Executive / Senior Executive, Operations, Transaction Strategy and Executio

at  EY

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.
Are you building your tomorrow, today? Then think about a career with our Transaction Strategy and Execution (TSE) team. The TSE team is the largest combined Operations and IT team in Europe. We have a market-leading proposition to create and maximise value for our clients, whether they are acquiring or divesting assets, or undertaking operational restructuring.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS

• Project Management – be part of project teams comprising colleagues from our transactions and advisory practices
• Business and Commercially Driven – working in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to really help add value to our clients
• Business Development - assist in aspects of business origination, including pitches and presentations, and attending meetings with clients to help sell work. Contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work
• Learning - Learn and develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and experiences
• Building Relationships - Strong working relationships with senior clients, including influence, advice and support to key decision makers

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful transaction team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly over a number of client deals across the UK and Globally.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

You’ll advise clients across all sectors, supporting key decision makers in developing and executing strategies for transactions. Part of your role will also involve developing experience across a range of different type of engagements, including pre-deal (e.g. operational and IT due diligence, carve-out planning), post-deal (e.g. integration planning, tracking) and restructuring (e.g. rapid cost reduction). Having a commercial mind-set is key to this consulting based role.

TO QUALIFY FOR THE ROLE YOU MUST HAVE

Specialism in at least two of these areas:

• Professional services / consulting;
• Transactions: ideally due diligence, carve-out or integrations experience; or
• Deep understanding of one or more core operational functions
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to link operational analysis to financial statements, and understand the implications of findings to client strategy