EY Parthenon - Strategy and Transactions, Senior Manager at Ernst & Young

What We Look For:

• We are looking for a trusted business advisor who appreciates a collaborative culture by nurturing team members through mentoring and coaching, knowledge sharing and adapting relevant ideas from previous projects or experiences. We are interested in specialist who can develop and execute corporate and growth strategy using the most innovative approach. If you want to work with a network of international specialists who are focused on designing and implementing strategy and driving strategic transformation, this role is for you.  

Key Responsibilities:

As a Director/Senior Manager, you will be responsible for leading our largest client projects, shaping the deliverables, client relationships, and wider team, with the support and coaching of our directors and partners. You’ll also be involved in developing proposals and bids, and actively contribute to EY-Parthenon thought leadership and internal operational initiatives.

This will include:

• Managing strategy engagement teams effectively
• Developing our business – identifying opportunities within existing clients and driving sales activity
• Working closely with wider EY teams – across Business Consulting, Tax, Transactions and Assurance to bring the best of the firm to our clients.
• Developing a community within the team – owning / developing an offer, or other internal practice build initiatives such as Training, Professional Development, Innovation and Recruitment.
• Counselling of Managers and Consultants to provide career direction and advice.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Successful candidates are intellectually curious, passionate about solving complex problems, hardworking, have an enthusiastic and approachable demeanor with an entrepreneurial mind-set. We want people who are great communicators, who collaborate well with people and teams, and who have a real desire to both learn and coach others. We are looking for exciting candidates to join our team with the required characteristics.

To Qualify for the Role, You Must Have

• Have a minimum of 12 years professional working experience from Big 4 firms or recognized global consulting firms in strategy consulting relating to purpose-led strategy, long-term value creation, business model reinvention, go-to-market strategy, market entry strategy and opportunity sizing, product and business unit strategy development, strategic cost evaluation and commercial due diligence.
• Have either a relevant commercial experience or a strong strategy consulting background.
• Have credible project management experience and demonstrate an ability to plan, deliver, structure, write and present work against tight deadlines.
• Be willing to share your technical and other knowledge with your team.

Ideally, You’ll Also Have

• Be an excellent communicator, both oral and written
• Have business development experience.
• Have a drive to solve complex problems with senior stakeholders.
• Be an effective time manager, able to keep calm when under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Be a coach to junior team-members helping them with on-the-job training, informal discussions and formal EY-Parthenon training modules.
• Be a team player with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels in EY and with clients, both in the Africa and internationally