EY Strategy Transactions - Financial Services Senior Hong Kong 

China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island 

586511695

Our Financial Services - Strategy and Transactions group is seeking to recruit experienced professionals into our developing Strategy practice. Joining us will provide individuals with fantastic opportunities to build on their current transaction and commercial experience, and work on a number of diverse and demanding projects as part of a growing practice area.

We continue to invest heavily in growing our geographical footprint as well as our account coverage and execution capability, as well as developing new areas of capability. Increasing globalization of our Financial Services business means that we work closely with colleagues in both Asia-Pacific and the Americas in respect of serving our largest global accounts as well as delivering cross-border engagements. Our clients including leading global companies across the Insurance, Banking & Capital Markets and Asset Management industries as well as private equity, central banks and Governments. Our assignments are typically complex, integrated projects that frequently involve working with colleagues across a variety of disciplines, as well as other professional advisers.

To leverage our already strong credentials, and to strengthen our ability to provide front-end strategic advice to our clients, we are building a dedicated Financial Services commercial diligence and strategy capability to complement our financial and operational diligence, M&A, valuations and business modelling services.

The opportunity

The team, whilst based initially in Hong Kong, will have an Asean-wide remit providing significant

opportunities for international travel. This is a unique opportunity to gain practice and business

development experience as part of building the shape and direction of a new team, within a Big 4

environment. Areas of our work include:

Commercial due diligence

Strategy assessment

Market entry strategy and opportunity sizing

Product and business unit strategy development

Divestment options analysis

You'll have a diverse range of stretching experiences which will give you continuous learning and development opportunities as well as a great sense of achievement.

Responsibilities:

Your key responsibilities

Aligning with the account teams working on a variety of client issues, as well as helping to build out the team and participating in (or leading) sales opportunities with other senior team members and clients;

Maintaining productive relationships with clients and colleagues;

Building on the existing business through internal and external business development;

Being innovative and insightful in considering industry trends and potential disruptions;

Developing and guiding junior staff by providing timely, and effective performance feedback and training.

Requirements:

To qualify for the role you must have

Undergraduate or Masters’ Degree preferably in one of the following areas: Mathematics, Statistics, Actuarial, Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Computer Science and other related majors

Ability to collect and utilize relevant business and industry trend information and to analyze this information effectively by applying numerical and strategic analysis techniques;

Analytical work experience preferably gained in a strategy consulting firm or a strategy department of a leading corporate;

Ability to plan and deliver sections of work against tight deadlines;

Being a true business advisor to the client and establish yourself as a key client contact, highly numerate;

Share your technical and other knowledge with your team and the department

Strong commercial sense and project management skills

Experience in executing and managing research and analysis of companies and markets, preferably with commercial due diligence experience;

Educated to degree level

Ideally, you’ll also have

High interpersonal and communications skills, with a focus on building internal and external networks;

Experience in and a passion for the financial services industry;

The ability and willingness to get involved with business development;

The ability to develop and manage junior team members effectively and positively.