Manager - Deal Finance, Strategy & Execution, EY-Parthenon - London

EY; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Senior Executive (Manager) for their Deal Finance team. This role involves assisting in business origination, managing client delivery, and advising on mergers and acquisitions. Candidates should have experience in transactions and finance, coupled with relevant qualifications. Strong analytical and interpersonal skills are essential, alongside a commitment to delivering client value in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Broad experience in transactions or finance as a consultant with a Big 4 or Management Consultancy.
• Experience in FP&A, Financial Control, or Operational Finance roles.
• Change agent experience in previous roles.

Responsibilities

• Assist in business origination tasks including pitches and presentations.
• Responsible for core aspects of client delivery and engagement management.
• Advise on mergers and acquisitions impacts on finance functions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Advisory skills

Interpersonal skills

Change management

Education

Qualified accountant – ACA, CIMA, or equivalent

Strong academic background

Job description

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.

Join our Deal Finance team within the Strategy & Execution practice. We are looking for self-starters passionate about driving value for CFOs across different sectors, including Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility, Telecommunications Media & Technology, Energy, Health Science & Wellness, and Private Equity.

The Deal Finance team at EY consists of a strong team of individuals, with diverse personal & professional backgrounds who have a mix of deep specialisms from consulting to broader finance experience in a range of industry sectors.

This rapidly growing team focuses on transactions, supporting clients throughout the capital lifecycle. We are expanding our Deal Finance team, providing exciting opportunities for those dedicated to delivering client value. Our team works across all of EY, drawing on the best and most relevant expertise for our clients.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Executive (Manager) within our S&E team, you’ll assist in aspects of business origination, including pitches and presentations to help sell work as well as work in a transaction environment operating under tight M&A timeframes. You will be familiar working in a large-scale consulting environment or industry role.

As a Senior Executive your key role will be responsibility for core aspects of client delivery, supporting the engagement manager/ be the engagement manager.

You will be part of a team who:

• Advise on the impact of merger and acquisition transactions on the finance function and across CFO priorities.
• Understand and have the ability to advise on integration challenges, separation challenges, change in ownership (public to private and vice versa).
• Have analytical and advisory skills across the deal lifecycle – with specific focus on operational due diligenceand value creation, including areas such as P&L optimisation, maturity assessments and designing models for scale and cost out.

To qualify for the role, you must:

• Have broad experience from having worked in transactions or finance function as a consultant with a Big 4 or Management Consultancy firm. We may also consider industry experience with roles in some of the core areas of Finance (e.g. FP&A, Financial Control, Commercial / Operational Finance Business Partnering, CFO).
• Be a qualified accountant – ACA, CIMA, or internationally recognised equivalent finance qualification.
• Have strong academics and interpersonal skills.
• Have experience of being a change agent in previous roles.

The following will be an advantage:

• Experience in a transaction’s environment.
• Capability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment.
• Skilled in supporting decision making.
• Experience of managing & coaching team members.
• Ability to demonstrable analytical skills.
• Commercially curious and committed to learning.