BUSINESS advisers EY has reported record levels of growth for its business on the island of Ireland.
It said revenues to the end of June up 26 per cent to €536 million (£461 million), while globally it reported full-year revenues of $45.4 billion (£39.4bn).
EY reported strong performance across all four service lines (assurance, consulting, tax and law, and strategy and transactions) in its offices in Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford, where its Ireland headcount rose by 23 per cent over the year to 4,208.
And it came as EY announced another 900 new jobs on the island of Ireland in the coming year (550 experienced hires which it will be actively recruiting immediately, and 350 roles for new university graduates).
EY will be actively recruiting candidates to fill a wide variety of roles across its core areas of tax, audit, corporate finance and consulting as well as in new growth areas including technology consulting, digital and emerging technology, data analytics, cyber security, sustainability, law, strategy and transformation.
The firm is also recruiting heavily across other growth areas such as workforce and organisation design and planning, change management, transaction diligence, and valuations, modelling and economics.
Ireland managing partner Frank O’Keeffe said: “These exceptional results are testament to our world class teams and our fantastic client base who turn to us to help them solve their most complex strategic challenges.
“Our long-term investments in our people and in technology have allowed us to work seamlessly with our clients to deliver exceptional service as we help them to stimulate innovation, increase organisational agility and strengthen resilience.
“Our plan to increase our current headcount on the island of Ireland from 4,200 to 5,100 people is hugely exciting for us. Strong client demand for our services gives us confidence to continue with our ambitious growth plans.”
