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Financial Services, London

EY-Parthenon is a leading global strategy consultancy and M&A practice, helping clients reshape business models through strategic advisory services, M&A execution, and enterprise-wide transformation. The role provides opportunities to work on high-profile transactions and offers early responsibility and significant development opportunities.

The Deal Management and Technology (DMT) team provides operational advice throughout the deal lifecycle from due diligence through to deal execution and value realisation. As a Senior Manager you will lead engagements and work with cross‑functional teams in a high‑pressure environment. Your client work will include:

• Due diligence analysis and report writing, focused on operational and IT considerations and their impact on transaction rationale;
• Design, planning and execution of integration and separation programmes;
• Design, planning and execution of strategic transformation programmes.

A key part of your role will be to manage engagement economics and communicate significant issues, fees and general progress to partners and clients. You will coach junior team members, develop the team’s intellectual capital, and participate in marketing efforts by building relationships with senior clients and enhancing the team’s external brand.

• Financial Services expertise: at least seven years of industry and/or consulting experience in a Financial Services environment.
• Change management: a proven track‑record in leading change initiatives, preferably in a transaction context.
• Strategic insight: aware of trends in Financial Services and the M&A market and able to apply this knowledge to shape the approach for individual assignments.
• Commercial acumen: able to quickly understand the key value drivers in a business and use this insight to influence problem solving.
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis: able to apply sound analysis to understand how operational issues affect the investment case for a transaction.
• Operating model: able to design operating models for Financial Services businesses. Understands key drivers of operational risk and efficiency.
• Communication skills: has good verbal communication skills, is a good listener, and produces high quality written reports.
• Relationship management: can establish credibility and presence with client teams and engage with them as a peer to debate operational and strategic issues.
• Selling skills: able to recognise opportunities and draw on other experts within the firm to deliver optimal solutions.
• Cultural awareness: aware of different operating styles and cultures and reflects these in the approach to each assignment.
• Political savvy: able to understand and navigate senior level politics in order to ensure successful delivery of client assignments.
• People management and teamwork: understands and uses group dynamics to achieve assignment objectives, is approachable, and provides coaching and support.
• Strong academic track record, including a degree.
• Applicants should be able to deal with ambiguity and also benefit from international experience, transaction experience and foreign language skills.

• Able to form influential relationships on client accounts.
• Leads engagements delivering Deal Management or Strategic Transformation services.
• Supports key client decision makers in developing and executing their transaction strategy to secure deal value.
• Delivers a high degree of client satisfaction with the engagement process and deliverables and is able to drive additional and repeated engagements.
• Understands Ernst & Young’s service offerings and actively identifies opportunities to improve client service.

• Responsible for overall team performance on engagements.
• Helps people develop through effective supervision, coaching and mentoring of junior staff.
• Contributes to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training Transaction, Strategy and Execution professionals.
• Makes an educational programme to develop personal skills on an ongoing basis.
• Understands, follows and communicates workplace policies and procedures to junior staff.
• Builds strong internal relationships with other EY teams.

• High profile: the opportunity to work on some of the world’s largest transactions in a market‑leading team.
• Growth: the DMT team is a high‑growth part of the business, offering significant development opportunities.
• Team environment: a collaborative and energetic team with strong support from the wider organisation.
• Variety: each assignment offers the chance to work across banking, asset management, and insurance transactions.
• Mobility: work may involve travel and opportunities for international career development.

We offer a competitive remuneration package, support for flexible working, and a comprehensive Total Rewards package. Our benefits include flexible working, career development opportunities, coaching and feedback, freedom to handle your role in a way that suits you, and a wide range of insurance, savings and discount benefits.

• Support, coaching and feedback from engaging colleagues.
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career.
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.

Please note: Prior to finalising your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.