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As an executive assistant, you’ll develop your skills by providing support services to some of MENA’s largest organizations. Your experience in business communication will help you to build effective relationships with important stakeholders and senior leaders. You’ll have autonomy and clear responsibilities, working in our friendly, collaborative environment. Your talents will be respected and you’ll be

supported in developing the career path you choose.

Your key responsibilities

• Provide high level support to a small group of Partners and Executives
• Organise and manage comprehensive diaries, travel and accommodation
• Screening emails, responding and/or actioning as required
• Prepare expense claims and timesheets on a weekly basis
• Screen phone calls and messages, and follow-up actions, referring to the relevant team member when appropriate
• Prepare and revise documents including presentations, emails, reports, agendas and papers
• Coordinate client events, internal and external, as required within MENA

Skills and attributes for success

• The demonstrated ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Intermediate in the use of Microsoft Office suites
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to multi-task
• Strong communication skills including telephone manner and interpersonal skills
• A strong team member with an ability to work across multiple teams
• Experience in a professional services environment is highly regarded.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A minimum of 6-8 years Previous EA experience, supporting multiple executives in a corporate environment

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Prior working experience in global professional services organization or mid-tier firms will be highly advantageous

What we look for

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

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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.

• 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.

Pursuit Intelligence & Approach Development

• Understand pursuit objectives and required level of support, prioritize requests to focus efforts effectively, and align with pursuit teams on expected outcomes and deadlines.
• Build on existing knowledge to analyze industry trends, market dynamics, and competitor activities, generating actionable intelligence that informs pursuit strategies.
• Gather and enrich existing information on client account history, performance, and strategic priorities to identify opportunities, anticipate needs, and shape winning pursuit strategies.
• Shape a compelling perspective that demonstrates understanding of client challenges and anticipates potential solutions to address their needs.
• Identify and articulate EY’s competitive edge by showcasing proprietary, field proven methodologies & tools, highlighting successful case studies in similar projects, supporting the assembly of a team that meets project requirements, and helping to identify a panel of relevant sectoral/functional experts.
• Develop detailed project approaches aligned with the RFP’s scope of work, ensuring messaging is clear, consistent, and tailored to the client’s context.
• Curate and adapt relevant support materials for pursuit needs.
• Provide feedback on proposal content to enhance win probability, considering both technical quality and commercial aspects.
• Support other ad-hoc requests from pursuit teams as needed, ensuring timely and relevant assistance.

Pursuit Coordination & Operations Management

• Coordinate and manage the proposal development process, ensuring adherence to timelines, facilitating internal reviews & approvals, and following established stages and processes.
• Develop and maintain trackers to log requests, prioritize tasks, and monitor follow-ups, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion.
• Develop dashboards to track progress, measure performance, and provide visibility on work completed.

Pursuit Review & Excellence

• Review proposal content to ensure it is free of grammatical and formatting errors, and enhance the overall look and feel for a professional, client-ready presentation.
• Enhance the visual appeal and overall design of proposals.
• Conduct end-to-end quality assurance on proposals to ensure completeness, accuracy, and alignment with client and pursuit requirements.

Knowledge Management & Thought Leadership

• Gather market and industry insights continuously to enrich repositories and provide actionable intelligence for pursuit teams.

Qualifications

• Education : Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Economics, Computer Science, or related fields Masters in a relevant business discipline is preferred but not essential.
• Experience : 3+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Qualifications: PMP certification or equivalent is a strong advantage.

Business Acumen

• Exposure to key business domains, among which are transformation programs, performance improvement, and project management, enabling contextual understanding and project/client needs.
• Ability to quickly understand and ramp up on industry sectors.

Research & Analytical Thinking

• Strong research and synthesis capabilities.
• Critical thinking and structured analysis.
• Ability to synthesize large amounts of information into slides with clarity, logic, and impact.
• Working knowledge of data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel dashboards).

Communication & Language Skills

• Excellent written communication skills (in both English & Arabic).
• Strong oral communication and storytelling skills.

Visual & Presentation Design

• Strong visual design skills (in PowerPoint).

Knowledge Management & Technology

• Knowledge management expertise to capture, organize, and reuse institutional knowledge.
• Familiarity with collaboration and content lifecycle management across Office 365 tools (Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint).
• Experience with document automation, AI-based search tools, and tagging systems.

Others

• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• High attention to detail in reviewing, writing, and refining content.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and deliver high-quality outputs under tight deadlines.
• Active listening and adaptability in fast-paced or ambiguous environments.
• Strong interpersonal skills and collaboration mindset.

Work Environment

• This role is a support staff position, based in Beirut, Lebanon (with flexible remote work options). No travel required.
• High-performance team culture fostering continuous learning and development.

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.

Our Financial Accounting Advisory Services (FAAS) Financial Services team supports organizations through a diverse range of services that include finance function transformation, accounting and reporting advisory, transaction accounting, treasury, corporate governance, performance improvement and other services that support organizations navigate evolving business needs, technological advancement, demands for greater transparency and changing regulatory requirements.

