EY - Manager - Corporate Finance Strategy - Transaction Advisory Services

Manager - Corporate Finance Strategy - TAS

About EY :

- Ernst & Young is a global leader in Assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services. Worldwide over Worldwide, our 144,000 people are united by our shared values and an unwavering commitment to quality. We operate from 10 cities in India with a work force of over 7200 people and have an industry specific focus - Technology, Communication & Entertainment, Infrastructure, Industrial & Consumer, Financial Services and Government Advisory

Service Line Intro :

- EY is the domestic market leader in TAS hosting 400 professionals including 26 Partners, across locations, deeply experienced senior management, strong local capabilities, dedicated private equity group and extensive experience in cross-border deals.

Our accolades include :

- Ranked No.1 Financial Advisor in India by Bloomberg for ten consecutive years for most number of deals from 2002 - 2011

- Financial Advisor of the Year M&A Award - India, in 2011, 2009 and 2008 - by Financial Times & Merger market

- Financial Advisor of the year, India - 2011 AVCJ India Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards

- Investment Bank of the Year - Private Equity, 2011 - VCCircle Awards

- Most Active Transaction Advisor Award - PE and M&A for 2011, 2010 and 2009 - by Venture Intelligence

- Asia-Pacific M&A Investment Bank of the Year and Asia-Pacific M&A Deal of the Year at 2009 Asia M&A Atlas Award

- Cross Border deal of the year - Middle Markets, 2011, India M&A Atlas Awards

- Corporate Finance & Strategy (CFS) practice in EY is part of the Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) which focuses on bringing strategic insights into Private Equity and M&A transactions.

- The services provided by the EY-CFS team range from commercial due diligence, vendor due diligence, market assessment, project/ investment feasibility, business plan evaluation, business strategy and planning, synergy evaluation, post-merger integration and other vendor assistance services

Academic Qualification : CA/ CFA/ B.Tech/ B.Engg with MBA (preferably from a premier institute) with a good academic background

Experience :

Required :

The candidate should :

- Strong analytical skills and structured thinking

- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

- Proficiency with MS-Office (particularly, Power Point and Excel)

- Ability to manage client interactions

- Maturity and ability to engage at all levels of the organization

- Ability to work with tight timelines

- Attention to detail

- Ability to take initiative and take others along

- Team player

- Preferred

- 6-9 years of professional experience (post MBA) in management consulting (strategy or operations, not IT), equity research or investment banking

- Experience in Diversified Industrial Products would be an added advantage

Roles/Responsibilities :

- Generate leads and lead a team on Commercial Advisory engagements.

- Working on engagements across the range of services, with focus on analysis of financial and MIS information on transactions, secondary research, primary discussions with industry stakeholders and report writing

- Reviewing pitch documents, industry notes, scope of work prepared by the team etc

- Expected to work across sectors on engagements ranging typically from 2 to 6 weeks

- At times, might involve travel out of the base location