EY - Assistant Director - Corporate Financial Strategy - Transaction Advisory Services

Job description EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) Assistant Director - Corporate Finance Strategy

EY is a global professional services organization providing advisory, assurance, tax and transaction services. EY is among the world's most attractive employers. It offers opportunities and experiences that bring out the best in its people at work every day. Collaborating with diverse teams across the globe helps our people develop a global mind-set. EY develops outstanding leaders who deliver value to all our stakeholders to meet their strategic corporate objectives. GDS is EY's global client service delivery vehicle and is founded on an extended teaming model.

With operations across the globe, GDS offers seamless services to 80 countries through its "high performing teams". GDS India has won several Global HR awards for its people practices: ranked first in the "Dream Companies to Work- . For the sixth consecutive year, we've been ranked as the "Best Place to Work for" in the - Great Place to Work- survey. GDS TAS has been one of the fastest growing services, delivering transaction support, transaction tax and capital transformation services to clients around the world.

GDS TAS professionals work as an extended team to global TAS practices. They deliver insights, analytics and advice to our clients on strategies to raise, invest, preserve and optimize their capital. GDS TAS offers you: - First-hand knowledge on how the economic climate is changing - Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment

- An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of about ~1100 professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide - Opportunities to work with EY TAS practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries We are committed to providing learning opportunities to our employees through robust training and global secondment opportunities.

CFS Brief:

- As part of our Corporate Finance Strategy team, you will help clients develop their investment strategies and evaluate potential transactions. Working with EY's proprietary Capital Agenda framework, you will help clients determine the best way to raise, invest, optimize and preserve their capital.

- This includes developing growth and market entry strategies, conducting strategic portfolio reviews and undertaking commercial due diligence studies. The client base spans all industry sectors and includes blue chip corporates, multinational investors and Private Equity firms. -

Role : Assistant Director Location : Gurgaon Reports to : Associate Director

Responsibilities :

The responsibilities of an Assistant Director will include: 

- The main objective is to achieve business growth by developing and maintaining strong working relationships with key business decision-makers, informing them of our scope of services and communicating how these services benefit their organizations.

Key responsibilities:

- Work on both on-onsite and off-site consulting engagements and provide value adds for final input

- Lead engagement teams of 25 - 30 people executing consulting services which support key decision makers in developing and executing their transaction, financing or operational decisions.

- Perform detailed reviews.

- Use an issue based approach to deliver growth, market and portfolio strategy engagements for corporates.

- Lead teams undertaking commercial due diligence studies for financial investors 

- Support business development activities through both leading specific pursuits and developing long-standing advisory relationships with senior clients

- Participate actively in the building of an industry segment practice across EY service lines

- Contribute to the development of intellectual capital in service line and industry practices

Functional expertise in the following areas is a must to consult on strategy :

Growth strategies

- Market entry assessments

- Portfolio reviews

- Strategic options analysis

- Operational improvements

- Commercial due diligence

- Post-merger integration

- Carve-out / Divestment

Job requirements :

- To qualify, candidates must have: - Educated to Masters level from Tier 1 B-Schools

- Experience in executing and managing research and analysis of companies and markets, preferably with commercial due diligence experience

- A minimum of 12 years of direct experience in Strategy Consulting or experience in a Corporate Finance role in an organization

- Preferable exposure to Engagement Management in top consulting firms

- Advanced knowledge and experience in any of the following sectors will be added advantage

- Consumer Products, Technology and Life Sciences

- Excellent analytical, communication, organizational, interpersonal, and teaming skills

- Willingness to travel, when necessary

EY GDS is an equal opportunity employer. Our diversified offerings will provide right opportunities to you to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring, and learning and development. We develop outstanding leaders who keep our promises, deliver exceptional services to all of our stakeholders, and play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, clients and communities. Does it sound interesting? Well, this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you choose to stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.