Senior Manager, M&A Origination

EY-Parthenon; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Wellness incentive

8 weeks flex leave per year

Gender-neutral paid parental leave

Competitive salary open to negotiation

Job summary

EY-Parthenon in Australia and New Zealand seeks a Senior Manager, Deal Origination to lead our dedicated origination hub. You’ll identify attractive acquisition targets and develop credible transaction theses, engaging directly with business owners, PE investors and advisers to create genuine opportunities.

You’ll guide a small team, leveraging data, AI and market insights to drive origination across priority accounts and sectors, and partner with EY teams to convert opportunities into mandates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ relevant experience in M&A, corporate finance, deal origination, private equity, corporate development or a closely related environment.
• Strong commercial judgement and analytical capability, with the ability to turn detailed company, market and sector information into focused acquisition or origination theses.
• Confidence and persistence in approaching business owners, investors and advisers directly, together with demonstrated relationship-building and senior stakeholder management capability.
• The ability to manage and develop a small team while remaining personally involved in origination, operate with initiative and personal accountability, and use data, AI and emerging technology to improve research, screening and origination.

Responsibilities

• Originate and qualify M&A opportunities by identifying attractive businesses, acquisition targets and transaction themes, assessing strategic fit and developing credible transaction or commercial theses.
• Develop acquisition theses by combining sector analysis, company intelligence and commercial judgement to identify attractive acquisition opportunities.
• Engage directly with the market, including business owners, private equity investors, advisers and other market participants, to develop relationships and opportunities.
• Support priority private equity accounts and targeted origination campaigns, including understanding investment strategies, mapping portfolio companies and identifying credible acquisition and bolt-on opportunities across priority accounts, sectors and market themes.
• Build new-to-EY relationships and identify opportunities within EY’s existing relationships, working with account teams and Partners to develop transaction hypotheses, appropriate approaches and routes to decision-makers.
• Lead the day-to-day operation of the Deal Origination Hub, setting priorities, allocating work and developing team members; overseeing the origination intelligence platform and pipeline; using data, technology and AI to improve origination; and working across EY-Parthenon and broader EY teams to convert originated opportunities into pursuits and mandates.

Skills

M&A

Corporate finance

Deal origination

Private equity

Corporate development

Job description

EY-Parthenon in Australia and New Zealand seeks a Senior Manager, Deal Origination to lead our dedicated origination hub. You’ll identify attractive acquisition targets and develop credible transaction theses, engaging directly with business owners, PE investors and advisers to create genuine opportunities.

You’ll guide a small team, leveraging data, AI and market insights to drive origination across priority accounts and sectors, and partner with EY teams to convert opportunities into mandates.