EY IFB INTERNATIONAL AG

What EY IFB INTERNATIONAL AG does

EY ifb International AG is a mid-sized, privately held consulting firm specializing in finance, risk management, and digital transformation for banks and insurance companies. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Cologne (Köln), Germany, the firm operates as part of the EY (Ernst & Young) global network while maintaining approximately 350 employees and short decision-making paths. The company's core offering is end-to-end consulting — from strategy and target operating model design through to technical implementation — across regulatory compliance (Basel, CRR, DORA, IFRS 9, Solvency II), SAP modernization (S/4HANA Finance, BPC/SAC Planning, TRM, BW/4HANA, PaPM), specialized regulatory reporting platforms (Regnology ABACUS, FIS Balance Sheet Manager), and an emerging AI/GenAI/data analytics practice.

The firm's technology stack is built around SAP-centric finance and risk architecture, complemented by strategic partnerships with Regnology (ABACUS regulatory reporting), FIS (Balance Sheet Manager), and cloud platforms (AWS, Snowflake, Databricks). EY ifb deploys interdisciplinary teams of consultants, computer scientists, and natural scientists to deliver projects that combine regulatory domain expertise with technical implementation, increasingly augmented by AI, GenAI, and agentic-AI solutions.

EY ifb generates revenue through project-based professional services engagements (fixed-price or time-and-materials), typically structured as multi-year contracts with enterprise clients in banking, insurance, and asset management. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales: direct engagement by consultants and senior managers, leveraging EY network referrals and existing client relationships, with delivery across DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), France, the USA (Charlotte), Canada, and Spain (Valéncia). The firm has no disclosed public pricing and no app, marketplace, or reseller channels, with revenue concentrated in B2B consulting engagements sold and delivered directly to financial institutions.

Name

EY IFB INTERNATIONAL AG

Legal name

EY ifb International AG

Website

https://ifb-jobs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Short description

EY ifb International AG is a mid-sized German consulting firm (~350 employees) operating within the EY network, providing finance, risk, regulatory, and SAP-based digital transformation services to banks, insurance companies, and asset managers across DACH, France, USA, Canada, and Spain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Financial Services Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) & BI (HDAEAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Intercompany & Consolidation Support (Eliminations, Group Reporting Support) (BPAAAGAG), Reinsurance Capital & Solvency Analytics (e.g., RBC/Solvency II) (FSAOAIAG)

Keywords

• Financial services consulting
• SAP finance transformation
• Regulatory reporting consulting
• Banking risk management
• Insurance finance consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Köln

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Project-based professional consulting services for banks and insurance companies covering SAP implementation, regulatory reporting, risk management, treasury, and digital transformation. Revenue is generated through billable consultant hours on client engagements, typically structured as fixed-price or time-and-materials contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

EY ifb provides professional consulting services for banks and insurance companies, specializing in finance transformation, risk management, and regulatory reporting. The firm delivers end-to-end SAP-centric consulting (S/4HANA Finance, BPC/SAC Planning, TRM, BW/4HANA, PaPM), implementation partnerships for Regnology ABACUS and FIS Balance Sheet Manager, and AI/GenAI-enabled data and analytics solutions. Engagements span strategy, regulatory compliance (Basel, CRR, DORA, IFRS 9, Solvency II), and digital transformation for financial services clients primarily across DACH, France, USA, Canada, and Spain.

Product overview

EY ifb is a consulting firm providing specialized services for compliance, finance, and risk management to banks and insurance companies worldwide. The company operates as part of the EY network with approximately 350 employees. EY ifb's portfolio consists of consulting services across regulatory reporting (ABACUS), SAP enterprise solutions (S/4HANA Finance, FP&A/SAC Planning, Treasury & Risk Management, Business Warehousing, PaPM), data analytics and AI/GenAI solutions, risk management consulting, compliance services, and strategy transformation consulting. The offerings are organized around specialized consulting practices including Chapter Data & Analytics, Strategy Consulting, and domain-specific banking and insurance expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ABACUS Regulatory Reporting Solutions Strategic implementation partner for Regnology's ABACUS product family, providing regulatory reporting solutions for European banking clients including interface analysis, application operation, report generation, testing support, and regulatory compliance consulting.
• SAP S/4HANA Finance Consulting End-to-end SAP S/4HANA Finance consulting including FI, CO, AR, AP, AA, BP, PS, TRM, BTP, and RISE implementation for banks, insurance companies, and wealth and asset management clients.
• SAP FP&A / SAC Planning Consulting Financial planning and analysis solutions using SAP IP/BPC and SAC Planning for banks, including digital planning transformation, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• SAP Treasury & Risk Management (TRM) Consulting Implementation of SAP Treasury solutions focused on SAP TRM, including balance sheet management, risk management, and integration with CO/FI and GP components for banks and financial institutions.
• SAP Business Warehousing & Data Analytics Consulting Data warehousing and analytics consulting using SAP BW, BW on HANA, BW/4HANA, Datasphere, and Business Data Cloud for finance and risk architectures.
• SAP Profitability and Performance Management (PaPM) Insurance Consulting Performance management consulting for the insurance sector using SAP PaPM (FS-PER), including profitability analysis, module development, and data integration from precursor systems.
• FIS Balance Sheet Manager Consulting Consulting and implementation of FIS Balance Sheet Manager (formerly FIS AMBIT Focus) for overall bank management and risk management, including scenario and stress tests, ICAAP, ILAAP, Recovery & Resolution Planning, and IRRBB.
• AI / GenAI Consulting for Banking & Finance Interdisciplinary data science team delivering AI, GenAI, and agentic-AI solutions for banking, insurance, and asset management, including modern data architecture, data pipeline automation, and ML/deep learning applications.
• Strategy Consulting & Transformation Strategy and organizational consulting for financial services institutions, including business and IT strategy realignment, target operating models, and architecture-based transformation frameworks.
• Business Analysis Accounting Consulting End-to-end process optimization consulting for banking and finance clients, including automation, regulatory compliance, process modeling, and process management with KPIs and governance.
• Risk Management Consulting Overall bank risk management consulting using quantitative and qualitative risk methods, including modern risk models, credit risk modeling, machine learning, and enterprise architecture approaches.
• Compliance and Regulatory Reporting Consulting Compliance consulting for financial sector clients covering regulatory requirements at national and European levels, gap analyses, technical concepts, data governance, and integration with BaFin, EBA, ECB requirements.

