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. The Strategy and Execution - Deal Technology practice works on the most complex and high-profile global transactions, across a broad portfolio of clients and industry sectors. This role involves developing and executing strategies for transactions, preparing and executing separation and integration plans, identifying ideas and sources of value enhancement, and advising on risk mitigation and the successful change of operations, functions, and people.

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)
• Build trusted relationships with senior clients
• Solve problems from beginning to end with a compelling narrative
• Translate complex data into meaningful insights
• Lead and manage in complex business environments
• Synthesize approaches to complex integration/divestiture conflicts
• Negotiate and influence both internally and externally
• Lead and manage junior colleagues to become high-performing
• Learn and develop technical and personal skills to support career goals

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.
• 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

• Reside in or be in a commutable distance to your office location for this position.
• The ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary.

Skills and attributes for success

• Build Trusted Relationships
• Strong Problem Solving and Storytelling
• Outcomes-driven
• Effective through Collaboration
• Business and Commercially Driven
• Business Development
• Talent Development
• Learning