EY Assistant Director Senior Manager Operational 

United Kingdom, England, London 

298692465

We develop strategies that optimise operations and enhance overall business value, leveraging deep sector and functional expertise, including:

• Cost Transformation including use of ‘Zero based principles’
• Turnaround and Operational Restructuring
• Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Procurement Strategies & Optimisation
• Supply Chain, Manufacturing & Procurement Optimisation in a deal context
• Transaction Value Creation, e.g. Carve-outs and Integrations

Key responsibilities

You'll advise clients across a variety of sectors, supporting key decision makers in developing and implementing strategic transformations.

Skills and attributes for success

• Project Delivery – Lead project delivery teams driving to drive transformational change at pace, manage project teams, and oversee engagement management (e.g. project commercials and risk management).

• Financial Analysis – Excellent financial analysis skills required, including overseeing/reviewing analysis of other team members

• Business and Commercially Driven – working in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to really help add value to our clients.
• Value Creation: Ability to identify the key strategic priorities / challenges, and pragmatically develop solutions or actions to address.
• Presentation & Report Writing – Demonstrate ability to produce clear, concise Board-ready presentations that communicate a clear and compelling narrative.
• Business Development - assist in aspects of business origination, including pitches and presentations. Contribute to our practice development initiatives, supporting the continued focus on our team as a great place to work.
• Learning - Develop technical and personal skills to support achievement of career goals, through a blend of structured learning, coaching and experiences
• Stakeholder management and communication - Effectively engage and manage stakeholders by tailoring communication to influence, align, and drive outcomes. Builds trust through clear, concise, and proactive updates.
• Role Model - Act as a role model and support the development and coaching of junior team members.

To qualify for the role you must have

Specialism / experience in at least three of these areas:

• Professional services / consulting
• Operational Strategy: experience in cost transformation, zero based budgeting, turnaround and/or operational restructuring (cross-sector)
• Functional Specialism: experience of one or more core operational functions – supply chain, manufacturing or procurement (cross-sector)

• Value creation in transactions, including carve outs/separations or integrations

• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to link operational analysis to financial statements, and understand the implications of findings to client strategy

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in building strong working relationships with senior clients, including influence, advice and support to key decision makers.
• Experience in supporting sales and business development processes for professional services projects in a large-scale consulting environment
• A track record of successful project delivery in corporate businesses where you are responsible for managing project team members and vendors
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and experience of producing and reviewing high calibre reports, papers, presentations and thought leadership.