Ey Parthenon Strategy Specialist - jobs at Ey in Lebanon, Beirut

• Confidence and skills to drive interactions that build trust and manage expectations with stakeholders; ability to influence senior stakeholders across the organization.
• Experience of effectively managing and coaching a virtual team of finance professionals, and the ability to lead and operate across multiple projects and priorities.
• A successful track record of supporting key business change initiatives, with experience in supporting strategy development and execution
• Able to challenge assumptions and take decisions in an appropriate manner, focusing on analysis, advice, and solutions to support All-In strategy design and activation
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interpret and convey complex data in a clear, concise manner and provide recommendations
• Strong problem-solving skills and business acumen including ability to develop best in class solutions and recommendations.
• Proven experience in a strategy, analytics, or business modelling role.
• Ability to leverage AI insights to provide actionable recommendations and drive strategic initiatives.
• Commitment to continuous learning including staying updated with the latest AI advancements and their applications in finance.
• Global mindset – ability to work effectively as a virtual team member. Ability and willingness to work in a multicultural and diverse environment and flex style as appropriate.
• Provide support to SL CFOs and SL Leaders, developing insights and making recommendations based on financial analysis and modeling activities in support of business planning and decision-making.
• Serve as ‘go-to’ contact for your primary stakeholders, which might include SSL Leaders, Smart Delivery Leaders, or Solution Leaders, to enable delivery of SL strategic objectives.
• Lead initiatives that drive higher quality of insight into forward-looking projections based on evolving market trends, and that increase use of technology and innovation in finance (e.g., predictability analysis, normative model analysis to support/inform integrated workforce planning, etc.)
• Provide regular updates to SL Leadership including briefing ahead of executive meetings. Make recommendations on focus areas and share commentary that offers insights.
• Promote and foster a mindset of collaboration across Finance, with other functions (Industry, Quality, Talent) and with colleagues in the Regions. Drive connectivity, enable knowledge-sharing and help develop awareness and understanding of SL strategic initiatives and priorities.
• Manage the SL hierarchy in Mercury (SL/SSL/competencies) and the Global Service Codes to ensure structure is maintained efficiently and managed tightly to avoid potential risks with future business evolution. This requires close collaboration with SSL and FOP Leaders, Markets, Quality, Talent, GDS Operations, Mercury Support Team, FR and Markets Reporting leaders.
• Provide functional expertise on strategic projects
• Promote adoption of AI and Global tools and technology
• Act as mentor and coach to others on the finance team to help support development and demonstration of Trusted Business Advisor competencies.

• Graduate and/or professional certification in a business-related subject matter (i.e. Accounting, Finance) is required to perform this position.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
• A strong understanding of corporate financial management and financial planning and analysis.
• Excellent communication skills – written and verbal; excellent presentation
• A highly team-oriented approach, with flexibility regarding tasks undertaken and the ability to prioritize conflicting demands to meet exacting deadlines.
• Strong technical skills with the ability to analyze problems, design and implement solutions independently.
• Strong interpersonal skills - can work alongside and gain the trust and respect of stakeholders at all levels of seniority and within different functions
• Strong understanding of AI and machine learning algorithms, with experience in applying these technologies to financial data.
• Advanced Excel skills (e.g, pivot tables, v-lookups, charts/graphs), with ability to manipulate and draw trends from vast amounts of data as well as for sensitivity analysis and scenario modeling
• Advanced PowerPoint skills, with ability to summarize clearly and succinctly for leadership what insights and observations are being recommended for leadership materials that is easy to read and understand by a combination of taglines, comments, and data visualization.
• Advanced EY reporting tool skills (e.g., FR/Markets/Revenue Analyzer cubes, Essentials tools, ThoughtSpot, etc.)
• Understanding of the key issues and opportunities relating to Technology, AI and Automation both for finance transformation and for EY overall – technology skillsets or willingness to develop required
• Credibility and confidence to challenge and propose better ways of doing things, build bridges and harmonize divergent interests and priorities.
• Ability to be flexible for meetings and work to be performed outside of standard working hours to accommodate a global audience
• Ability to work in a self-sufficient manner, operating across multiple projects and managing conflicting priorities

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Your key responsibilities

As an experienced Startegy specialist, you will be a key participant in work streams and engagements as you translate client needs into project tasks and deliverables. You will work closely with clients to define the objective and scope of the engagements and deliverables in consultation with your seniors. You will spend most of your time working on projects such as long-term strategy roadmaps, growth strategy, market entry & expansion strategy, go-to-market strategy, business-wide digital transformation projects, commercial due diligence, and greenfield projects.