Quantifiable outcome

• Interdisciplinary teams of experts combining consulting, IT, and data science skills for comprehensive financial services transformation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• RegnologycoreTechnology or IntegrationEY ifb is a strategic implementation partner of Regnology, the vendor of the ABACUS product family (Abacus360 Banking Regulatory). EY ifb advises financial industry clients on implementation projects related to reporting and regulatory requirements using ABACUS solutions, particularly in the European banking market. This is described as a growth area alongside Regnology's expansion strategy.
• FIS (Fidelity National Information Services)coreTechnology or IntegrationEY ifb provides consulting and implementation services for FIS Balance Sheet Manager (formerly FIS AMBIT Focus) for overall bank management and risk management. Services include scenario and stress tests (ICAAP, ILAAP, Recovery & Resolution Planning, IRRBB) and regulatory compliance support (Basel, CRR, IFRS, FinRep, CoRep, IFRS 9).
• Snowflake, Databricks, AWSsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEY ifb's data science team automates data import processes from various sources into cloud-based data platforms including Snowflake, Databricks, and AWS for AI, GenAI, and data analytics projects in banking, insurance, and asset management.
• SAPcoreTechnology or IntegrationSAP is the primary technology platform for EY ifb's consulting practice. The firm specializes in SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP BPC, SAP SAC Planning, SAP TRM, SAP BW/4HANA, SAP Datasphere, SAP BTP, and SAP PaPM implementation across banking and insurance clients. EY ifb draws on SAP's technology and the EY organization's competencies for service delivery.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• PwC (Financial Services Consulting): PwC's Financial Services practice delivers risk, regulatory, and finance transformation consulting to banks and insurers, including SAP-led mandates. Direct overlap as a Big Four incumbent.
• KPMG (Financial Services Consulting): KPMG's Financial Services practice provides advisory, risk, and regulatory consulting to banks and insurers, including SAP finance and treasury transformations. Comparable as a Big Four incumbent peer.
• Accenture (Financial Services): Accenture is a global consulting and systems integrator with a large Financial Services practice covering SAP, risk, regulatory, and digital transformation. Overlaps with EY ifb as a much larger broad incumbent.
• Sopra Steria (Financial Services): Sopra Steria is a European IT services and consulting firm with strong banking and financial services practices, including SAP and regulatory work in DACH and France. Comparable as a regional incumbent peer with overlapping FS SAP delivery.
• Capgemini (Financial Services): Capgemini's Financial Services practice delivers large-scale consulting, SAP, risk, and regulatory services to European banks and insurers. Comparable as a global incumbent consulting peer.
• Deloitte (Financial Services Consulting): Deloitte's Financial Services practice is one of the largest Big Four advisors to banks and insurers globally, with SAP, risk, regulatory, and finance transformation offerings that overlap directly with EY ifb.

Direct peers

• Cundus AG: Cundus is a specialized German SAP consultancy with finance, controlling, and analytics practices serving enterprise customers. Comparable as a niche SAP consulting peer in finance and risk transformations.
• msg systems AG: msg is a German-based IT and consulting group with deep practices in banking, insurance, and public sector, and broad SAP capabilities. It is a direct competitor for FS transformation, regulatory, and SAP-led mandates in DACH.
• Scheer GmbH: Scheer is a German consulting and software firm specializing in business process management and SAP-centric transformations, including financial services clients. Closely comparable in profile as a mid-sized SAP-heavy consulting peer.
• Allgeier SE: Allgeier is a German IT consulting and services group with practices in financial services and SAP. Comparable as a mid-market German consulting peer with overlapping FS and SAP finance work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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