Job Description
Your Key Responsibilities
- As a Senior Manager in EY Parthenon – Commercial Strategy, you will be a vital member of the executive team leading and executing strategy development, transactions, and turn-arounds for our clients. You'll collaborate with our EY Parthenon team members to realize improved returns for clients by identifying and unlocking value through improvements in corporate/BU strategy, go-to-market strategy (including digital), commercial operating model, and optimization of the commercial functions (sales, service, marketing, pricing), while minimizing customer disruption. You will identify, define, quantify, and realize sustainable value through revenue enhancement and cost and margin improvement tied to the commercial aspects of the clients' business. You will also focus on business and practice development as well as developing team members to achieve their career goals.
Skills And Attributes For Success
- Project Leadership – lead project teams comprising of colleagues from across EY Parthenon to successful project execution.
- Business and Commercially Driven – work effectively in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to our clients.
- Business Development – support and lead various client pursuits contributing to at least $2M per year in team sales.
- People Development – coach, mentor, and develop team members to enable achievement of their career goals.
- Building Relationships – build strong working relationships with senior clients, including influencing, advising, and supporting key decision makers.
- Innovation - Develop and support thought leadership and intellectual capital.
To qualify for the role you must have
- A bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or Analytics and 8 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately 10 years of related work experience.
- MBA is preferred.
- Significant transactions (buy and/or sell side) management consulting experience.
- Experience in the following:
- Corporate and/or BU strategy development.
- Commercial functions (e.g., sales, marketing, customer service, pricing).
- Go-to-market strategy and revenue synergy design/capture for traditional, digital and hybrid commercial models.
- Evaluation of market landscape including market size, competition, market trends and resulting commercial implications.
- Pre-deal strategy including growth assessments (e.g., profitability assessments, clean room, etc.).
- Experience leading and managing in complex business environments.
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting relationships both internally and externally.
- Must be willing and able to travel up to 80% on short notice.
Ideally, you'll also have
- A proven record of excellence in a transactions and/or commercial strategy role.
- Experience gained within another large professional services organization.
- Established networking skills in a relevant industry.