EY-Parthenon - Deals - Financial Diligence - Buy Side - Senior Director

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture, and technology to become the best version of you and we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

The potential for error is high in an environment where speed is critical. Companies looking for local and global deals face strong competition for quality assets and stakeholder scrutiny regarding acquisitions. M&A success starts with comprehensive diligence, it's the only way to understand if the deal is the right decision at the right price.

As a Transaction Diligence Senior Manager, you'll be right at the heart of the action. You'll work with many of the world's largest organizations, fastest-growing companies, and private equity firms on some of the most complex deals. You'll be advising our clients throughout the diligence lifecycle on key drivers to increase value and reduce the risks and uncertainty inherent in transactions. 

The opportunity 

You'll be working in a team environment with financial due diligence professionals on a variety of projects across a range of sectors. Our team works to understand the client's business profit drivers and trends, as well as challenge assumptions of future performance and assist with purchase agreements and post-closing transaction matters.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Manager in Transaction Diligence, you will manage and lead teams on financial diligence project work. You'll be focused on analyzing financial data and identifying key trends behind the performance of a business, discussing business performance, and forecast assumptions with senior team management, and helping structure reports that set out our findings and recommendations around the key financial and business issues in a transaction. You will also be responsible for people and practice development activities. Additionally, you'll be responsible for business development and pursuit activities as well as cultivating long-term client relationships.

Skills and attributes for success

• Managing and executing financial due diligence engagements.
• Developing and communicating fees and timelines.
• Analyze financial and operational results of businesses to be acquired or sold through reviewing accounting records and conducting interviews with management.
• Identifying negotiation factors for purchase price and deal structuring.
• Identifying post-acquisition action steps to achieve anticipated earnings/cash flow improvements.
• Constantly researching industry trends and technologies, as well as seasonality and cyclicality on cash flow requirements to provide knowledge and insight to clients.
• Understanding EY's service lines and actively present ways the firm can successfully serve clients.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance and 8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 7 years of related work experience.
• Significant public accounting and previous financial due diligence experience.
• Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights.
• Ability to prioritize effectively on projects and the skills to adapt quickly to new challenges and concepts.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting relationships both internally and externally.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary.

Ideally, you'll also have

• A proven record of excellence in a mergers or acquisitions transactions role.
• An active CPA certification.
• Experience gained within another large professional services organization.
• Established networking skills in a relevant industry.

What we look for

We're interested in talented professionals with the ability to visualize our clients' goals and think creatively to facilitate them - often in politically charged environments. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, and a genuine passion for taking on new challenges, this role is for you.