EY-Parthenon - Value Creation - Senior Director - Multiple Locations

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Location: New York - One Manhattan West, Chicago - 155 N Wacker Dr, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia - 1 Commerce, Dallas - One Victory Park, McLean, VA, Detroit, San Francisco, Atlanta, Denver - 370 17th St, Boston - Rowes Wharf Building, Hoboken, Seattle.

EY Parthenon – Value Creation - Senior Director

Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed decisions. As a Senior Director within EY Parthenon, you will help make that happen. You will be an important part of our diversely talented, highly experienced team and work at the forefront of high-profile transactions. EY-Parthenon has a market-leading proposition to create and maximize value for our clients, whether they are developing their growth strategy, acquiring, or divesting assets, or undertaking operational restructuring.

The opportunity

EY Parthenon - Value Creation helps PE firms, their portfolio companies, and corporate companies realize better returns by unlocking value and accelerating time to money through targeted operational improvements. We rapidly define, quantify, and help realize significant incremental and sustainable value through revenue enhancement, cost and margin improvement and working capital reduction.

Your key responsibilities

1. Lead and execute operational focused projects spanning the entire lifecycle of a transaction, including operational due diligence, buy side carve-out and integration planning, post-acquisition 100 day and value creation planning, ongoing performance improvement, and exit readiness planning.

Skills and attributes for success

1. Project Management - lead and manage project teams comprising of colleagues from across the Strategy and Transactions sub service lines.
2. Business and Commercially Driven - work in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to our clients.
3. Business Development - drive pursuits, including presentations and client meetings.
4. People development – coach, train, and mentor junior team members.
5. Building Relationships - strong trusted advisor relationships with senior clients.

To qualify for the role, you must have

1. A bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, or related field and 8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 7 years of related work experience.
2. Strategy and operations management consulting experience.
3. Excellent analytical, problem-solving/modeling skills.
4. Experience in operational due diligence, operational transformation, and performance improvement.
5. Experience in business integrations, divestitures, and/or carve-outs.
6. Deep understanding of financial statements and operational performance metrics.
7. Experience leading and managing cross-functional teams.
8. Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
9. The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary.

Ideally, you’ll also have

1. A proven record of excellence in M&A transactions.
2. Experience in driving operational improvement programs in a corporate setting.
3. Experience gained within another large professional services organization.
4. MBA is preferred.

What we look for

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

What we offer

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $250,000 to $290,000. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors.

Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client-serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year.

EY accepts applications for this position on an on-going basis. If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

EY is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer providing equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to any legally protected basis.

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