Manager - Financial Diligence - EY-Parthenon London

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The Financial Diligence team at EY Parthenon 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 at EY-Parthenon involves our unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions, tax and corporate finance delivering real-world value – solutions that work in practice, not just on paper. 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.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Understand the key business drivers and co-develop our approach with the client.
• Agree value measurements with the client and provide value through insights, factual conclusions and advice.
• Project manage teams and work closely with all members.
• Gather, verify and assess information to formulate views.
• 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.
• Take responsibility for own learning and development, provide coaching/support to others, and participate in upward feedback.

Skills and attributes for success:

• 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.
• Offer a support culture to junior members of the team, assisting their development.

To qualify for the role you must have:

• Strong commercial experience and/or relevant industry or transaction experience (including financial due diligence experience).
• A passion to provide high quality service to your clients.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Project management skills.
• Effective time management skills, able to keep calm under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.
• Counselling skills, though not essential.

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.

What we offer:

We will fuel your ambition and potential with future-focused skills development that equips you with state-of-the-art methodologies and technology-enabled solutions. With more than 25,000 people in 150 countries, you will join an inclusive and empowering culture that values your uniqueness, prioritises your wellbeing, and immerses you in the diverse thinking and cross-cultural experiences necessary to help deliver impact to clients across the globe and to help build a better working world.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.

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