values

Our employees are what set Ernst & Young apart.They not only need to live up to the highest professional standards; soft skills are becoming increasingly important too. It is essential that all employees abide by the same values, across departments as well as across national borders. Our global internal �core values� initiative makes it plain what we stand for: integrity, teamwork, leadership and the responsibility to always carry out work correctly and accurately. We have also formalized these values in a Code of Conduct, containing the same values all around the world. It is a binding component of our employment contracts within Ernst & Young and it is externally published on the corporate website (www.ey.com/ch/conduct).As such,we all have to abide by a transparent and comprehensible set of behaviors and principles.

Valuing employees brings concrete results

Respect means valuing people. It also means watching out for one another, consciously promoting dialogue and the critical exchange of information and making full use of input and objections from colleagues to matters in their areas of expertise. One pair of eyes can never catch everything, which is why we set such store by the principle that two heads are better than one, involving experts on particular issues and sharing knowledge.

Diversity

Promoting diversity is important to us not only because it's the right thing to do, but also because diverse viewpoints help us tackle any challenge we face from every angle.We are keen to promote and celebrate diversity at work by providing opportunities that are flexible enough to allow all of our people to fulfill their potential.

What we are looking for

Throughout our recruitment process we are looking for motivated individuals with the potential to develop into our future partners. The recruitment process is your opportunity to tell us about yourself and your experiences to date.
As well as your academic background,we are also interested in positions of responsibility and any work experience.We want you to tell us about why you want to work for Ernst & Young. We look for a wide variety of competencies to be demonstrated throughout the process such as team-working, integrity, self-motivation, analytical ability, communication and your interest in business.

Would you like to learn more about Ernst & Young?

Then visit us at one of our recruiting events at your university or on our homepage www.ey.com/ch/careers. Take charge of your career.Now.

Contact Switzerland:
Anne Vogt

Address:
Bleicherweg 21
8022 Zurich

Tel.: +41 (0)58 286 45 82
Email: [email protected]

Contact Romandie:
Karine Graf

Address:
Route de Chancy 59
1213 Geneva/Petit-Lancy

Tel. +41 (0)58 286 59 52

Email: [email protected]

Internet:
www.ey.com/ch
www.ey.com/ch/careers

Number of employees:
Switzerland: 1'800
Worldwide: 114'000

Revenues:
Switzerland:
CHF 482.1 Mio
Wordwide:
USD 18.4 Mia

Locations:
Ernst & Young is represented in over 140 countries.
In Switzerland in 11 locations:
Aarau, Baden, Bern, Basel, Lausanne, Lugano, Lucerne, Geneva, Zug, St. Gallen, Zurich