Skills and attributes for success

In this role, you should be able to:

• Develop business strategies using tools such as market analysis, customer research, macroeconomic forecasting, and portfolio optimization.

• Review transaction rationale and/or deal documents to identify critical business issues and risks relating to a proposed transaction.

• Collect, analyze, and translate large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data into realistic plans, goals, and actionable.

• Collaborate and motivate junior team members with diverse skills and backgrounds.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A bachelor's degree from a top-ranking school/college with outstanding academic performance.

• A minimum of 3-6 years of work experience, within consulting or strategy-related work in Digital Strategy, IoT, Emerging Technologies, Smart City(s), eMobility, Sustainability and/or Energy Transition.

• Working on ‘big picture’ strategy projects with exposure to Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).

• Strong drive and willingness to learn and apply technologies such as IoT, Blockchain, Cloud Computing & AI to address and solve complex business challenges.

• Ability to make detailed assessments of industries, products, markets, competitors and customers to identify risks and opportunities.

• Prior strategy consulting or in-house strategy experience with a particular focus on client advisory or strategic planning within a professional services or similar environment.

• Willingness and ability to work remotely and to travel within the MENA region, when necessary (approximately 25-75% of time).

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• MBA or Masters from a top tier business school.

• Fluency in Arabic, both written and spoken.

What we look for

We are interested in highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization.

What we offer
We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning:You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

• Success as defined by you:We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

• Transformative leadership:We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the worldneeds.

• Diverse and inclusive culture:You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Your key responsibilities

As a Gen AI Specialist within the strategy consulting practice, you will lead complex, high-impact AI initiatives, driving innovation in strategy engagement delivery and aligning stakeholders to deliver meaningful outcomes.Collaborating with strategy practitioners and AI technology experts, you will define an AI product vision, prioritize AI product roadmaps, and guide cross-functional teams to deliver AI led solutions that can bring tangible results to the engagements. Leveraging your AI expertise, your role will consist of leading the design-thinking of AI solutions for some of our top industry-leading clients willing to embark on new AI transformation journeys, while developing meaningful reusable Gen AI and Agentic AI solutions for your EY-P colleagues. You will support with designing and building MVPs - Minimum Viable Products, in alignment with the our goals.

Qualification and Experience:

• An MBA from a top tier business school or Masters from a top-ranking university.

• At least 2+ years of work experience, building digital products with strong product management toolkit, leading cross-functional teams in agile set-up across the full product development lifecycle.
• A previous experience with a top consulting firm with strong stakeholder management skills, and the ability to engage effectively with both client and EY senior leadership
• Proficiency in working with UI/UX, RAG, APIs, and AI agents to develop and implement scalable AI solutions
• Familiarity with large group data management policies and know-how on how to appropriately manage firm data
• Expertise in all aspects of AI product development lifecycle and adjacent topics such as personas and user journeys
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a strong understanding of AI, ML and LLM products is preferred
• Proficiency in the English and Arabic language, both in writing and verbally, in a professional environment
• Effective organization, time management with the ability to work under pressure and adhere to project deadlines
• Willingness and ability to travel within the MENA region, when necessary (approximately 25-50% of time)

What we offer

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Innovation with AI: We’ll work with you on the opportunity to design innovative AI solutions that will shape the future of our consulting industry.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Your key responsibilities

As an experienced Startegy specialist, you will be a key participant in work streams and engagements as you translate client needs into project tasks and deliverables. You will work closely with clients to define the objective and scope of the engagements and deliverables in consultation with your seniors. You will spend most of your time working on projects such as long-term strategy roadmaps, growth strategy, market entry & expansion strategy, go-to-market strategy, business-wide digital transformation projects, commercial due diligence, and greenfield projects.

