Strategy and Transactions Valuations Assistant Manager at Ernst & Young Global Limited (EY)

Your key responsibilities

• As an Assistant Manager within our VM&E team you're likely to spend your day to day advising clients on complex financial and capital decisions. You will be working with them to understand their data, their strategic requirements and create analysis using financial modelling and data analytics techniques aligned to their strategic priorities. You will work directly with clients in ensuring timely delivery of their needs and manage the engagement and the overall quality of work performed.  You will also review complex models developed by our clients and critique models both their logical and commercial integrity.

Skills and attributes for success

• Strong corporate finance skills
• Strong financial modelling skills
• Financial instruments experience – working on financial instruments such as equity options, swaps, valuations using simulations and lattice methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Leadership skills
• Strong client and stakeholder management skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Business development experience and skills
• Track record in managing project expenditures against budget and revenue, and providing guidance to team members to ensure the completion of work deliverables
• Excellent analytical, project management, communication, teamwork and interpersonal skills
• Strong Excel skills
• Strong knowledge and awareness of other data analytics tools and related software, including data visualization
• Ideally some programming experience in Matlab, R or Python
• Fluent business English – both writing and verbal
• Intellectual curiosity
• Attention to detail
   

To qualify for the role you must have

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering or a related field, plus 5 years of post bachelor's, progressive related work experience; OR a Master's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering or a related field, plus 4 years of related work experience.
• Superior financial modelling skills in MS Excel.
• Experience with any of the following software packages: SQL Server; Data Visualization applications (e.g. Tableau, MS Power BI); Statistical packages (e.g. MATLAB R or Python), VBA.
• At least 4 years of experience developing financial models and analytical solutions from scratch, utilizing best practice methodologies and performing quality control procedures.
• At least 1 year of experience managing project expenditures against budget and revenue, supervising teams and scoping project requirements.
• At least 1 year of experience of managing projects from start to finish.
• Ability to provide sound guidance to team members to ensure the completion of work deliverables.
• Availability for up to 60% of travel for client projects when necessary.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience working in venture capital, investment banking, commercial banking, or consulting businesses.
• CFA certification or significant progress towards these or similar certifications.