IT M&A / Transaction Strategy Consultant

Executive (Junior Manager) (IT) Transaction Strategy and Execution - EY Parthenon

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EY’s market leading Transaction Strategy and Execution (TSE) team provides IT & Operations advice to corporate and private equity firms who intend to acquire, divest or restructure businesses. The team comprises advisors with specialist commercial, operations, IT and deal / transaction experience from industry, advisory and audit backgrounds.

The opportunity
We are seeking to further expand our team with IT M&A / strategy consultants. As an Executive (Junior manager) in our team, you’ll advise clients across financial services sector, supporting key decision makers in developing and executing strategies for transactions use your intellectual guile and enthusiasm to apply your technical skills across the M&A transaction lifecycle; including pre-deal diligence and carve-outs & integrations, and other projects.

Your Key Responsibilities 

• Contributing to and / or leading pre deal engagements such as technology and operational due diligence
• Contributing to and / or managing technology or other workstreams as part of integrations or carve-outs
• Assisting in aspects of business origination, including pitches and presentations, and working in project teams comprising other colleagues
• Working in client engagement teams executing Strategy and Transaction services which support key decision makers in developing and executing strategies for transactions
• Working in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to really help add value to our clients
• Contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work
• Contribute to people initiatives

To qualify for the role you must have 

• Professional services / consulting experience within Transactions ideally due diligence, carve-out or integrations experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience of producing and reviewing high calibre reports, papers, presentations and thought leadership
• Experience of IT project delivery where you are responsible for managing discrete workstream and deliverables 
• Have a broad range of IT experience in one or more of following areas: applications, infrastructure, IT architecture, IT risk & Cyber and IT financials
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to link operational analysis to financials, and understand the implications of findings to client strategy 
• Flexibility to travel to client locations (as needed)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in building strong working relationships with senior clients, including influence, advice and support to key decision makers
• Experience of work in financial services sector 
• Demonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Experience in supporting sales and business development processes for professional services projects in a large-scale consulting environment
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Strong team participation skills, particularly teams with diverse skills and backgrounds