Skills and attributes for success

In this role, you should be able to:

• Develop business strategies using tools such as market analysis, customer research, macroeconomic forecasting, and portfolio optimization.

• Review transaction rationale and/or deal documents to identify critical business issues and risks relating to a proposed transaction.

• Collect, analyze, and translate large amounts of qualitative and quantitative data into realistic plans, goals, and actionable.

• Collaborate and motivate junior team members with diverse skills and backgrounds.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• A bachelor's degree from a top-ranking school/college with outstanding academic performance.

• A minimum of 3-6 years of work experience, within consulting or strategy-related work in Digital, Emerging Technologies, Smart City, eMobility, Sustainability and/or Energy Transition.

• Working on ‘big picture’ strategy projects with exposure to Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML).

• Strong drive and willingness to learn and apply technologies such as IoT, Blockchain, Cloud Computing & AI to address and solve complex business challenges.

• Ability to make detailed assessments of industries, products, markets, competitors and customers to identify risks and opportunities.

• Prior strategy consulting or in-house strategy experience with a particular focus on client advisory or strategic planning within a professional services or similar environment.

• Willingness and ability to work remotely and to travel within the MENA region, when necessary (approximately 25-75% of time).

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• MBA or Masters from a top tier business school.

• Fluency in Arabic, both written and spoken.

What we look for

We are interested in highly motivated individuals with excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to prioritize shifting workloads in a rapidly changing industry. An effective communicator, you’ll be a confident leader equipped with strong people management skills and a genuine passion to make things happen in a dynamic organization.

What we offer
We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning:You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.

• Success as defined by you:We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.

• Transformative leadership:We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the worldneeds.

• Diverse and inclusive culture:You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Responsibilities:

• Perform daily HR administration tasks for clients
• Maintain personnel files of the employees and employee records in the internal HR system of the clients
• Support clients' employees on payroll and HR administration matters
• Processing clients’ payroll
• Participate in trainings and keep yourself updated with the changes in the labor and social security legislation
• Understand and follow workplace policies and procedures

What skills and knowledge are required:

• University degree of Economics/Accounting/HR
• Minimum 1-2 years of relevant work experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Bulgarian and English
• Very good computer skills (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Strong analytical, teamwork and organizational skills
• Experience with specialized HR and payroll software systems would be an advantage

What we offer you:

• Because of the team – EY people are bright, friendly and energetic
• Because of the company – EY is a very well recognized and proven international and local brand in the field of professional services
• Because of YOU – You will develop your personal and business skills by working on challenging projects with some of the most well-known companies, as well as through our extensive learning and development programs.

To qualify for the role, you must:

• Have a bachelor's degree from a top-ranking school with outstanding academic performance.
• Have a minimum of 3+ years of work experience, ideally within strategy consulting, investments, private equity, market research, or a quantitative type of research function.
• Experience in working on significant strategy projects, including commercial due diligence, digital transformation, growth strategy, and market strategy.
• The ability to make detailed assessments of industries, products, markets, competitors, and customers to identify risks and opportunities.
• Proficiency in English, with effective communication skills in a professional environment.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Willingness to travel within the MENA region as necessary (approximately 25-50% of the time).

Ideally, you’ll also:

• Have an MBA or Master’s degree from a top-tier business school.
• Have prior experience with a focus on client advisory or strategic planning within a professional services environment.
• Have excellent problem-solving, project management, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Have the ability to multitask and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Have full fluency in Arabic, both written and spoken.

What we look for

We are looking for candidates with a strong aptitude for quantitative and qualitative analysis and the ability to link business strategy to performance. Being a strong team player is critical, with the ability to adapt to changing requirements or deadlines in support of our clients’ goals.

What we offer

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.