Executive, Transaction Diligence, SaT, Belfast - Ernst & Young

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Executive, Transaction Diligence, Belfast

The Transaction Diligence team at EY currently has exciting opportunities. You'll work with a high-performing, integrated team which focuses on a variety of high-profile IPOs and transactions. You'll have a diverse range of stretching experiences which will give you continuous learning and development opportunities as well as a great sense of achievement.

The opportunity

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 on these to our clients, their banks, investors and other parties.

You will be working alongside experienced due diligence professionals, where you will continue to develop your skills to perform due diligence in a range of situations and sectors. There is the opportunity for travel, both within the UK and potentially internationally. When working on projects you will almost always be working as part of a wider cross service line team.

Role Responsibilities

As an Executive in Transaction Diligence you would be a vital member of the team by analysing financial data and identifying key trends behind the performance of a business, discussing business performance and forecast assumptions with senior finance and operational management, and writing reports that set out our findings and recommendations around the key financial and business issues in a transaction.

Skills and attributes for success

• Commercial thinking and ability to analyse businesses at pace

• An ability to interact with and challenge management teams
• Strong attention to detail with a logical and methodical approach
• Team working and communication skills

To qualify for the role you must have

• A Degree (ideally in a financially related topic)

• ACA (or equivalent) qualification ideally with First Time Passes
• Project management and Excel skills
• Evidence of report writing skills
• A passion to provide high quality service to your clients

Ideally, you'll also have

• Transactions experience

• Client facing experience from a professional services background

What we look for

What's most important is that you're dedicated to working with your colleagues as part of a high-performing team. You'll need to thrive in picking up new skills as you go, so natural curiosity, a lot of questions and the confidence to speak up when you see something that could be improved are essential. If you've got the right combination of technical knowledge and communication skills, this role is for you.