Manager, Operational Due Diligence, Strategy & Execution, EY Parthenon, Belfast or Derry,Londonderry

Overview

In this role, you will support EY-Parthenon’s Operational Due Diligence practice by shaping deal-related strategies and execution plans. You collaborate with cross-functional teams to originate business opportunities, prepare client-ready materials, and drive value-creating recommendations under tight timelines. You’ll lead and mentor junior colleagues and help scale practice initiatives in a large, global consulting environment. This is an opportunity to influence post-deal integration, carve-outs, and operational restructurings at major clients while working within an innovative, AI-enabled advisory platform.

Pay / Benefits

• inclusive and empowering culture
• wellbeing emphasis
• global reach and diverse thinking
• opportunities to work across 150+ countries
• state-of-the-art methodologies and technology-enabled solutions

Responsibilities

• Support business origination through pitches and client presentations to win work
• Advise clients across sectors on strategies for value creation within a transaction context
• Lead blended project teams and manage senior client meetings to shape integration or carve-out plans
• Oversee engagement management, including commercials and risk
• Contribute to practice development and a positive team culture
• Act as a role model, developing junior team members and assisting with recruitment and training
• Demonstrate ability to perform and summarize analysis into actionable insights at pace
• Provide flexibility to support broader IT and operational transaction work

Key requirements

• Specialism in at least three of: professional services/consulting; transactions (due diligence, carve-out, or integrations); deep understanding of core operational functions
• Strong analytical skills linking operational analysis to financial statements and implications for client strategy
• Experience building relationships with senior clients and influencing key decision-makers
• Experience supporting sales and business development in a large-scale consulting environment
• Track record of delivering projects and managing teams and vendors
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to produce high-quality reports and presentations

• Strong communication
• Influence and relationship-building
• Team leadership and mentoring
• Operational due diligence
• Carve-out and integration planning
• Post-deal restructuring and cost reduction

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