Deal Management - Manager
Ernst & Young Global Limited EY · Johannesburg, Gauteng
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As a Manager within the TSE team, you would be required to
- Manage client engagement teams in developing and executing their transaction strategy to secure deal value.
- Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of integrations, carve-outs, and other types of transaction engagements.
- Demonstrate skills in project execution, including synergy assessment, project management, problem-solving, and facilitation.
- Assist in identifying risks and issues related to integration planning, timelines, and functional areas.
- Develop client relationships at the appropriate client level and be responsible for a high degree of client satisfaction with the engagement process and work products. Assist in business development activities including preparing presentations and attending pursuit meetings with clients to help sell work.
- Be responsible for fostering an open and inclusive work environment.
- Identify business development opportunities and assist Partners and Senior Managers on proposals and new business opportunities.
To qualify, candidates must have
Deep business operations experience
- Deep understanding of one or more core operational functions such as IT, supply chain, finance, sales & marketing, HR etc.; experience in business process re-engineering, cost optimisation, business integrations, with a demonstrated aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis
- Operating model development and design
- Understand the link between a businesses' operating environment and resulting financial performance
Qualifications
Candidates should ideally have either of the below qualifications and experience:
- A bachelor's degree business, finance, supply chain, engineering, computer science or related field, etc. and approximately 5 years of related work experience; or equivalent work experience
- Professional services / consulting experience: from a management consultancy, corporate finance firm or as an 'internal consultant' in a corporate environment
- Experience related to transactions ideally due diligence, carve-out or integrations experience
- Related certification a plus
Other Skills Required
- Experience in leading and managing complex business environments
- Strong systems or technology incl. ERP systems understanding with ability to make detailed assessments thereof
- Ability to make detailed assessments of operations or manufacturing infrastructure
- Ability to determine risks and opportunity areas
- Ability to synthesize approaches to complex integration conflicts
- Analytically strong, with the ability to link operational analysis to financial statements and understand the implications of findings to client strategy
- Ability to adapt to new challenges and ideas
- Excellent problem solving, project management, facilitation, and interpersonal skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- A dedication to teamwork
- Supervise, train and mentor team members