Director, Transaction Diligence - London - Ernst & Young

The Transaction Diligence team at EY UK currently has exciting opportunities. Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed decisions. As a Transactions Diligence expert, you will be an important part of our diversely talented, highly experienced team and work at the forefront of high-profile transactions. You will have a diverse range of stretching experiences which will give you continuous learning and development opportunities as well as a great sense of achievement.

We help corporate and financial clients to meet their strategic goals, whether they are acquiring, divesting or raising finance. We work with a range of clients, from UK entrepreneur led businesses to the largest global enterprises across all sectors, often on complex assignments that involve working with colleagues across a variety of disciplines and jurisdictions. Our core work is due diligence, assessing a target company's finances and business projections, identifying opportunities, risks, sensitivities and potential mitigations, and reporting and advising on these to our clients, their banks, investors and other parties.

You will be a senior leader in the team and will have the opportunity to develop your career further through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring, coaching and formal learning. That's how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities.

Your responsibilities as a Director within the Transaction Diligence team include:

• Leading the engagements whereby we analyse the financial and operational results of companies targeted for sale.
• Managing project teams and working closely with all members as well as forming strong internal links within Transaction Diligence and other departments in EY.
• Understanding key business drivers, co-developing our approach with the client, agreeing value measurements with the client, providing value through insights, factual conclusions and advice.
• Project managing teams and gathering, verifying and assessing information to formulate views.
• Planning, preparing and reviewing deliverables in various forms including written reports, presentations and discussions with the client.

In addition, you will:

• Plan and monitor the progress of the team.
• Share your technical and other knowledge with your team and the department.
• Build on and develop internal and external networks through personal contacts.
• Understand the capabilities of the firm and look for opportunities to sell additional services to our clients.
• Play a role in business plan initiatives (e.g. key accounts, recruitment, client service framework).
• Establish yourself as a key client contact and a true business advisor.

You will take the lead on business development initiatives; building on existing external relationships and maintaining key client account responsibilities, as well as driving new account relationships through your network. You will take responsibility for your own learning and development, provide coaching to others, and participate in upward feedback. Additionally, you will help to create a positive learning culture for junior team members and support their development.

Skills and attributes for success include:

• Ability to gather, verify and analyse information to formulate views/conclusions.
• Demonstrable experience in planning, preparing and reviewing deliverables in various forms including written reports, presentations and discussions with the client.
• Offering a support culture to junior members of the team, assisting their development.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• A minimum of 8 years financial due diligence experience.
• A Chartered Accountancy qualification, ACA, ACCA or equivalent.
• Ability to analyse financial and non-financial information to formulate views and conclusions.
• Strong analytical, presentation, project management and report writing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be a team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.
• A passion to provide high quality service to your clients.

Ideally, you will also have:

• Demonstrable client account management abilities.
• Counselling skills, though not essential.

What we look for are highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritise shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you will be a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization.