Director - Financial Diligence - EY-Parthenon Scotland in Edinburgh

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

At EY-Parthenon, our unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions, tax and corporate finance delivers real‑world value – solutions that work in practice, not just on paper. Benefiting from EY’s full spectrum of services, we’ve reimagined strategic consulting to work in a world of increasing complexity. With deep functional and sector expertise, paired with innovative AI‑powered technology and an investor mindset, we partner with CEOs, boards, private equity and governments every step of the way.

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 Financial Diligence team, you will lead the engagements whereby we analyse the financial and operational results of companies targeted for sale.
• You will manage the project teams and work closely with all members as well as forming strong internal links within Financial Diligence and other departments in EY.
• You will have responsibility for understanding the key business drivers, co‑developing our approach with the client, agreeing value measurements with the client, providing value to the client through insights, factual conclusions and advice.
• You will project manage teams and work closely with all members as well as forming strong internal links within Financial Diligence and other departments in EY both in the UK and internationally to form multi‑disciplinary teams.
• You will gather, verify and assess information to formulate views as well as plan, prepare and review deliverables in various forms including written reports, presentations and discussions with the client.
• 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).
• Be a true business advisor to the client and establish yourself as a key client contact.
• You will take the lead on business development initiatives, building on existing external relationships and maintaining key client.