Executive - M&A Analytics - EY-Parthenon, Birmingham

EY-Parthenon; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

EY-Parthenon Birmingham seeks an Executive, M&A Analytics to turn complex financial and operational data into actionable insights for deal decision-making. You will build dashboards and databooks, support diligence efforts and work across transaction teams to challenge value drivers.

The role focuses on data analytics within the M&A lifecycle, delivering visual outputs, reconciling outputs to source data, and communicating findings to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Qualification in a numerate discipline or equivalent practical experience.
• Commercial analytics or transactions experience.
• Experience with data analytics and visualization tools (Excel, Alteryx, Power BI, Python).
• Commitment to delivering high-quality client service.
• Ability to work effectively in a high-performing team in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Extract, cleanse and transform data from client systems.
• Build analyses in Excel, Alteryx, SQL, and Power BI.
• Prepare dashboards and databooks for deal workstreams.
• Reconcile outputs to management accounts and source systems.
• Analyze revenue, margins, pricing, and retention metrics.
• Collaborate with Financial Due Diligence, Corporate Finance and strategy teams.
• Communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Suggest improvements to tools and working methods as the Birmingham team grows.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Curiosity

Education

Numerate degree

Tools

Excel

Alteryx

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

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Executive, M&A Analytics – EY-Parthenon, Birmingham

The opportunity

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.

EY-Parthenon’s Transaction Analytics team helps clients use data to make better decisions at critical moments in the deal lifecycle. We work with private equity investors, corporates, management teams and other advisers on buy-side, sell-side, vendor assistance and exit readiness engagements.

Our work sits at the intersection of M&A, financial due diligence, commercial insight and advanced analytics. We turn complex financial, operational and commercial datasets into clear, robust analysis that supports the equity story, helps answer bidder and investor questions, and gives clients greater confidence in transaction decisions.

This is an opportunity to join our growing Birmingham Transaction Analytics team and help build a regional platform within one of the UK’s leading deal analytics practices.

Our core work is delivered during the exciting and high-speed phases of an M&A process. We use data and analytics to assess a target company’s financial performance, business projections and key value drivers, identifying opportunities, risks, sensitivities and potential mitigations that can influence transaction outcomes.

The Transaction Analytics team works closely with Financial Due Diligence, Corporate Finance, Strategy, Tax and sector specialists to provide deeper insights, challenge value drivers and bring innovative digital capabilities to live deal situations. Our work includes building reconciled data cubes, dynamic databooks and dashboards that support vendor due diligence, commercial due diligence, information memoranda, management presentations and bidder Q&A.

Companies are collecting more data than ever before across finance, ERP, CRM, billing, operational and external sources. Our challenge is to use analytics at pace to identify and explain trends that may otherwise remain hidden — and to convert those insights into a clear transaction narrative.

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 Look For

What’s most important is that you are curious, collaborative and comfortable working with ambiguity. You will enjoy solving complex data problems, learning quickly, and turning analysis into insight that helps clients make better decisions during important transactions.

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. Learn more about careers at EY-Parthenon.

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