EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Deal Technology - Director - Multiple Locations

About the role

EY-Parthenon’s unique combination of transformative strategy, transactions, and corporate finance delivers real-world value. We partner with CEOs, Boards, Private Equity, and Governments on the most complex and high-profile global transactions, across a broad portfolio of clients and industry sectors.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies for transactions
• Manage and execute IT focused projects across sectors
• Develop experience in different types of engagements, including pre-deal (e.g., operational and carve-out planning) and post-deal (e.g., integration planning, tracking)
• Work on the most complex and high-profile global transactions
• Partner with clients on strategic and operational matters

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Information and Operations Management, or Analytics with 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 3 years of related work experience.
• MBA is preferred.
• Significant management consulting experience.
• Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights.
• Experience in business integrations, divestitures, and/or carve-outs with a demonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Experience leading and managing in complex business environments.
• The ability to synthesize approaches to complex integration/divestiture conflicts.
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting relationships both internally and externally.
• Expertise in a minimum of 4 of the following IT skillsets:
• IT strategy
• Enterprise architecture
• Infrastructure and cloud architecture
• Cyber and IAM architecture
• Digital Technology Strategy
• Digital IT operating model transformation
• IT cost reduction
• IT security / cyber
• IT shared services
• IT organization transformation
• ERP implementation
• Digital business enablement using digital technology enablers (i.e., advanced analytics, robotic process automation, virtual reality)
• Cloud SaaS or PaaS (including Collaboration) strategy and delivery
• Cloud IaaS or Data Center migration planning and execution
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) / Active Directory services strategy
• IT service management
• Operations Center (e.g., NOC, SOC) or Managed Service Provider
• IT TSA development
• IT finance management
• IT infrastructure management
• IT outsourcing / offshoring
• IT contract management
• IT or Cyber Diligence
• IT synergy identification
• Data governance, separation, and transition
• Integration and Separation Planning
• Experience with and demonstrated success in at least one key business process such as procurement to pay, record to report, order to cash, plan to make, hire to retire.
• Certifications in Agile, ITIL, PMP, Six Sigma, CISSP or CISA highly desired.

Qualifications

• Build Trusted Relationships - ability to manage senior client relationships and influence client perspectives
• Strong Problem Solving and Storytelling - be a lead for solving problems from beginning to end (problem identification, hypothesis development, synthesis, and recommendation with a compelling narrative)
• Outcomes-driven - understand and translate client needs into approach and outcomes for project delivery
• Effective through Collaboration - be part of project teams comprising colleagues from across the EY-Parthenon sub-service lines
• Business and Commercially Driven - working in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to our clients
• Business Development - ability to drive aspects of pursuits, including presentations and client meetings. Contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work
• Talent Development - coach junior colleagues to become high-performing
• Learning - learn and develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and experiences

Benefits

Comprehensive compensation and benefits package including medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.

Pay

Base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $205,000 to $235,000. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.

Schedule

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.