Strategy and Transactions – Senior Business Analyst Ernst & Young

EY Strategy and Transactions helps client to work more efficiently and effectively, ensuring their long-term health by raising, preserving, investing and optimizing capital. As an EY transaction professional, you will be able to work with the world’s largest organizations, fastest-growing companies and private equity firms on some of the biggest and most complex cross-border engagements in the global market. You will help those clients to make a better and more informed decisions about how they strategically manage capital and transactions in a changing world. That means advising businesses on how they preserve, optimize, raise and invest their capital to help them achieve their strategic objectives.

As a member of Strategy and Transactions team, you’ll participate in due diligence, valuation and business modelling, strategic digital advisory, M&A advisory engagements related to transactions involving private equity/ financial investor groups as well as strategic corporate companies. Specifically, you will be a part of a team seeking to help clients plan mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring, debt and equity sourcing

Your key responsibilities
• Analyze financial and operational results of acquisition targets through the preparation of various analyses by reviewing accounting records and conducting interviews with management, including finance, operations, human resources and marketing.
• Serve as a member of multiple client engagement teams, performing financial modeling, valuations analysis; mergers and acquisitions; assisting in the facilitation of strategic sessions and developing strategic plans.
• Maintain a strong client focus by serving client needs and maintain/develop productive working relationships with clients.
• Engage with the client target company to document and assess information, reporting directly to the manager. Maintain and develop positive, productive, and professional relationships with clients and winning repeat business.
• Evaluate the effects of seasonal and cyclical changes on cash flow requirements.
• Perform industry and company research- identifying and exploring potential new business.
• Uses written communication skills to develop internal and client documentation, including key analyses, reports and recommendations.
• Direct the progress of fieldwork, inform managers of the engagement status, and manage staff performance as required.
• Assist in preparing reports and schedules as required.
• Bring potential opportunities to the team’s attention as well as seek, develop, and present ideas to apply EY’s services.

Skills and attributes for success
• Demonstrating your professionalism while working in clients’ environments and providing exceptional service.
• Creative, innovative and possess the ability to think outside of the box.
• Analytical mindset and critical thinking.
• Excellent use of the Microsoft Office suite, specifically Powerpoint and Excel.
• Dedication, project-management, communication, interpersonal, and teaming skills.
• The ability to work efficiently within a given budget and schedule, providing top-quality results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Experience leading, planning, execution and reporting on assignments.
• Proficiency with financial research tools.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and project management skills.

What we are looking for
• You have an agile, growth-oriented mindset. What you know matters. But the right mindset is just as important in determining success. We’re looking for people who are innovative, can work in an agile way and keep pace with a rapidly changing world.
• You are curious and purpose driven. We’re looking for people who see opportunities instead of challenges, who ask better questions to seek better answers that build a better working world.
• You are inclusive. We’re looking for people who seek out and embrace diverse perspectives, who value differences, and team inclusivity to build safety and trust.
• The person. We are most interested in people who are naturally curious and ready to work on Strategy and Transactions engagements. We are looking for a sociable and outgoing professional who enjoys working with others and building relationships with both colleagues and clients. A goal-oriented Senior Business Analyst with the ambition to strive for excellent service. Furthermore, we need a structured individual with good analytical skills and a genuine interest in corporate finance. In return, you can expect the support of colleagues, as well the industry-recognized training you’ll need to grow in your career.

To qualify, candidates must have:
• University degree of at least 2nd upper class from any reputable University and preferably in a business-related field.
• CPA/ACA/CA/ACCA or an equivalent international qualification.
• Minimum 3- 5 years of related work experience in reputable consulting firm.