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—solutions that work in practice, not just on paper. Benefiting from EY’s full spectrum of services, we’ve reimagined strategic consulting to work in a world of increasing complexity.

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).
• Have a commercial mindset to solve problems from beginning to end.

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.
• Significant management consulting experience.
• 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 analytical skills and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights.
• 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

• A proven record of excellence in an IT transactions role.
• Experience gained within another large professional services organization.
• Knowledge of how to leverage firm-approved AI tools in a business setting, including Microsoft Copilot.
• Established networking skills in a relevant industry.

Skills and attributes for success

• 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