Manager, M&A Deal Management, Strategy and Execution, EY Parthenon

Overview

In this Senior Executive role at EY-Parthenon, you will support deal origination and advisory work across diverse sectors. You’ll operate in fast-paced transaction environments, shaping strategic actions for value creation and leading client conversations at senior levels. You’ll contribute to practice development and help nurture a great, collaborative team culture. The role combines strategy, transactions and operating-model insights to deliver practical outcomes for clients. You will work within a global, multi-disciplinary firm that prioritizes growth, wellbeing and inclusion, offering a meaningful opportunity to shape client futures.

Pay / Benefits

• inclusion and empowering culture
• focus on wellbeing
• global network with 25,000+ colleagues in 150 countries
• career development and technology-enabled solutions
• cross-functional collaboration
• flexible and challenging projects

Responsibilities

• Assist in business origination through pitches and client-ready presentations to win work
• Operate in transaction environments with tight timeframes for demanding clients
• Advise clients on developing and executing strategies for value creation across sectors
• Contribute to practice development initiatives and team culture
• Lead blended project teams from transactions and advisory practices
• Advise and collaborate with client teams; lead meetings with senior stakeholders to shape integration and carve-out planning
• Manage engagement aspects including commercials and risk
• Act as role model; support junior members and contribute to recruitment and training
• Demonstrate ability to perform and summarize analysis into actionable management insights at pace
• Be flexible to support broader IT & operational transaction work

Key requirements

• Specialism in at least three areas: professional services/consulting, transactions (due diligence, carve-out or integrations), or 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 decision makers
• Experience supporting sales and business development for professional services in a large-scale environment
• Track record of successful project delivery with responsibility for managing project teams and vendors
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to produce high-quality reports and presentations

• influence and advisory capability
• client-facing communication
• cross-functional collaboration
• operational due diligence
• carve-out planning
• integration planning

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