Your key responsibilities

We value a strong team culture. You will play an active role in building and sustaining this culture by supporting recruitment efforts, helping retain top talent, and contributing to our learning and development programs.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• You have a master’s degree in accounting, Economics, (quantitative) Finance, business administration or a comparable field;
• Relevant working experience in the financial services sector and/or with a large consulting firm, gained in the finance (CFO) domain.
• You bring an innovative mindset, have affinity with and interest in designing and implementing advanced Finance domain practices and the use of AI and other technology to improve ways of working. You are passionate about making things better and do not accept status quo.
• You possess a strong understanding and have significant experience working with IFRS, through technical advice and implementation within the banking sector, and have experience with a broad range of finance processes.
• You understand the business model of banks and/or insurance companies, and their risk and regulatory complexities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, towards your team and to clients. You can explain complex topics in an easy and understandable way; and
• Supervising and coaching junior team members to ensure that they are able to continue developing both professionally and personally.
• Flexibility to travel across the MENA region
• Ideally, you also speak and write Arabic.

Your key responsibilities:

• Devise innovative cover art, charts, graphs, and packaging methods which supports a pursuit’s theme and relates to the potential client’s business issues, culture, industry and market position.

• Create layouts within the EY Visual Identity to establishing strong typography and appropriate use of color, images and fonts, allowing for readability of type and logic of graphic illustrations.

• Attend and actively contribute to kick-off meetings, debriefs, and oral preparation meetings concerning the pursuit.

• Present design options and approaches to developing anticipated materials, that are cohesive, integrated and support the overall pursuit theme.

• Partner with pursuit teams to provide a full-service BD coverage model for strategic, high-end pursuits

• Drive design creativity and coach Partner and Pursuit teams to drive pursuit design innovation

• Serve as a key participant in pursuit strategy sessions where applicable

• Be an expert of strategic messaging and leads conceptualization of all client-facing materials

• Contribute to and helping drive the development of account, and opportunity “value-propositions”

• Maintain relationships with key interdependency groups: Knowledge, Sectors, Service Lines and BMC

• Participate in internal and external networks

• Deliver better understanding of outcomes by cascading Win/loss review insights to account teams (including utilizing the ASQ/ESQ /client experience process in win/loss debriefs

• Deliver improvement of Pursuits process with emphasis on design factors, through extensive use of client (internal and external) feedback

• Ensure the effective use of approved design strategy, approaches and methods in all accounts and engagements; this will coaching Partners and teams is the correct usage

• Experience in supervising and leading teams as well as experience in conducting training sessions and updating pipeline reports

Skills and attributes for succes:

• Strong experience in graphic design with exposure to brand marketing.

• Knowledge of EY’s products and services is helpful and will be essential upon assumption of the role.

• Ability to be agile in a high-paced environment and produce quality work in high-pressure situations.

• Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

• Keep abreast of industry knowledge and trends to assess, identify and implement new technology and/or design innovation such as interactive presentations and digital content delivery. Maintain superior knowledge with graphics software tools, proficiency in firm’s standard operating software (MS Office: Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Excel) and design software such as: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, After Effects and Acrobat Pro.

• Maintain capabilities for troubleshooting technical issues in graphic files for pre-press and printing—linking graphics, including fonts and creating color separations. Demonstrate executive presence establishes credibility quickly; commands attention and respect; demonstrates confidence and deals comfortably with clients and other stakeholders.

Qualification and Experience:

• University/Bachelor/technical degree or equivalent work experience required (This should be modified per region to meet cultural education requirements as determined by recruiting)

• 2-3+ years of Graphic Design/Communications / Pursuits Strategy experience

• Familiarity with the workings of large Global organizations

• Strong understanding of Pursuit Activation or new business pitches

• Proven ability to influence and build collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders

Competitive business today is all about making intelligent, informed decisions. As a Valuations Executive you’ll help make that happen. You will be an important part of our diversely talented, highly experienced team and work at the forefront of high-profile transactions. Our team of strategic advisors sits at the heart of a global Valuations network of specialists who deliver high quality advice through each phase of the transaction process.

Strategy & Transactions (SaT) is recruiting for a Valuations Executive to assist our clients inaddressing their strategic planning, regulatory compliance, financial reporting and fair market value documentation needs. You’ll have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning.

Your key responsibilities

As a Valuations Executive, you'll make technical contributions to valuation client engagements and internal projects. You'll gain a thorough understanding of the target business and its market, and of clients' issues, performing research and analysis of the target's industry and of quoted companies operating in that sector. You'll deal with day-to-day queries raised by clients and will attend internal and external meetings relating to the assignment.

You'll perform valuation calculations and analyses, as well as being involved in drafting presentations and reports, formulating views on value, presenting conclusions to the rest of the team and contributing to the presentations of our work and findings to the client.

Skills and attributes for success

Individuals who will strive to deliver valuations on time and within budget will do well in this environment. You will also be required to take ownership of your career by obtaining regular feedback on a timely basis and keeping alert to learning and development opportunities. You'll actively establish and develop external and internal relationships, helping to create a positive learning culture within the team.

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting or business and at least 3 years of related business valuation work experience
• Financial modelling skills including experience building models from scratch.
• Demonstrated record of solving complex problems and completing challenging projects

Ideally you’ll also have

• Previous valuation experience in professional services/Big 4 Firm
• Time spent working in a consulting environment
• Financial modelling experience
• Achievement of or significant progress towards a CFA;

What we look for

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, analytical, logical thinkers with a passion for valuations and have a very strong attention to detail. 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

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

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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.