Ey Ireland - Business Consulting Summer Internship Programme 2025

EY Ireland – Business Consulting Summer Internship Programme 2025

This opportunity is available in the following locations: Dublin, Cork

• Please note you may only apply to one 2025 EY Summer Internship programme. All additional applications will not be considered.

When submitting your application form, you will be asked questions on which area of our business you wish to join. You will be allowed state a preference for the business unit and team (if you wish), which will be considered as part of your application.

EY Consulting is split into two areas, Financial Services (FSO) and Non-Financial Services (also known as UKI). The difference between the two are largely the clients we work with. To help you decide, please read the below text before continuing.

• Non-Financial Services Clients (UKI) – Industrial, Commercial & Technology Clients including Automotive & Transportation, Government & Public Sector, Health & Life Sciences, Mining & Metals, Oil & Gas, Power & Utilities, Real Estate, Hospitality & Construction, Technology, Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment.

• Financial Services Clients (FSO) – Clients specialising in the Irish and International Banking, Wealth and Asset Management, Insurance, Aircraft Leasing and Structured Finance sectors.

Please note that all preferences cannot be guaranteed, however we will do our best to accommodate you. Wishing you the very best of luck!

Hello, we’re EY. Together, we help organizations shape the future with confidence.

Join us for our award-winning EY Summer Internship Programme, that’s designed for those who want to think outside the box. You will receive world-class, hands-on training that has real-world application, and the opportunity to become an integral part of a team at EY.

Here’s to a future we look forward to shaping with you.

Apply today for to the EY Business Consulting Summer Internship Programme 2025.

The EY Business Consulting Summer Internship Programme

Our clients rely on our Business Consulting team’s expert knowledge to advise on a broad range of issues across a variety of industries. We offer guidance to companies looking to grow or change or improve performance. Business Consulting is a fast-moving, high-growth area that reflects the challenges and uncertainty of today’s world. You will work as part of a high-performing team of problem solvers with extensive consulting and industry experience, helping our clients solve their complex business opportunities and challenges from strategy to execution.

We look for people with commercial acumen who are inquisitive, analytical, and ambitious. You’ll need to challenge us, act on your own initiative and demonstrate the potential to become a future business leader. If this sounds like you, we want you to apply for our Graduate Programme in Business Consulting.

Start your career journey – Aspects of the Programme

Throughout the 8-week Summer Internship programme at EY, you’ll receive a wealth of training in your chosen area to ensure that by the end of the summer, you will have gained skills to last you a lifetime.

However, we also want to provide our interns with an array of opportunities to expand their skillset outside of their day-to-day work and build their network during their time with us. Therefore, we have added lots of opportunities to get involved in throughout the programme.

This includes:

• The EY Sustainability Challenge

• Wellbeing Seminars

• Internship Social Events

• EY Deep Dive Sessions into areas across our firm

• Excel training

• Presentation training

• Interview training

• Professional qualifications training route presentation and training

• And more…

What to expect

• Day One: After a comprehensive induction, you will begin your journey as an intern within our Business Consulting Business. From day one, you will be assigned a buddy on your team who will help you get settled in, and ensure you are set up for a successful summer at EY.

• Your Role: You’ll work as part of team, meet with clients, and make a real contribution to EY projects. We trust the students who join EY for the summer to make a real impact, and we encourage you to do so. You will develop analytical and problem-solving skills, learn how to network, build working relationships and how to lead and manage projects.

• Work/Life Balance: Whilst there will be a certain focus on building your technical skillset, we also want to furnish our interns with the skills needed to manage their workload and create a healthy work/life balance. Throughout this 8-week programme, you will be invited to join us for sessions on a variety of wellbeing topics, as well as plenty of social outings so you can get to know your fellow colleagues and interns on the programme.

• Get to know EY: No matter what programme you choose, we want you to get to know us and what we do. Therefore, you will have the opportunity to attend deep-dive sessions into Assurance, Tax, Strategy & Transactions and Consulting teams and more, so by the end of the summer you will have a great idea of the breath of opportunities at EY. Overall, the EY Summer Internship will offer you the chance to figure out if your chosen career path is the absolute right fit for you.

• Compensation: The EY Summer Internship programme is fully paid - you will work for EY as if you were a full-time employee therefore, we believe you should be compensated as such.

When submitting your application, please let us know if you would like to work with one of the below teams:

Non-Financial Services Client Teams (UKI)

• Supply Chain & Operations

• Transformation Delivery

• Finance Transformation

• Customer Transformation

Financial Services Teams (Financial Services Clients - FSO)

• Finance

• Business Transformation

• Customer

If you have a preference for a certain area within Business Consulting, make sure to note this on your application form! All preferences cannot be guaranteed; however, we will do our best to facilitate you.

Skills and attributes for success

• A minimum 2.1 or higher expected grade in your chosen bachelor's degree
• A client-oriented, professional services mindset
• Exceptional execution and delivery mindset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Great attention to detail
• Proficiency to manage several projects simultaneously
• Ability to prioritise tasks and work well under pressure
• Aptitude to present on subject matter areas to an audience
• You demonstrate integrity, respect, and teaming
• You have the energy, enthusiasm and the courage to lead

Apply today!

Whether you are a 2nd or 3rd year student currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree, this programme is open to people from all backgrounds. We aim to create a diverse workplace, which contributes to our objective of building a better working world. We are looking for people from all academic backgrounds – including business, science, engineering, arts, humanities, health, law, and more.

Applications close 5pm on 31st January 2025!