Executive, M&A Analytics – EY-Parthenon, Birmingham
At EY-Parthenon, our Transaction Analytics team helps clients use data to make better decisions at critical moments in the deal lifecycle. We partner with CEOs, boards, private equity and governments to provide insights across M&A, financial due diligence, commercial insight and advanced analytics.
The opportunity
This role joins our growing Birmingham Transaction Analytics team, supporting client‑facing M&A engagements by analysing financial, operational and commercial data. You will work closely with senior team members, extract, cleanse, transform data from multiple sources, and prepare dashboards and databooks to support due diligence, management presentations and bidder questions.
Your key responsibilities
- Extract, cleanse and transform data from client finance, ERP, CRM, billing and operational systems.
- Build analysis in Excel, Alteryx, SQL and Power BI to support diligence questions and transaction hypotheses.
- Prepare dashboards, dynamic databooks and visual outputs for client teams and deal workstreams.
- Reconcile analytical outputs back to management accounts, source systems and other diligence materials.
- Support analysis of revenue, customer, margin, pricing, cohort, retention, site or project‑level performance.
- Work closely with Financial Due Diligence, Corporate Finance, Strategy, Tax and sector teams on buy‑side, sell‑side, vendor assistance and exit readiness engagements.
- Communicate findings clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders, contributing to reports, presentations and client discussions.
- Contribute ideas to improve our tools, templates and ways of working as the Birmingham Transaction Analytics team grows.
Skills and attributes for success
- Commercial curiosity and an ability to understand how businesses make money and create value.
- Ability to gather, verify and assess information to formulate clear views and factual conclusions.
- Strong analytical capability, with the ability to work at pace in a transaction environment.
- Strong attention to detail with a logical, structured and methodical approach.
- Ability to turn complex analysis into clear visualisations, written outputs and presentation materials.
- Team working and communication skills, including confidence working with colleagues across different service lines.
- Ability to communicate key messages to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Natural curiosity, willingness to ask questions and confidence to suggest improvements.
To qualify for the role, you must have
- A qualification in computer science, engineering, mathematics, economics, finance, accounting, data analytics or another highly numerate discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- Commercial experience and/or relevant industry, analytics, finance or transaction experience.
- Understanding of data analytics and visualisation tools such as Excel, Alteryx, Power BI or Python.
- A passion for providing high‑quality service to clients.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a high‑performing team in a fast‑paced environment.
Ideally, you’ll also have
- Experience working in a transaction, diligence, corporate finance, consulting or professional services environment.
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification.
- Client‑facing experience from a professional services, advisory or commercial analytics background.
- Experience with SQL, Python, R, VBA or other analytical languages.
- Experience building dashboards, databooks, management reporting packs or analytical outputs for senior stakeholders.
What we offer
We provide future‑focused skills development, a diverse inclusive culture and the opportunity to work on high‑stakes M&A engagements.
