Senior Associate - Strategy - EY Parthenon

Job description

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

About EY-Parthenon Strategy

EY-Parthenon is EY’s global strategy consultancy with more than 6,000 professionals working across three areas of focus: corporate & growth strategy, transaction strategy & execution, and turnaround & restructuring strategy. In 2021, EY-Parthenon was ranked among the top 5 in the Vault’s Top 50 Consulting Firms.

EY is making an unparalleled investment in the successful EY-Parthenon team, which will support accelerated growth well ahead of the market. This creates a unique opportunity to join, enjoy rapid development and promotion and build the most dynamic Strategy Practice in Europe.

The below relates to applications for theEY-Parthenon Corporate & Growth Strategy team only. If you are looking to apply for Transaction Strategy & Execution or Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy, please visit theEY careers pages to apply.

At EY-Parthenon Strategy, we put our purpose — Building a better working world — at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to using unconventional yet pragmatic thinking to deliver actionable strategies in order to help our clients navigate the ever-changing business landscape.

You’ll be a part of a collaborative team that applies the latest thinking, research, analytics and methodologies to help transform clients’ businesses and solve complex business matters, driving change for tomorrow’s working world. For smart, nice and driven candidates, working at EY-Parthenon Strategy offers the opportunity to change how world-leading organisations do business.

We advise on a vast range of issues, such as core value propositions, competitive positioning, and growth strategies. EY-Parthenon Strategy employees are able to enjoy unparalleled contact with influential and highly experienced professionals within the firm, as well as at clients’ organisationsacross a multitude of sectors. The London office focuses on Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Private Equity, Retail & Consumer Goods, and Technology, Media & Telecoms

The Work:

The EY-Parthenon brand is the home of our fast-growing global strategy capability. We advise corporate and private equity clients on strategic and commercial issues affecting their key investment choices. Areas of our work include:

·  Commercial due diligence
·  Strategy assessment
·  Market entry strategy and opportunity sizing
·  Product and business unit strategy development
·  Divestment options analysis

You'll work with a high-performing, integrated team which focuses on a variety of global and local corporate clients and private equity clients. You'll have a diverse range of stretching experiences which will give you continuous learning and development opportunities as well as a great sense of achievement.

The Opportunity

We are seeking to expand our team with Senior Associates who will work across a range of sectors. As a Senior Associateyou will be responsible for structuring and executingsignificant portions of analysis, including drawing out implications for the client and creating clear storylines.Over time, Senior Associates typically begin to step into leadership roles, managing small teams to produce client ready deliverables on a project.  

EY-Parthenon has a very flat structure which will allow you to become actively involved in many levels of client work. You will often be asked to present your analysis for clients and play a key role in helping to develop and execute work plans. Given the demands of such an accelerated role, your skills as a consultant are highly tuned in the areas of analytics, communications, teamwork, and leadership.

Internally, you will be responsible for helping to develop a community within the team via internal initiatives such as Learning, Operations, Resourcing, Recruitment, etc. In addition, you typically will get involved in key strategic initiatives such as the generation of proprietary intellectual capital.

At the Senior Associate level, you will begin taking responsibility for developing the recommendations that will ultimately be implemented by our clients, whilst also learning how to contribute to and grow EY-Parthenon’s business through internal practice building and contributing to new business development. You will have opportunities to learn from a wide variety of senior team members –through counselling relationships, mentoring, and coaching. In addition, EY-Parthenon provides a robust formal training programme designed to suit you at each stage in your career and help youto develop the skills needed to maximise your effectiveness as a consultant and an advisor. EY-Parthenon invests heavily in the professional development of its consultants. We believe everyone has unique needs and motivations and therefore professional development is best accomplished through a customised program of training, staffing, and mentorship.

You Key Responsibilities

·  Managing small teams of Associatesto produce deliverables within a work stream of a project
·  Owning the problem solving for part of a project – includingunderstanding key client issues and designing the analysis needed to address them
·  Independently performing primary and secondary research including data gathering, interviews, and surveys
·  Planning and developing analytics, both qualitative and quantitative
·  Crafting and delivering client-ready ‘story lines’ (the output to narrate the solution to the client’s problem)for both client and Business Development Work
·  Fostering an inclusive culture throughout the team and within engagements
·  Contributing to internal firm building initiatives

Skills and attributes for success

Successful candidates are intellectually curious, passionate about solving complex problems, hardworking, have an enthusiastic and approachable demeanour with an entrepreneurial mind-set. We want people who are great communicators, who collaborate well with people and teams, and who have a real desire to both learn and coach others. We are looking for exciting candidates to join our team with the required characteristics.

To qualify for the role, you must:

·  Be educated to bachelor’s degree level or equivalent
·  Have a minimum of 2 years working experience in a strategy consulting, transaction advisory or corporate finance role
·  Have both quantitative and qualitative analysis skills
·  Be clear and concise in your communication skills, and be able to engage effectively with both clients and team members
·  Possess a desire and ability to solve complex and open-ended client problems

Ideally, you will also

·  Be good at building productive working relationships with clients and EY-Parthenon team members
·  Enjoy working in a highly collaborative and fast-paced team environment
·  Have a vitality and a passion for learning and sharing knowledge
·  Demonstrate good business acumen and experience, ideally across different sectors
·  Have the ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments

What we offer

We offer an attractive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:

·  Continuous learning: Through continuous training, coaching and mentorship, you’ll develop the mindset and skills needed to accelerate your career and become a transformational leader
·  Real exposure:Opportunities to work on a wide range of projects and be exposed to a number of different business models, industries and companies
·  Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
·  Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build.

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EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.